University of Miami Athletics

Tameka Jameson

position

Sprints, Hurdles

Class

Senior

Hometown

Upper Marlboro, Md.

High School

Eleanor Roosevelt HS

Tameka Jameson - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

All-American 2010, ACC Champion

Collegiate Career Bests:
400 Meter Hurdles: 55.73
400 Meters: 53.33
100 Meter Hurdles: 13.61
200 Meters: 23.31
500 Meters: 1:12.54i
600 Meters: 1:34.61i
800 Meters: 2:14.02

2012 Outdoor: Finished 4th in the Hurricane Invitational’s long jump, leaping 5.24 meters… ran a personal best 25.50 during the 200 meters at the Hurricane Invitational… had the season’s longest jump of 5.44 meters in the Jim Click Shoot Out

2011 Indoor: Finished in first place at the Clemson Invitational in the 400m dash with a time of 54.51 seconds… Was a member of the 4x400m relay team that placed second at Kentucky Invitational with a time of 3:41.02… Her lone attempt at the 200m dash came at the Kentucky Invitational with a time of 24.61 seconds.

2010 Outdoor: Earned All-America honors for her third place performance in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championships (56.37)… Her season-best time in the 400m hurdles came at the NCAA quarterfinals at55.73 seconds… Placed second at the NACAC Championships with a time of55.97 seconds in the 400m hurdles…Won the ACC Championship in the 400m dash with a time of 53.34 seconds… Her season-best time in the 400m dash came in the prelims of the ACC Championships at 53.33 seconds… Ran a team-best timein the 200mdash with a fifth-place performance atthe ACC Championships (23.31)…Her lone attempt in the 100m hurdles came in a victory at the Georgia Invitational (13.61)… Ran the anchor leg of the 4×100 relay team at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational in 44.99 seconds… Ran the opening leg of the 4×400 relay team that ran a team season-best time of 3:34.33 at the NCAA quarterfinals…. A member of the 4×400 relay team that won the ACC Championship in 3:36.33 and at the Georgia Tech Invitational (3:38.20)… Ran the anchor leg of the USA 4×400 relay team that won the NACAC Championshipin 3:29.80… Ran the third leg of the 4×100 shuttle hurdle relay that placed second at both the Penn Relays (53.82) and the Florida Relays (54.02).

2010 Indoor: Her season-best time in the 400m dash came at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet at 53.84 seconds… Came in fourth at the ACC Championships in the 400m dash with a time of 54.41 seconds… Her only attempt in the 200m came at the Tyson Invitational, finishing in the 24.58 seconds… Ran in the 500m dash at the National Open, coming in second place in 1:12.54… Won the 600m dash at the Carle/Health Alliance Invitational in 1:34.61… In her only attempt in the 800m run, had the team’s season-best time of 2:14.02 at the Kentucky Invitational… Was the anchor on the season-best 4×400 relay at the Tyson Invitational, finishing with a time of 3:36.18.

2009 Outdoor: Advanced to the finals of the NCAA Championships (6/12), where she placed ninth with a time of 58.73 seconds… Won the NCAA East Region (5/30) 400-meter hurdles Championship with a personal-best time of 56.65 seconds… Reached the regional qualifying standard of 1:00.82 in the 400-meter hurdles on seven occasions…Won the Hurricane Invitational (3/21) in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.61 seconds… A member of the 4×400 relay team that won the event at the Georgia Tech Invitational (5/16) with a season-best time of 3:36.32.

2009 Indoor:Ran a season-best time of 55.34 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the ACC Championships (2/28), placing fifth… Won the 400- meter dash at the Virginia Tech Elite (2/7) with a time of 55.43 seconds… A member of the 4×400 relay team that ran a season-best time of 3:38.46 at the Texas A&M Invitational (2/14).

2008 Outdoor: Ran a season-best 54.30 at the ACC Championships in the 400-meters, placing fifth and qualifying for the NCAA Regionals… Also qualified for regionals in the 400-meter hurdles on three occasions, with her best time of 59.59 coming at the Hurricane Challenge… Member of the 4×400 relay that qualified for the regionals on four different occasions.

2008 Indoor:Ran a season best 55.66 in the preliminary heat of the 400-meters at the Tyson Invitational… Ran the 800-meters once with a time of 2:22.41 at the Virginia Tech Invitational…Member of the 4×400 relay team that ran a provisional time of 3:37.83 at the Tyson Invitational… Member of the distance medley relay that ran at the University of Illinois Invite, placing third with a time of 12:32.03.

HIGH SCHOOL: Named Parade High School All-American all four years… Indoor athlete of the year as a junior… Also named all-metropolitan all four years, and ranked No. 1 in U.S. in the 500m with a time of 1:12.40, fourth all-time… Fourth fastest 400m hurdles time in nation (59.02)… Member of nation’s fastest 4X400 (3:39.44) and 4X800 (8:51.19) relay teams… Represented the USA at the Caribbean Scholastic Invitational.

PERSONAL: A criminolgy major… Enjoys reading books and taking walks by herself… Favorite athlete is Sanya Richards… Some of her favorite movies include, “Love & Basketball” and “Brown Sugar”.