Vashti Thomas (Academy of Art)

Vashti Thomas
Height: 5-7
Class: Senior
Hometown: San Jose, CA
High School: Mt. Pleasant High School
Event: Hurdles/Jumps/Sprints
Major: Illustration



Career
60m- 7.41 (indoor)
60m Hurdles- 8.19 (indoor)
200m- 24.29 (indoor)
4x400m relay- 3:58.17 (indoor)
Long Jump- 21’3” (indoor)
Triple Jump- 43’7”(indoor)
200m- 24.20
100m Hurdles- 13.02
4x400m relay- 3:43.89
Long Jump- 22’10.5”
Triple Jump- 43’2”

2010 (TAMU): Ran first leg of A&M shuttle hurdle relay which set a collegiate record of 52.50 in winning Penn Relays ... Placed sixth in 100 hurdles (13.09) at NCAA Championships and finished ninth in long jump (20-4 ½) ... Bronze medalist in Big 12 long jump (19-11 ¾) ... Also finished fourth in 100 hurdles (13.39w) and placed seventh in triple jump at Big 12 Championships (40-9 ¾) ... Ran a season best of 13.08 as runner-up in Texas Relays ... Won 100 hurdles at Michael Johnson Classic (13.69) and was runner-up at Carolina Spring Break (13.95) and Texas Invitational (13.22) ... Placed third at Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational (13.53) ... Set a career best long jump of 21-2 (6.45) to place fifth in NCAA West region preliminary ... Won Texas Invitational (20-10 ½w), placed third at Penn Relays (20-10w) and ninth at Texas Relays (20-1w) ... Had an outdoor best of 42-9 (13.03) in triple jump to finish fourth at Texas Relays ... Runner-up at Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational (41-2 ¼) ... Sixth at Penn Relays (40-6 ¼w) ... Placed 19th at NCAA West region preliminary ... Indoors placed 10th in long jump (20-7 ¾) and 11th in triple jump at NCAA Championships with a best of 42-6 ¼ (12.96) ... Also ran in the prelims (8.35) of the 60 hurdles at the NCAA Indoor ... Finished sixth in long jump (20-3 ½), eighth in triple jump (41-9 ¾) and 5th in the 60 hurdles (8.41) at Big 12 Championships ... Won two indoor meets, the Texas dual (42-1 ¼) and Texas A&M Challenge II (41-3 ¾), runner-up at Arkansas qualifier (42-5 ¼) ... Won long jump at Texas dual (20-5 ¾) while placing second at A&M Invitational (19-8 ¾) and Texas A&M Challenge (20-8 ½ - 6.31) ... Posted a season best of 8.24 in the 60 hurdles, winning the Texas A&M Invitational ... Finished third at Texas A&M Challenge (8.25) and the A&M Challenge II (8.43).

2009 (TAMU): Qualified for NCAA Indoor in long jump and triple jump, placing 14th (19-4 ¾) and 15th (41-7) ... Advanced to NCAA semifinal in 100 hurdles, recording a season best of 13.31 ... Placed fourth in long jump at Big 12 with a windy 20-6 ½ ... An injury during the conference long jump kept her out of 100 hurdles and triple jump ... Ran a 13.42 prelim race at Midwest Region, then finished seventh in final with a 14.14 ... At Big 12 Indoors, placed second in triple jump with a career best of 43-7, fifth in the 60 hurdles (8.53) and seventh in long jump (19-11 ¾) ... In 100 hurdles posted a wind-aided 13.05 in placing fourth at Texas Relays ... Placed second at USC (13.55) and Arizona State (13.95), finished fourth at LSU Alumni (13.38) ... Outdoors in long jump placed second at USC (19-7) and Texas Invite (19-11 ½ w) ... Best mark outdoors in triple jump was 41-10 ¾ from series at LSU Alumni, where her windy 42-4 ¾ made her the top collegian ... Career best indoor long jump was a 20-9 mark to place fourth at New Balance Collegiate, where she also finished sixth in triple jump (42-8) ... Won Big 12 vs. SEC Showdown triple jump (42-0 ¾) ... Ran a season best of 8.42 for fifth place at Texas A&M Invitational ... Finished second (8.47) at Big 12 vs. SEC Showdown.

Career: 2008 graduate of Mt. Pleasant High School in San Jose, California ... Lettered four years in track and field, coached by Steve Nelson ... Set school records and personal bests of 13.03 in the 100 hurdles, 20-5 long jump and 43-0 ½ triple jump ... Chosen as 2008 San Jose Sports Hall of Fame Female High School Athlete of the Year ... Named 2007 Athlete of the Year by San Jose Mercury News ... Ranked sixth as a senior and ninth as a junior in the Track & Field News' Athlete of the Year poll ... In the T&FN event rankings she was the top ranked athlete in 2008 for the 100 hurdles and triple jump, while ranking second in the long jump ... As a junior she was second in the 100 hurdles and triple jump, while fifth in the long jump amid the T&FN event rankings ... As a senior led the nation in the long jump with a mark of 20-5 and in the triple jump with a 43-1 ½, while second in the nation with a 13.44 in the 100 hurdles ... Won three events at 2008 California State meet as school placed second ... Posted winning times at State meet of 13.44 (100H), 20-0 ¼ (long jump) and 42-0 ½ (triple jump) ... Competed at World Junior Championships in Poland ... Qualified for U.S. Junior team by placing second in the 100 hurdles (13.62) and third in the triple jump (41-10 ½w) at the USATF Junior Championships ... Senior season also included win in 60 hurdles (8.42) at National Scholastic Indoor, where she also won the long jump (19-6) and triple jump (41-3 ½) ... At Simplot Games won long jump (19-10 ¾) and triple jump (42-8 ¾) while placing second in 60 hurdles (8.27) ... Her 13.03 time in the 100 hurdles led the nation in 2007 and broke the previous National High School Federation record of 13.20 ... She won the 2007 California State title with her 13.03, which also ranked as the No. 2 performer on the all-time high school list and the mark also became the fastest time recorded by a prep athlete in a high school-only race ... Silver medalist at the California State meet in the long jump (20-1 ½) and triple jump (42-3 ¼w) as school won team title ... Finished third in the triple jump (41-1 ¾) and fifth in the 100 hurdles (13.42w / 13.37 prelim) at the 2007 USATF Junior Championships ... Member of Cardinal Track Club for four years.

Personal: Vashti Thomas is the daughter of Gerald Thomas and Jolene Holbert ... Born April 21, 1990 in San Jose, California ... Father played basketball at San Jose State ... Transfered from Texas A&M University to study Illustration.

Courtesy Academy of Art