Tiff Pedersen

Hometown: Atlantic, IA High School: Atlantic Event: Hurdles/Multi-Events

2005 -- Indoor - placed 12th in pentathlon at Big Ten Championships, scoring 3,481 points... scored 3,306 points in pentathlon at Husker Invite... Outdoor - placed 15th in heptathlon (4,379 points) at Big Ten Championships... threw collegiate-best javelin (116-1) and placed second in 100-meter hurdles (14.46) at Jim Duncan Invite... placed fourth in javelin (96-1), fifth in 100-meter hurdles (14.50) and eighth in shot put (35-5 3/4) at Musco Twilight VII.... placed fifth in heptathlon 100-meter hurdles (14.45) and shot put (35-10 3/4) at Drake Relays... letterwinner.

2004 -- Indoor - led team in long jump (17-11) and pentathlon (3,511 points)... that point total ranks third on Iowa's all-time bests list... placed fifth in pentathlon at Big Ten Championships (3,511 points)... placed fifth in pentathlon at UNI Invite, placing second in 60-meter hurdles (9.16) and long jump (17-11) as part of that event... won 60-meter hurdles (8.98), running a collegiate-best 8.80 in prelims at Iowa Open, which ranks ninnth on Iowa's all-time bests list... won long jump (17-4 3/4) and placed third in 60-meter hurdles (9.05) at Hawkeye Invite... Outdoor - led team in heptathlon, 100-meter hurdles, long jump and shot put... placed third in heptathlon at Big Ten Championships, scoring a collegiate-best 4,976 points, which ranks second on Iowa's all-time bests list... won long jump (17-11 3/4), placed second in 100-meter hurdles (14.26) and third in shot put (37-7 1/4) and 200 meters (25.62) as part of Big Ten heptathlon... placed fourth in Drake Relays hepathlon (4,864 points)... placed fourth in long jump (18-5 1/4) at Tom Botts Invite, which rank sixth on Iowa's all-time bests list... letterwinner.

2003 -- Indoor - led team in long jump and pentathlon... placed sixth in pentathlon at Big Ten Championships (3,451 points)... recorded season-best 18-2 1/2 long jump at Panther Classic, which ranks seventh on Iowa's all-time bests list... Outdoor - placed sixth in heptathlon (4,633 points) at Big Ten Championships... placed eighth in heptathlon at Drake Relays (4,554 points)... led team in that event... letterwinner.

2002 -- Indoor - led team in long jump... runner-up in long jump (17-0 3/4) and 60-meter hurdles (9.05) at Iowa Open... placed third in 60-meter hurdles (9.04) and fifth in long jump (17-4) at Gold Country Classic... Outdoor - led team in the long jump... runner-up in 100-meter high hurdles (15.21) and placed sixth in 100 meters (13.01) at UMKC Quadrangular... ran personal-best 14.23 in 100-meter hurdles at Iowa Musco Twilight IV, which ranks eighth on Iowa's all-time bests list... letterwinner.

High School -- four-time elite all-state and all-district in track... 12-time state champion... Drake Relays Champion in 100-meter hurdles and as a member of sprint medley relay... set school records in 100-meter hurdles, long jump, 400 meters and as a member of sprint medley and shuttle hurdle relays... outstanding female performer at Drake Relays and state track meet senior year... 2001 Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year by Des Moines Register, Omaha World Herald and Daily Non-Pariel newspapers... best marks were 18-6 in long jump, 12.2 in 100 meters, 14.13 in 100-meter hurdles and 25.6 in 200 meters... basketball and volleyball team captain senior year... three-time all-conference, all-state and all-district in basketball... three-time all-conference in softball, earning honorable mention all-state honors as a freshman... two-time all-conference and all-state in volleyball... member of two state tournament semi-finalist basketball teams... SWI Player of the Year, team MVP and all-tournament team selection senior year in basketball... lettered four years in track and basketball and three years in volleyball and softball... track coach was Bruce Henderson.

Personal -- born December 30, 1982... daughter of Larry and Dixie Pedersen... open major.

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