Men's 4x400 enters the weekend with the nation's sixth fastest time
Top Performances: 60M-8.09, 100H-13.84, 400H-58.89,500M-1:17.09
2013 Outdoor: Competed in the Charlotte 49er Classic in the women's 100M hurdles and 400M hurdles, placing fourth in the 400M hurdles. Posting times of 15.08 and 1:02. Competed at the Aggie Invitational in the women's 100 meter and 400 meter hurdles with posted times of 14.53 and 1:00.84...Competed in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles at the Big East Outdoor Championshipsposting personal best times in the both events with times of 13.84 and 58.89; placing sixth in the 100 meter hurdles andthird in the 400 meter hurdles.
2012-13 Indoor: Ran in the women's 60M dash, registering a time of 8.06, at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala, her first collegiate meet...competed in the Nittany Lion Challenge women's 600M run finishing second with a posted time of 1:33.97...finished fourth in the women's 500M dash at the Penn State Nationalwith a posted time of 1:16.49, a personal best...ran in the women's 800 meter run at the Akron Invitational with a posted time of 2:21.19, making a new personal best time...Finished eleventh in the women's 600M run with a time of 1:34.49, also competed in the 4X400M relay at the SPIRE Invitational...part of the 4x400 meter relay team that finished fourth at the Big East Championship Meet with a time of 3:40.18.
High School: Was a three-year participant at Indoor Nationals...as a junior, Thompson was the 100M sectional champion and also qualified for states in the 55M hurdles...as a senior, Thompson won the Group 4 State Relay Championship and was the 100 hurdle and 400 hurdle sectional champion...her team placed sixth at outdoor nationals in the 4x200M relay.
Personal: Daughter of Janet and Chuck Thompson...also competed in gymnastics...a member of the National Honors Society...majoring in nursing.