| Tanna Walford
Senior - High Jump/Hurdles
York, Neb. (York HS)
2007 Outdoor: Capped stellar career at Wayne
State with seventh place finish at NCAA Division II
Outdoor Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina,
clearing career-best 5' 8 3/4" (new school
record)...finished second at NSIC Championships after
clearing 5' 5 3/4"....reached NCAA Division II
nationals with provisionaly qualifying marks of 5'8"
at Wildcat Classic (4-16-07) and University of Nebraska
Open (4-29-07)...awarded NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship
of $7,500 from the NCAA on May 2, one of just 29 female
student-athletes from Division I, II and III schools
to receive the prestigious honor...selected WSC Female
Athlete of the Year and named to the NSIC Spring All-Academic
Team for a third consecutive year.
2007 Indoor: Earned NCAA
Division II All-American honors
with seventh place finish at national
championships March 9-10 in Boston, Mass...Walford cleared
new school record 5'8" in final collegiate indoor
meet to earn All-American accolades...won NSIC indoor
high jump with top mark of 5' 7 1/4", marking third
time she captured NSIC indoor title in the event...selected
NSIC Women's Field Athlete of the Week on 1/17/07 after
placing third at UNL Holiday Inn Invitational against
mainly Division I competitors...named to the
NSIC Winter All-Academic Team for the third straight
season.
2006 Outdoor: Won the high jump at
the NSIC Championships, clearing 5' 4 1/4"....qualified
for the NCAA Div. II National Championships after clearing
5' 7" at the Division II Challenge in Emporia,
Kansas on 4-15-06.......cleared 5' 3 1/4" at the
NCAA Division II National Track and Field Championships
on 5-27-06 to finish in a tie for 16th place..... selected
to the NSIC All-Academic for the second straight season.
2006 Indoor: Repeated as high jump
champion at NSIC Indoor Championships, clearing 5' 4
1/4". Qualified for NCAA Indoor Nationals for third
straight season, placing 11th with top mark of 5' 5
1/4". Tied school record with season-best mark
of 5' 7 1/4" at the Wildcat Open on 2-11-06. Named
to the NSIC Winter All-Academic Team.
2005 Outdoor: Tied for second at the
NSIC Championships in the high jump, clearing 5' 5 3/4".
Also ran leg on fifth place 3200 meter relay team. Won
the high jump at the WSC Triangular Meet on 4-2-05 with
season-best mark of 5' 6 1/2". Also selected to
the NSIC All-Academic Team.
2005 Indoor: NCAA National Qualifier,
finishing 12th at the NCAA Meet (5'3"). Won the
NSIC Indoor High Jump by clearing 5' 7 1/4", setting
a new WSC school record. Named the NSIC Female Field
Athlete of the Year. Won the high jump at five indoor
meets and finished second at four others. Selected to
the NSIC All-Academic Team.
2004 Outdoor: Finished third in high
jump at the NSIC Championships, clearing 5' 3 1/4"
to earn NSIC honorable mention honors. Competed in several
meets in the 100 hurdles.
2004 Indoor: NCAA National Qualifier
in the high jump, placing 11th by clearing 5'3".
Set new WSC indoor school record by clearing 5'7"
at first indoor meet at USD on 12-11-03. Scored points
in three events at the NSIC Indoor Championships in
Wayne, placing fifth in the high jump (5' 3 1/4"),
sixth in the pentathlon (2856 pts) and seventh in the
55 meter hurdles with a time of 9.13 seconds.
High School: Graduate of York High
School......academic all-state selection in cross country,
basketball and track and field.....two year state qualifier
in track and field, competing in hurdles and high jump.
Personal: Daughter of Trevor and Marla
Hansen.....Born on Sept. 26, 1984.....majoring in biology. |
