2016 Track and Field
Roster
Semaj Tolliver
- Height:
- 5-3
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ladson, S.C.
2014-15 Indoor: Registered seven top-10 performances including one victory in the 200-meter dash…Won the 200-meter dash at the App State Indoor Open after running a time of 25.38…Qualified three times for the finals of the 60-meter dash and once in the 55-meter dash…Had a second place finish in the 60-meter dash at the Bob Pollock Classic, while placing second in the 55-meter dash during the A-Sun Championships…Also finished fifth at the Bob Pollock Classic in the 200-meter dash.
2014 Outdoor: Ran to a 2nd place finish in the 100-meter dash with a time of 13.31 at the Charlotte Invitational…Set two personal-best times at the A-Sun Championships in the 100-meter dash (12.21) and 200-meter dash (25.00) where she finished in 10th place…At the Carolina’s Cup, was 7th in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.47…Compiled two finishes of 3rd or better with the 4x100-meter combination of Dominique Nock, Heaven Briggs and Brenicke Johnson.
2013-14 Indoor: Recorded two 8th place finishes in the 55-meter dash and 200-meter dash at the season-opening Appalachian Invitational…Was 7th in the 60-meter dash and 9th in the 200-meter dash during the Niswonger Invitational…Finished her season with three top-10 finishes at the Mountaineer Open…Ran the 60-meter dash in 7.97 and the 200-meter dash in 26.27 at the Niswonger Invitational...Had a 3rd place finish in the 4x400-meter relay with Sierra White, Destinie Sykes and Draneisha Griffin at the UNCG Spartans Team Challenge.
2013 Outdoor: Collected four finishes inside the top-10…Had a season-best finish of 7th in the 100-meter dash (12.23) at the Johnson C. Smith Invitational…Also finished 8th in the 100-meter dash at the Catamount Classic…Posted two 10th place finishes in the 200-meter dash…Ran a top time in the 200-meter dash of 25.45 at the Johnson C. Smith Invitational…Combined with Dominique Nock, Heaven Briggs and Brenicke Johnson for five top-5 finishes in the 4x100-meter relay including a 1st place performance at the Catamount Classic and Charlotte Invitational.
2012-13 Indoor: Finished 15th in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash (8.01) at the A-Sun Championships…Also placed 18th in the 200-meter dash (26.41) at the A-Sun Championships…Opened the season with a 26th-place finish in the 300-meter dash (43.01) at the Orange & Purple Winter Classic.
High School: Competed in track & field, basketball and tennis at Cane Bay High School…In 2011, she qualified for the South Carolina 3A State Championships, placing fifth in the 100-meter, third in the 200-meter and fifth in the 4x100-meter relay…As a senior, she qualified for the state championship meet again, finishing fifth in the 100-meter and competing in the 4x400-meter relay…In 2009 she won the state title in the 100-meter and in 2010 she claimed the title in the 100-meter and 200-meter…Named the Low Country Female Athlete of the Year.
Personal: Born Jan. 5, 1994…Parents are Ronald Tolliver and Keysha Williams-Tolliver…Has two younger brothers named Juwan (19) and Nakil (16)…Is majoring in exercise and sport science and minoring in biology…Hobbies include going to the beach, shopping, reading and painting…Favorite food is seafood…Lists “Ferris Bueller’s Day off” as her favorite movie and “Big Bang Theory” as her favorite TV show…Names Beyonce as her favorite singer…Spring and fall are her favorite seasons…Her favorite books are Peace From Broken Pieces by Iyanla Vanzant and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald…Favorite quote comes from the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, “Life moves pretty fast; if you don’t stop to look around once in a while you could miss it”…Dream job is to be a physician’s assistant.
