Amariah Thomas Season 2021

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 60m - 7.51, 100m - 12.01 (1.2), 200m - 24.29, 400m - 56.16

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Big Ten silver medalist in the 4x400m event.
Awards: Academic All-Big Ten (2021)

ON A NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA East Prelims (5/26-29/21): Was a member of relay team that qualified for 4x400m relay. 
NCAA East Prelims (5/23-25/19): Was a member of relay team that qualified for 4x100m relay.

AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21): Placed seventh in the 4x400m relay and ninth in the 4x100m relay. 
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Ran third leg of 4x400m relay team that placed second (3:37.69)..Tied a personal-best mark of 7.51 in the 60m event.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Was a member of 4x100m relay team (Fifth - 45.68).
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19):  Competed in 60m (7.68) and 200m (25.59).

2021 Outdoor
Jesse Owens Invite (4/30-5/1): Placed third in the 4x100m relay and seventh in the 200m dash. 

2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor
Season: Set three personal-best marks in 60m, 200m and 400m events...Earned a silver medal at the Big Ten Indoor Championships as a member of 4x400m relay.

Rod McCravy Memorial (1/24-25): Set personal-best mark in  400m race (56.26). Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Won 60m race and set personal-best in 200m (24.29).

2019 Outdoor
Season: Set  personal best in the 100m (12.01)…Qualified for NCAA East Prelims as a member of 4x100m relay team.

125th Penn Relays (4/25-27): Set personal best in the 100m (12.01).

2019 Indoor
Season: Set collegiate-bests in 60m (7.51) and 200m (24.60)...Posted six top-10 finishes...Competed in both 60m and 200m events at Big Ten Championships.

Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/2): Ran 24.60 in 200m to place second...Ran 7.51 in the 60m, finishing second to set personal-bests in both events.

BEFORE PENN STATE
High School PRs: 100 - 11.91, 200 - 24.1
Named four-time all-conference, all-state, and all-district selection at Gahanna Lincoln High School…Won Ohio Capital Conference championship (2015-18)...Captured district championship, regional championship, indoor & outdoor championship (2015-16)...Won 2017 200m district and regional indoor championship...Captured 2018 100m, 200m dash Ohio Capital Conference championship...Won 2018 100m, 200m dash district championship...Won 2018 regional championship...Captured 2018 indoor & outdoor championships...Won 100m & 200m Ohio Capital Conference championship...Won 100m & 200m dash district championship...Placed sixth in 400 (NJO) 2014 and eighth in 200 (NJO) New Balance Nationals (2015).

PERSONAL
Full name is Amariah Kaila Thomas...Daughter of Will C. Thomas III and Gail Elaine Young...Has one brother, Will C. Thomas IV...Majoring in kinesiology with a minor in business...Chose Penn State because “The school spirit is unlike any other university and I love the school as a whole”...Born on August 8, 2000, in Blacklick, Ohio.