University of Houston Athletics
Cougar Student Athlete of the Week
1/25/2006 12:00:00 AM | General
Jan. 25, 2006
Tiffany Abney
Class: Sophomore
Height: 5-9
Hometown: Philadelphia, Penn.
Events: 400m, hurdles
Experience: 1L
Tiffany Abney Bio
Honors at Houston
NCAA All-America selection
2005- Indoor: Finished eighth in the 400 meters at the C-USA Indoor Championships with a season-best time of 56.54 seconds ... helped Houston win the 4x400-meter relay at the Houston Indoor Opener and Houston Invitational. Outdoor: NCAA qualifier in 400-meter hurdles ... finished in third place in the 400-meter hurdles at Conference USA Championships ... had a season-best time of 58.38 seconds at the NCAA Midwest Regional ... had a third-place showing in 400 meters at Golden Bear Invitational with a season-best time of 56.39 seconds ... member of 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth at the NCAA Regional with a season-best time of 3:34.82 ... relay team was ninth at the Texas Relays and competed at NCAA Championships. 2004- Indoor: Did not compete. Outdoor: Ran her best time of 57.50 seconds in the 400-meter preliminaries at the TSU Relays ... second best-time was 57.96 seconds in the preliminaries of the C-USA cham-pionships ... best finish was fourth at TSU Relays with a time of 58.42 seconds and finished 21st at Tom Tellez Invitational with a time of 58.22 seconds.
High School: Junior national champion in the 400 meters in 2003 with a time of 53.15 seconds ... four-time 300-meter hurdles champion at the Pennsylvania State and District PIAA Championships ... member of Merion Mercy¹s 2003 state championship team ... was a member of the soccer team and selected to play on the state tournament team ... was member of the honor roll.
Personal: Born October 15, 1984, in Philadelphia, Pa ... major is communications ... daughter of Kenneth and Dawn Abney ... was also recruited by South Carolina ... was featured in Seventeen magazine ... hobbies include shopping and playing the piano.
UH CAREER BESTS
| Indoor | Outdoor | ||
| 400 meters | 56.54 (2005) | 400 meters | 56.39 (2005) |
| 400m hurdles | 58.38 (2005) | ||
