2025 Track & Field Roster
T'oni Birden
- Position:
- Jumps
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Heritage
- Hometown:
- Conyers, Ga.
2024 Gulf South Conference Indoor Field Athlete of the Year (D-II)
2024 USTFCCCA D-II Indoor First Team All-American (Long Jump)
2024 Gulf South Conference Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year (D-II)
2024 USTFCCCA D-II Outdoor First Team All-American (Long Jump)
2025: Outdoor – Competed in the long jump and triple jump across four meets…Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the long jump at the Black and Gold Invite with a mark of 6.04 meters/19 feet, 9.75 inches…Also logged a jump of 12.17m/39-11.25 to place ninth in the triple jump…Jumped 11.82m/38-9.50 (16th) in the triple jump and 5.81m/19-0.75 (18th) in the long jump at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational…Took fifth in the long jump at the Tiger Track Classic with a leap of 5.97m/19-7…Matched that aforementioned mark at the SEC Outdoor Championships, where she finished 10th in the long jump while also logging a 15th-place finish in the triple jump (12.39m/40-7.75).
Indoor – Competed in the long jump and triple jump at the SEC Championships, leaping 5.97 meters/19 feet, 7 inches to place 13th in the long jump and recording a season-best mark of 12.49m/40-11.75 in the triple jump to finish 17th…Made her Bulldog debut at the Ted Nelson Invite, competing in the long jump (6th – 6.02m/19-9) and triple jump (11th – 11.80m/38-8.75)…Placed 12th in the triple jump at the Razorback Invite with a mark of 12.04m/39-6…Took 12th place in the long jump at the Tiger Paw Invite, leaping 5.86/19-2.75.
West Georgia (2022-24): 2024: Outdoor – Was Selected to the Outdoor National Championships in both the long and triple jump events, becoming the first track athlete in school history to be selected to both the Indoor and Outdoor National Championships...Earned All-America honors in the long jump…Was named the Gulf South Conference (GSC) Field Athlete of the Week twice before being named the GSC Field Athlete of the Year...Posted the GSC best overall performance during the outdoor season…Set West Georgia outdoor records in the long jump and triple jump…All-Region selection…Earned a spot on the school’s Dean’s List for the 2024 indoor and outdoor seasons.
Indoor – Was selected to the Indoor Championships in the long jump, where she earned All-America honors...Set program records in the long jump and pentathlon indoors…Recorded a mark of 6.10m/20-0.25, which stands as a lifetime best and placed her fourth in the country...Was named GSC Field Athlete of the Week once before being named the GSC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year and to the South All-Region team...Posted the GSC indoor best overall performance…Was selected to the GSC All-Academic team.
2023: Outdoor – Earned a silver medal in the heptathlon at the 2023 GSC Outdoor Championships after posting a score of 3,664…Posted the best heptathlon score in program history at the Morehouse Relays, compiling 4,152 points…Set a lifetime best in the shot put with a throw of 10.20m/33-5.75...Set a lifetime best in the triple jump at the GSC Outdoor Championships with a jump of 11.66m/38-3.25....Best long jump of the season was 5.78m/18-11.75, which was set at the UWG Legends Invitational...Named to the USTFCCCA All-Region Team.
Indoor – Named the GSC Most Outstanding Performer after placing second in the pentathlon with 3,144 points, a program record.... Named Second Team All-GSC after earning a silver medal in the pentathlon at the GSC Indoor Track & Field Championships....Best long jump mark of the season was 5.65m/18-6.50 at the South Carolina Invitational...Best triple jump mark was 11.47m/37-7.75 at the BSC Indoor Icebreaker.
High School: Prepped at Heritage High School in Conyers, Georgia...Set a PR in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.82 at the USATF Georgia Association Junior Olympic Championships...Personal best of 12.67 (100m)…Also competed in volleyball and flag football…Named to honor roll…Was school’s Vice President of the student body.
Personal: Born June 23, 2004…Daughter of Jenelle Parker-Birden and Anthony Birden…Has two siblings, Imani and Xatia Birden…Intending to major in Consumer Economics.
