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  Tammilee Kerr

Tammilee Kerr

Player Profile

Hometown:
Portmore, Jamaica

High School:
Wolmer's Girl's HS

Event:
Multi-Events/Javelin

2007 -- Indoor - led team in pentathlon with a collegiate-best 3,553 points... that total ranks third in school history... placed ninth in pentathlon (3,553 points) at Big Ten Championships... runner-up in 60-meter hurdles (9.06) and long jump (17-8 3/4) at Hawkeye Invite... posted collegiate-best high jump (5-4 1/2) as part of Big Ten pentathlon... Outdoor - NCAA provisional qualifier in heptathlon, placing fourth with a school-record 5,332 points at Big Ten Championships... placed 22nd in heptathlon at NCAA Championships (5,204 points)... qualified for NCAA regional in javelin throwing a collegiate-best 157-0 as part of Big Ten heptathlon... that mark ranks second in school history... also placed fourth in 100-meter hurdles (14.48), 200 meters (25.79) and high jump (5-4 1/4) as part of Big Ten heptathlon... placed fourth in javelin (142-1) as part of NCAA heptathlon... placed eighth in javelin at Big Ten Championships (139-5) and 11th at NCAA regional (151-4)... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2006 -- Indoor - placed 12th in pentathlon at Big Ten Championships with 3,443 points ... placed fifth in pentathlon (3,383 points) at Husker Invite... Outdoor - placed sixth in javelin (141-0) at Big Ten Championships... threw season-best javelin (141-9) at Springtime Invite... academic all-Big Ten... letterwinner.

2005 -- Indoor - placed 16th in pentathlon at Big Ten Championships with 3,417 points... won long jump (18-1 3/4) at Iowa Open, which ranks ninth in school history... ran collegiate-best 60-meter hurdles (8.75) at Iowa Open, which ranks seventh in school history... Outdoor - placed 10th in heptathlon with 4,924 points at Big Ten Championships, which led team... placed seventh in javelin (133-7) at Big Ten Championships and third (136-11) at Shamrock Invite... letterwinner.

High School -- two-time junior national and national club championships javelin champion... won javelin and placed third in heptathlon at National High School Championships junior year, and won long jump as a freshman... three-time track team captain... placed fourth in heptathlon and fifth in javelin at 2003 CARIFTA Championships... coaches were Michael Carr and Michael Vassell.

Personal -- born May 13, 1986... daughter of Winston Kerr and Ceva McPherson-Kerr... athletic training major.

Kerr's Collegiate Bests
Event Mark/Time Meet Date
60 Hurdles (I)8.75Iowa Invite1/15/05
at Big Ten Championships3/1/08
100 Hurdles (O)14.21Musco Twilight IX4/21/07
200 Meters (O)25.49at Drake Relays4/25/07
400 Meters (O)1:04.64at Shamrock Invite3/18/06
800 Meters (O)2:27.66 Big Ten Championships5/12/07
Long Jump (O)18-2 1/4 (5.54 m)Big Ten Championships5/12/07
High Jump (I)5-4 1/2 (1.64 m)Big Ten Championships2/25/07
Shot Put (O)37-6 (11.43 m)Big Ten Championships5/13/05
Javelin (O)157-0 (47.85 m)Big Ten Championships5/12/07
Pentathlon (I)3,553 pointsBig Ten Championships2/24/07
Heptathlon (O)5,332 pointsBig Ten Championships5/12/07

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