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2018 Track and Field Roster

Tyler Ragin

  • Class Senior
  • High School Rutland High School
  • Hometown Macon, Ga.

Biography

2018 INDOOR: Clinched seventh place in both the 60m with a readout of 7.61 and the long jump with 5.58m (18-3.75) at the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championships … also set a career record in the 60m preliminaries with a time of 7.54 at the Championships … opened the season at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational with a 5.57m (28-3.25) long jump to place 17th … took fourth place in the 60m with a time of 7.77 and 12th place in the long jump with 5.34m (17-6.25) at the Texas Tech Classic … finished 21st with 5.49m (18-0.25) in the long jump at the New Mexico Classic … ran the 200m with a clocking of 25.72 at the Don Kirby Elite.

2017 OUTDOOR: Opened the season with fourth-place showing in the long jump at the UTEP Springtime with a season-best mark of 5.79m ... competed at the Jim Bush Collegiate Invitational as part of the 4x100m relay team that notched a season-best time of 45.31 ... posted a personal-best 11.07m in the triple jump at the UTEP Invitational ... recorded a second-place showing as part of the 4x100m relay team at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge … competed at the C-USA Championships in the long jump and the 100m.

2017 INDOOR: Competed at the C-USA Championships in the long jump, earning an eighth-place showing ... secured fifth place overall in the long jump at the New Mexico Cherry and Silver with a season-best mark of 5.79m and a season-best 7.81 in the 60m dash.

2016 OUTDOOR: Ran the lead-off leg in the 4x100m relay at the NCAA West Preliminaries … had a personal best 5.86m (19-5.86) in the long jump at the 37th Sun Angel Track Classic … at the same meet ran 25.19 in the 200m ... took second in the 4x100m relay at the Sun Angel Classic with a time of 44.55.

2016 INDOOR: Competed in the 60m dash notching a personal best (7.74) at the Cherry & Silver Invitational … competed at the C-USA Championship in the 60m and long jump (5.73m) helping the women’s team secure the team crown for second-straight year ... took third place in the long jump at the Lumberjack Team Challenge.

2015 OUTDOOR: Registered a season-best time in the 100m dash with a mark of 12.15 at the Conference USA Championships … collected a season best long jump of 5.62m (18-2.25) at the Don Kirby Tailwind to finish fifth … clocked a wind-aided 12.08 at the UTEP Invitational in the 100m dash to place eighth … placed fifth in the 100m dash at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge with a time of 12.60 … tallied eighth-place showings in the long jump at the Sun Angel Classic (5.53m) and UTEP Invitational (5.37m) … recorded a mark of 5.34m (17-6.25) in the long jump at the UTEP Twilight to finish fifth … member of the women’s team that finished second at the Conference USA Championships.

2015 INDOOR: Member of the women’s team that captured the first conference title in program history … clocked a season best of 7.83 in the 60m dash at the New Mexico Collegiate Invitational to finish 19th … placed 11th in the long jump at the Texas A&M Invitational with a season-best leap of 5.30m.

PRIOR TO UTEP: An 11 time Georgia state finalist in the 100m, 200m, long jump, triple jump and 4x100m relay ... a six time individual region champion ... led team to back-to-back team Region Championships for the first time in school history ... named to the All-Region, All-Mid Ga, and All-State teams all four years and was a 2014 USATF Junior All-American ... honored as the 2013 Boys & Girls Club Georgia Youth of the Year and the 2013 Protege Arts Award Runner-up.

PERSONAL: Full name is Tyler Christian Ragin ... daughter of Leland K. and Calla C. Ragin ... has a brother (Kendall) and sister (Kameryn) ... was born in Macon, Ga. ... is a Communications Major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

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  • 2016Sophomore

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  • 2017Junior

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  • 2018Senior

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