Second Team All-America Sprinter Gaither Transfers To USC
August 01, 2013 | Track & Field
Aug. 1, 2013
Second team All-America sprinter Tynia Gaither from Georgia has transferred to USC, announced Director of Track & Field Caryl Smith Gilbert on Aug. 1.
Gaither placed 12th at the 2013 NCAA championships in the 200m dash as a sophomore with a time of 23.23. During the 2013 regular season Gaither had a 200m time of 23.21 which ranked tied for 13th in the country and a best 100m time of 11.51 which tied for 21st in the country.
Gaither had a season-best time in the 100m dash of 11.42 at the East Preliminary Rounds, but missed advancing to the NCAA Championships in the event by less than a hundredth of a second. Her time ranks eighth all-time by a Georgia female in the 100m dash. Gaither's 23.21 200m time ranks sixth on Georgia's all-time list.
She was limited to two early season meets in 2012 during the outdoor season and will have three seasons of outdoor eligibility and two indoors remaining.
Gaither is from Kissimmee, Fla. and attended Osceola High where she posted a best 100m of 11.41 and 200m of 23.17. She won back-to-back state titles in the 200m dash in 2010 and 2011. She also won a sliver medal in the 200m race at the 2010 World Youth Games and was on the gold medal-winning sprint medley relay team. Gaither was born in the Bahamas and represented that country at the 2010 CARIFTA Games and finished fifth in the 100m. She took fourth at the 2010 Bahamas National Championships in the 100m and 200m.
