Sydni Townsend

Photo by: Keith Lucas

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Neuman Goretti HS
Hometown:
Philadelphia, PA

Career Results

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor: Competed in seven meets for the Panthers during her second indoor season... Posted a 10th place finish in the 400m dash at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27) as she posted a time of 55.88 seconds... Also helped the Pitt 4x400m relay team earn a sixth place finish with a time of 3:47.98 at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27)... Posted a personal record time of 25.69 seconds in the 200m dash and a season-best time of 55.52 seconds in the 400m dash while earning an eighth place finish at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7)... Was a part of the 4x400m relay team that collected the victory with a time of 3:43.14 at the Doug Raymond National (Feb. 14)... Posted a season-best 600m dash time of 1:36.66 at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 24).

2019 Outdoor: 2019 ACC Women’s Freshman of the Year … Second team All-America selection for the 400m hurdles … Second team All-ACC selection for the 400m hurdles … First Panther in two years to qualify for the NCAA Championships … Placed 14th in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (June 8) … Set a career and team-high in the 400m hurdles with a time of 57.86 at the NCAA Division I East Region Preliminary Rounds (May 25) and also participated on the 4x400 relay team … Finished fourth in the 400m hurdles with a time of 58.78 and ran on the third place 4x400m relay team with a time of 3:38.18 at the ACC Championships (May 11) … Took home first with a time of 1:00.03 in the 400m hurdles at the Akron-Campbell Wright Open (May 4) … Finished second in the 400m hurdles with a time of 58.89 at the Tennessee Relays (April 11) … Ran a 59.06 in the 400m hurdles to place second at the Virginia Four-Team Challenge (April 6) … Set a career-best 14.71 in the 100m hurdles and also placed fifth in the 400m with a time of 55.37 at the FSU Relays (march 23) … Was on the 4X400m relay team to place first at the Raleigh Relays with a time of 3:40.15 and at the Yellow Jacket invitational with a time of 3:45.24

2018-19 Indoor: Second team All-ACC in the 400m and 4x400m relay … Set a career and team-best 54.29 and later finished sixth in the 400m at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships (Feb. 23) … Was also a part of the 4x400m relay team to place fourth and the distance medley relay team to place ninth at the ACC Championships … Placed second in the 400m with a time of 55.00 at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invite (Feb. 9) … Finished second at the Penn State National (Jan. 26) in the 400m with a time of 54.97 … Set a career and team-best 1:31.54 in the 600m to place third at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 19) … The 1:31.54 time also sits as the second best time in that event in program history … Paced a career-record 2:13.70 in the 800m at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 12) to place second … Set career-bests of 3:02.19 in the 1000m for second place and 8.86 in the 60m hurdles, later placing first in the event, at the Youngstown State Icebreaker (Dec. 7) … Was on the 4x400m relay team that placed first at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invite with a time of 3:44.73, the Penn State National with a time of 3:41.79, the Hokie Invitational with a time of 3:43.92 and Youngstown State Icebreaker with a time of 3:52.84 … Placed second on the 4x400m relay team at the Power Five Invitational with a time of 3:42.23 and in the Nittany Lion Challenge with a time of 3:46.48.

High School: Holds school records in 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 100mH, 300mH, 4X100m relay and 4X400m relay … 14-time All-American … Five-time National Champion in multiple events … 800m gold medalist in 2011, 2013 and 2014 … 400m gold medalist in 2013, 2014 … 200mH gold medalist in 2014 … Three- time Outdoor Catholic League MVP … Gold medalist at the 2017 Penn Relays in the 4X400m relay, breaking a 21-year old record