2016-17 Track & Field Roster
Tairyn Montgomery
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Redondo Union
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
2018 NCAA Honorable Mention Outdoor All-American (Javelin Throw)
2020: Indoor - Did not compete.
2019: Outdoor - Was third in the javelin at the Yellow Jacket Invite with a mark of 149-8…Following one more meet, shut her season down to recover from an injury...Named to the 2019 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Did not compete for Georgia.
2018: Outdoor - Booked her trip to Oregon with a javelin throw of 161 feet, 4 inches at the NCAA East Prelims to secure 9th place...Registered the NCAA East Region No. 9 qualifying mark in the JT...Finished with a throw of 153’5” at the NCAA Outdoor Championships towards a 20th-place finish in her first trip to nationals...Launched a personal record throw of 167 feet, 11 inches at the Beach Invitational while garnering 6th place...Recorded first and second place finishes at both home meets, the Torrin Lawrence Memorial and Spec Towns Invite, respectively...Opened the season with a runner-up finish at the Yellow Jacket Invitational and a throw of 153’2”...Named to the J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll for Spring 2018...Also earned SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
Indoor - Did not compete for the Lady Bulldogs...One of 62 UGA student-athletes who received Dean's List honors in Fall 2017, earning a 3.50 GPA or higher.
2017: Outdoor – Won the season-opening Yellow Jacket Invite in the javelin with an effort of 164 feet, 9 inches, which ranks eighth in the UGA record books…Was second at the Virginia Challenge after her top throw measured 157-11…Took 14th in the javelin at her first SEC Championships with a throw of 128 feet…Took 25th (145-3) at the NCAA East Prelims…Traveled to the USATF Junior Championships and finished fifth with a top javelin effort of 142-1.
Indoor - Did not compete for the Lady Bulldogs.
High School: Sat out her senior season with an injury...Finished second at the 2015 New Balance meet for All-America honors after reaching 154 feet, 9 inches...Took third in the 2015 World Youth Trials with a top mark of 162-0 (500g)...Finished fifth in the javelin (153-6) at the 2015 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships...Won the long jump (18-1.75) and shot put (35-9) in the Bay League...Voted the Junior, Sophomore and Freshman Girl Most Valuable Player for track and cheerleading...Took eighth in the heptathlon at the 2015 Arcadia Invitational with 4,512 points, including a javelin mark of 157-2...Finished second at the 2015 Mt. SAC open javelin (164-3)...Took second in the javelin (164-3) at the Named 2015 USATF Southern California Association Athlete of the Year (age 15-16)...Personal-best marks of 168-1 (javelin), 40-2 (shot put), 18-1.75 (long jump) and 4,512 (heptathlon)...Won the 2014 New Balance Outdoor meet for All-America honors (157-9) and NSAF Chicagoland Throws (163-0)...Won the 2014 National Junior Olympic Championships with a mark of 168-1, which topped her previous national record and made her the No. 1 US high school thrower...Took third at the 2014 USATF National Junior Olympics in the heptathlon (4,370) after recording a mark of 153-6 in the javelin...Track & Field News and MileSplit No. 1 ranking in javelin and named to USA Today All-USA Girls Second Team...Finished sixth in the javelin at the 2014 USATF US Area Youth Olympic Selection Trials (152-9 – 500g)...Won the 2014 Bay League titles in the long jump (17-0) and shot put (35-1)...Member of CIF 4x100m relay D2 champs...Included on Daily Breeze Girls First Team...Was 11th in the Arcadia Invitational heptathlon with 4,167 points, including a javelin mark of 149-4...Helped lead her team to the 2013-15 Bay League titles...Won the Bay League long jump championship and was on winning 4x100m relay in 2013...Named 2013 USATF Southern California Association Athlete of the Year (age 15-16)...Won the 2013 USATF National Junior Olympic Championship in javelin (national record for age 15-16 of 155-0) and was fifth in the heptathlon (41,68)...Also was a cheerleader at Redondo Union...Scholar Athlete and on the Honor Roll for all four years for having a GPA over 3.5...Member of Principal’s Honor Roll two semesters (4.0 GPA)...Earned an Academic Letter as a junior and a Second Year Pin as a senior...Posted a GPA of 3.77 on a 4.0 scale...Earned Golden State Merit Seal and President’s Award for Educational Excellence.
Personal: Born August 15, 1998...Daughter of Donta and Tanya Montgomery...Dad, Donta, played baseball at Grambling University...Majoring in Biological Engineering.
