Molly Griffin
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- Height:
- 5-3
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- Hometown:
- Knoxville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Hardin Valley Academy
Bio
Molly is one of those student-athletes who gets the job done, no matter what her assignment...while she can compete at several distances, she will concentrate on the middle distances for the Golden Eagles...a talented relay runner...got just a taste of the cross country season, running in the season opening meet at Indiana for her lone outing.
Coach Angel on Griffin: Molly is a dedicated and committed young lady that has a hunger and thrust to make a difference. She will add depth to our cross country and middle distance corp.
AT TECH (IN 2015-16): Molly opened her Golden Eagle career during the 2015 cross country season, posting a time of 23:17.23 in the Indiana Classic...did not compete in any other meets during the fall.
HIGH SCHOOL: During her high school career, Molly was a standout on the Hardin Valley Academy track & field team in every distance from 800m up to 5,000m...she posted a personal best 800m time of 2:26.15, and owns a career-best 5,000-meter effort of 20:10...four-year letterwinner in track and two-year letterwinner in cross country, all for coach Bryan Brown...twice all-region, she was a four-time all-state selection and three times qualified for nationals...owns three indoor and two outdor school records...indoor marks for 800m, 4x800 and distance medlet relay...outdoor marks in 4x800 and DMR.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Ken and Tracy Griffin...full name is Molly Ann Griffin...born Dec. 11, 1996 in Knoxville...majoring in accounting.
News mentions
The Tennessee Tech track & field team is looking for the fun it has enjoyed throughout the season to continue this weekend when it heads to Nashville to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships.
Competing on two fronts yielded some sensational results for the Golden Eagle track & field team, with four first place performances, two school records, nine personal-best efforts and an historical first for the program.
The assault on the school record books proved successful during the indoor season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, and now coach Wayne Angel’s team turns its focus to the outdoor season, which gets underway this weekend at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
After setting one school record and two personal best marks Friday night to open action at the Vanderbilt Invitational, the Tennessee Tech women's track & field team added another school record and five more career topping efforts Saturday to wrap up the squad's third weekend of action during the indoor season.
Tennessee Tech’s 4x800m relay shattered the school record Friday night at the Vanderbilt Invitational, slicing more than 30 seconds off a mark that had stood in the books for 16 years. The record performance, along with a couple of personal best times in the 200m dash, were the highlights on an opening night when the Golden Eagles had very few events.