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Tiera Parker

Position:
Sprints/Relays/Jumps
Class:
Junior
High School:
Farmington Hills Harrison
Hometown:
Southfield, Mich.

2015-16: (Indoor) Competed in the long jump, triple jump and 60, qualifying for the MAC Championships in each event … Team’s top triple jumper, placed fourth at the MAC Championships at 39-feet-6 … Set a personal best in winning the Tom Wright Open triple jump at 39-10 … That distance ranks her second all-time at BGSU in the event … Placed second at the GVSU Holiday Open at 39-4 … Earned a MAC automatic qualifying mark in the long jump with a leap of 18-10.75 to place second at the GVSU Big Meet … Won the Bob Eubanks Open long jump at 18-9.25 … Placed 16^th at the MAC Championships in the long jump at 18-2.25 … Posted a time of 7.68 seconds in the 60 at the BG Opener to qualify for MAC Championships … Improved on that time with a 7.67 during the MAC Championship prelims to finish 11^th. (Outdoor) Competed in the long jump, triple jump, 100 and 400 relay for the Falcons … Tied her career best in the triple jump with a leap of 39-5.75 to win the Ball State Challenge … That mark ranks tied for sixth all-time at BGSU and places her second in school history … Finished 14^th in the triple jump at the MAC Championships with a distance of 37-2.5 … Won the Toledo Dual in the 100 with a wind-aided time of 12.17 seconds in her only time competing in the event during the year … Ran the lead leg of the 400 relay teams that posted identical times of 46.88 seconds at the Gina Relays and the Gibson Invitational … Also ran the lead leg for the 400 relay team that won the Toledo Dual … Long jumped a career-best 18-feet-0.5 at the Raleigh Relays.

2014-15: (Indoor) Competed in the jumps and sprints for the Falcons … Had a career-best long jump of 17-feet-4 at the Simmons-Harvey Invite … Season-best mark of 38-1.5 in the triple jump at the BG Opener to place second … Won the triple jump at both the Tom Wright Classic (37-9.25) and the EMU Holiday Classic (37-5) … Finished second in the triple jump at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational with a leap of 36-6.75 … Finished 14^th at the MAC Championships in the triple jump, posting a distance of 36-5.75 … Tied her career-best in the 60 with a 7.83 in both the BG Opener preliminary round and finals … Ran 26.56 seconds in the 200 for a season-best time at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational. (Outdoor) Competed in the triple jump for the Falcons, as well as running in the 100 and the 400 hurdles at the Raleigh Relays … Set a new personal best in the triple jump at the MAC Championships, leading 39-feet-5.75 to place sixth and earn a spot on the podium … Finished second in the triple jump at the Toledo Dual meet … Ran 12.76 seconds in the 100 at the Raleigh Relays and teamed up for a 400 relay time of 48.67 seconds at the same meet.

2013-14: (Indoor) Competed in the long jump, triple jump, 60 and 200 during the regular season … Competed in the triple jump at the MAC Championships, placing 12th with a distance of 37-feet-2.25 … Had a personal best distance of 38-4.25 at the Akron Invitational … Won the triple jump at both the Tom Wright Open and the Simmons-Harvey Invitational … Competed in the long jump once, leaping 16-6.5 at the BG Opener … Ran the 60 in 7.83 seconds to place fourth at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational … Finished second in the 60 at the Findlay Open … Ran the 200 in 26.31 seconds, converted down to 25.91, at the BG Opener. (Outdoor) Competed in the triple jump, 100 and 200 for the Falcons … Competed in the triple jump and as a member of the 400 relay team at the MAC Championships … Team’s best triple jumper who finished sixth at the MAC Championships with a personal best distance of 38-feet-5 … Won the Toledo Dual in the triple jump, setting a personal best at that point of 38-2.75 … Ran a career-best 12.41 seconds in the 100 at the All-Ohio Championships … Competed in the 200 just once on the season, running a 25.73 at the Cherry Blossom Invitational … Ran third leg of the 400 relay team at the MAC Championships that finished fifth overall in 46.26 seconds … Also ran on the event-winning 400 relay team in the Toledo Dual as well as the 400 relay team that placed second at the Gina Relays … Ran the lead leg on the 1600 relay team that finished second in the Toledo Dual in 4:22.65.

2012-13: (Indoor) Competed in the 60, 200 and long jump … Leaped 16-feet-10.5 at the GVSU Big Meet … Established a personal best time of 7.89 seconds in the 60 at the Akron Invitational … Competed in the 60 at the MAC Championships, setting a new PR with a time of 7.85 to place 17th … Ran the 200 in 26.55 seconds at the Tom Wright Classic. (Outdoor) Ran the 100 and did both the long jump and triple jump … Qualified for the MAC Championships in the triple jump and set a personal best of 37-feet-5 to get on the podium and finish eighth … Won the triple jump at the UC Early Bird Relays with a leap of 36-11.5 … Set a personal best in the long jump of 17-5.25 at the UC Early Bird Relays … Established her collegiate PR in the 100 with a time of 12.62 seconds at the UC Early Bird Relays … Improved to 12.55 seconds at the Raleigh Relays and then ran a season-best 12.50 at the Gina Relays.

High school: Graduated from Harrison High School in 2012 ... Earned four varsity letters in track and field and two more in basketball ... Placed eighth at the state championships in the 100 in 2010 and sixth in the 200 in 2011 ... Won the league title in both the 100 and the 200 as a junior, helping Harrison to the team title as well ... Team MVP three times ... First team All-Area in the 100 as a sophomore and first team all-area in the 200 as a junior.

Personal: Full name is Tiera Emon Parker ... Born on February 21, 1994 ... Daughter of Ray Parker and Lorraine Johns-Parker ... Has three sisters -- Shantoria Davis, Sharay Davis, and Shardae Parker -- and a brother, Trae Parker ... Plans to study sports management.

PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor Track and Field
Long jump: 18-11.25, BG Opener (1/9/16)
Triple jump: 39-10, Tom Wright Open (1/22/16)
60: 7.67, MAC Championship prelims (2/26/16)
200: 26.31, BG Opener (1/11/14)
Outdoor Track and Field
Long Jump: 18-0.5, Raleigh Relays (3/25/16)
Triple Jump: 39-5.75, MAC Championships (5/16/15); Ball State Challenge (4/16/16)
100: 12.41, All-Ohio Championships (4/12/14) / 12.17 (w), Toledo Dual (4/1/16)
200: 25.73, Cherry Blossom Invite (4/5/14)