Tina Driscoll
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- Height:
- 5-7
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- Hometown:
- Lake in the Hills, Ill.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Huntley HS
Bio
Tina is a versatile and talented athlete...was expecting to compete in the pentathlon (indoor) and heptathlon (outdors) in 2014-15, but injury sidelined her as a freshman...could compete in a variety of events as a sophomore....an Honors student throughout high school, she is enrolled in the Honors program at Tech while also serving on the Student Govermnment Association (SGA).
AT TECH (IN 2014-15): Tina opened the year competing in four events during the indoor season, and saw plenty of action in the first three meets of the schedule...an injury, however, sidelined her for the remainder of the spring...had a PR of 2:37.46 in the 800m...twice ran the 60-m hurdles, with a PR of 9.89 seconds at Vanderbilt...had one successful high jump, clearing 4-feet, 8.5 inches at UAB...competed all three meets in long jump, with a PR of 15-feet, 8.25 inches at Vandy.
HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the cross country and track & field teams for all four years during her time at Huntley (Ill.) High School, and also a two-year member of the basketball team...helped set school records in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays...competed in sprints, jumps and relays...was the county 400m champion...ran a PR of :59.20 in the 400m.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Brian Driscoll and Christine Driscoll...majoring in international business and cultures...born Sept. 4, 1995 in Elgin, Ill...full name is Christina Marie Driscoll.
News mentions
The school record book, as well as the list of individual personal best efforts, continues to undergo a transformation for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, with one more school mark and seven PR efforts falling Saturday on the final day of the Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt.
The first four events of Vanderbilt’s Music City Challenge produced three personal best times Friday night by members of the Tennessee Tech track & field team.
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.
Tennessee Tech runners broke four school records Saturday, including marks that had stood for 18 and 15 years, when the Golden Eagles opened the 2015-16 indoor season at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.
What promises to be an exciting, record-breaking season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team gets underway Saturday when coach Wayne Angel takes a squad of 20 athletes to Nashville to compete in the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.