2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Carothers, Imani
Imani Carothers
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
Bio
2022: Outdoor – Won the FSU Relays with a season-best 100-meter hurdle time of 13.46…Finished 14th in the 100m hurdle prelims after clocking a 13.99…Posted a season-best 100m hurdle time of 13.41 to take 14th in the NCAA East Prelims quarterfinals.
Indoor – Had a season-best time of 8.20 to take second in the 60-meter hurdles at the USC Indoor Open…Long jumped once and finished 13th at the Clemson Invite with a mark of 5.72m/18-9.25.
2021: Outdoor – Registered the sixth-best time in school history with a 13.14 in the 100-meter hurdle prelims at the SEC Championships to take 14th…Had a top time of 13.19 after advancing to the NCAA East Prelims…Was second in the 100m hurdles at both the Spec Towns Invitational (13.38) and Torrin Lawrence Memorial (13.46).
Indoor – Won the Razorback Invitational thanks to the third-best time in school history (8.06) in the 60m hurdles….Finished third at the SEC Championships after running an 8.12 in the 60m hurdles…Grabbed top honors in the 60m hurdles at the Carolina Challenge with an 8.18…Missed the final by two spots at the NCAA Championships after registering an 8.19 for 10th in the 60m hurdle prelims.
2020: Indoor – Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Clocked matching personal bests of 8.18 in the 60-meter hurdles to move into the fourth spot in the school record books (seventh in the prelims at the SEC Championships, second in the prelims at the Razorback Invitational)…Finished seventh in the final at the SEC meet after completing the hurdles in 8.20…Registered four other finishes at better than 8.30, including a runner-up finish with an 8.20 at the Bob Pollock Invitational.
2019: Outdoor - Ran UGA’s 10th-best time in history in the 100-meter hurdles with a 13.62 to place sixth in the prelims at the Mt. SAC Relays…Traveled 19 feet, 8 inches to take 11th in the long jump at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Finished 18th in the 100mH at the SEC meet with a 13.86...One of 44 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Spring 2019, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher while taking 14 credit hours or more.
Indoor - Entered the Georgia record books with her first event win, speeding to a time of 8.25 in the 60 meter hurdles at the Husker Invitational for fifth place all-time...Named SEC Freshman of the Week (2.6.19) for her performance in Lincoln...Capped off her debut season with an impressive showing at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing sixth in the 60 meter hurdle finals (8.30)...Began her Georgia career by competing in the long jump and 60 meter hurdles at the UAB Blazer Invitational, earning second place in the LJ (19’4”) and third place in the 60mH (8.44)...Followed up at the Clemson Invitational with her first collegiate triple jump, finishing fourth (40’9.75”), as well as a fifth place finish in the 60mH (8.41).
High School: 2017 New Balance Outdoor All-American in the long jump…2017 New Balance Outdoor Emerging Elite 100-meter hurdles champion…Won eight Illinois outdoor state titles…Named Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association (ITCCCA) Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Year…Captured Illinois state titles in the outdoor 100mH all four years…Was a four-time indoor Top Times 60mH champion, setting a record at the meet in her final season…Captured Chicago Public League titles in both the 100mH and long jump all four years, setting a meet records in both events, and triple jump champion as a junior and senior with a meet record mark…Won the long jump with a mark that tied the Class 2A record and triple jump effort that broke the 2A record as a sophomore…Personal-best marks of 13.72 (100mH), 19 feet, 10 inches (long jump) and 42-10 (triple jump)…Member of National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society…Was senior class vice president and on the A/B Honor Roll for eight semesters.
Personal: Born Oct. 21, 1999…Daughter of DeVonne Carothers and Kimberly Carothers…One of four siblings…Intending to major in Criminal Justice.
Indoor – Had a season-best time of 8.20 to take second in the 60-meter hurdles at the USC Indoor Open…Long jumped once and finished 13th at the Clemson Invite with a mark of 5.72m/18-9.25.
2021: Outdoor – Registered the sixth-best time in school history with a 13.14 in the 100-meter hurdle prelims at the SEC Championships to take 14th…Had a top time of 13.19 after advancing to the NCAA East Prelims…Was second in the 100m hurdles at both the Spec Towns Invitational (13.38) and Torrin Lawrence Memorial (13.46).
Indoor – Won the Razorback Invitational thanks to the third-best time in school history (8.06) in the 60m hurdles….Finished third at the SEC Championships after running an 8.12 in the 60m hurdles…Grabbed top honors in the 60m hurdles at the Carolina Challenge with an 8.18…Missed the final by two spots at the NCAA Championships after registering an 8.19 for 10th in the 60m hurdle prelims.
2020: Indoor – Named a USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual...Clocked matching personal bests of 8.18 in the 60-meter hurdles to move into the fourth spot in the school record books (seventh in the prelims at the SEC Championships, second in the prelims at the Razorback Invitational)…Finished seventh in the final at the SEC meet after completing the hurdles in 8.20…Registered four other finishes at better than 8.30, including a runner-up finish with an 8.20 at the Bob Pollock Invitational.
2019: Outdoor - Ran UGA’s 10th-best time in history in the 100-meter hurdles with a 13.62 to place sixth in the prelims at the Mt. SAC Relays…Traveled 19 feet, 8 inches to take 11th in the long jump at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Finished 18th in the 100mH at the SEC meet with a 13.86...One of 44 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Spring 2019, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher while taking 14 credit hours or more.
Indoor - Entered the Georgia record books with her first event win, speeding to a time of 8.25 in the 60 meter hurdles at the Husker Invitational for fifth place all-time...Named SEC Freshman of the Week (2.6.19) for her performance in Lincoln...Capped off her debut season with an impressive showing at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing sixth in the 60 meter hurdle finals (8.30)...Began her Georgia career by competing in the long jump and 60 meter hurdles at the UAB Blazer Invitational, earning second place in the LJ (19’4”) and third place in the 60mH (8.44)...Followed up at the Clemson Invitational with her first collegiate triple jump, finishing fourth (40’9.75”), as well as a fifth place finish in the 60mH (8.41).
High School: 2017 New Balance Outdoor All-American in the long jump…2017 New Balance Outdoor Emerging Elite 100-meter hurdles champion…Won eight Illinois outdoor state titles…Named Illinois Track and Cross Country Coaches Association (ITCCCA) Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Year…Captured Illinois state titles in the outdoor 100mH all four years…Was a four-time indoor Top Times 60mH champion, setting a record at the meet in her final season…Captured Chicago Public League titles in both the 100mH and long jump all four years, setting a meet records in both events, and triple jump champion as a junior and senior with a meet record mark…Won the long jump with a mark that tied the Class 2A record and triple jump effort that broke the 2A record as a sophomore…Personal-best marks of 13.72 (100mH), 19 feet, 10 inches (long jump) and 42-10 (triple jump)…Member of National Honor Society and Spanish National Honor Society…Was senior class vice president and on the A/B Honor Roll for eight semesters.
Personal: Born Oct. 21, 1999…Daughter of DeVonne Carothers and Kimberly Carothers…One of four siblings…Intending to major in Criminal Justice.
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