Tiana Mills
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- Hometown:
- Chattanooga, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Senior
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- Events:
- Thrower and Jumper
Bio
2015-2016: The multi-event field athlete PR’d in a number two events during her junior campaign as Mills leaped 1.52 meters in the high jump and threw 34.59 meters in the discus—both at the South Atlantic Conference Championships. Mills’ most prominent events, triple and long jump, took the junior to the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships for the first time in her career. The three-year Eagle placed 21st-overall in the women’s triple jump at the meet after leaping 11.89 meters.
Mills was named to her third and fourth All-Southeast Regional teams after being selected for both seasons in long and triple jumps.
2016 NCAA DII Outdoor Championships
Triple Jump: 21st- 11.89 meters
School Records:
Triple Jump - 36'9
2014-2015- Mills, the SAC women's field athlete of the year, picked up eight top-10 finishes and two first-place showings during her sophomore campiagn...Finished fist in the triple jump at the Power Sox Invitational with a leap of 11.27m and first in the long jump at Sewanee following a 5.22m mark...An All-Southeast Regional selectee....
Power Sox Invitational
Long jump: 2nd- 5.23m
Discus: 10th- 29.96m
Triple jump: 1st- 11.27m
Appalachian Open
Long jump: 7th- 5.41m
Sewanee Invitional
Long jump: 1st- 5.22m
Triple jump: 2nd- 11.20m
Shorter Inviational
Long jump: 4th- 5.28m
Triple jump: 6th- 10.94m
Buccaneer Invitational
Long Jump-: 3rd- 5.75m
2013-2014: Mills's freshman campaign ended with her setting two new school-records in the long and triple jumps. She garnered two first-place finishes and won Carson-Newman's Frosty Award for Female Performance of the Year after her showing at the PowerSox Invitational.
Tigers Indoor Invitational: Long Jump - 2nd (5.36m), Triple Jump - 4th (10.70m)
Mountaineers Open Indoor Meet: Long Jump - T-1st (5.44m)
Sewanee Indoor Invitational: Long Jump - 2nd
PowerSox Invitational: Long Jump - 1st (5.54m - School Record), Triple Jump - 2nd (10.95m - then School Record), Discus Throw - 4th (31.45m)
Shorter Invitational: Long Jump - 2nd (5.20m)
Terrier Relays: Long Jump - 3rd (5.40m), Triple Jump - 3rd (11.08m - School Record)
Tennessee Challenge: Long Jump - 2nd (5.60m)
News mentions
AUSTIN, Texas – Carson-Newman’s track and field teams placed three athletes on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Thursday at noon.
NEW ORLEANS—Carson-Newman was well represented once again as six athletes were tabbed to the 2017 All-Southeast Region squad in six different events to cap off a successful outdoor campaign the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced Tuesday afternoon.
GREENSBORO, N.C.—The Carson-Newman track and field team put a bow on the 2017 regular season as seven Eagles pitched their final cases for the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships with the North Carolina A&T Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Representatives from the Carson-Newman track and field team will have one final chance to solidify their cases for the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships as seven Eagles are set to compete in the North Carolina A&T Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon in Greensboro, N.C.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman outdoor track and field team will resume activates Saturday, May 6, at the Tennessee Challenge as coach David Needs again sends a select number of individuals to the nearby Division I powerhouse with hopes of improving national qualifying marks in preparation for the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships that is set to take place at the tail end of May in Bradenton, Fla.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.— A select few from the Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up competition at the historic 123rd annual running of the Penn Relays over the weekend that featured two top-10 marks for Kristofer Potts-Howard (Tullahoma, Tenn.) and a third-place finish from Tanner Stepp (Jefferson City, Tenn.).
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman track and field team will send a program-best nine athletes to the historic running of the Penn Relays this weekend, April 27-29, with hopes of improving and picking up national-qualifying marks and times in the latter portion of the 2017 outdoor season.
HICKORY. N.C.— The Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up competition at the 2017 South Atlantic Conference Track & Field Championships Saturday afternoon in Hickory, N.C. with another individual top-place finish as the Eagle men took home a fourth-place honors while the women placed sixth.
HICKORY, N.C.— Day one of the South Atlantic Conference Track & Field Championships was a successful showing for the Eagles Friday afternoon as the club sported three wins on the day with a number of other top-tier performances on the Irwin-Belk Track on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne University.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Following three outdoor meets to begin the 2017 track and field season, the Carson-Newman track and field team is prepped and ready for the 2017 South Atlantic Conference Track & Field Championships that is set to begin on Friday, April 14, on the campus of Lenoir-Rhyne in Hickory, N.C.
WILLIAMSBURG, Ky.— The Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up competition at the Cumberlands Invitational Saturday afternoon after two days of events as the meet served as the final tune up before the South Atlantic Conference Championship Meet takes place next week on April 13.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team posted four provisional qualifications Saturday afternoon as the Tennessee Rust Buster featured a number of highly competitive Division I schools that many C-N athletes benefited from.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—After debuting the 2017 outdoor campaign at the Lenoir-Ryne Southside Power & Fitness Invitational, the Carson-Newman track and field team will be at it again a week later to compete in the Tennessee Rust Buster on Saturday in nearby Knoxville, Tenn.
HICKORY, N.C.— The Carson-Newman track and field team kicked off the outdoor season in style with five first-place finishes at the Lenoir-Rhyne Southside Power & Fitness Invitational Saturday afternoon as the meet in Hickory, N.C. served as the lid-lifter to the new campaign.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman track and field team was picked to finish fourth and sixth in the league by the coaches in the South Atlantic Conference as the preseason polls were released late Thursday night and just prior to the start of the outdoor campaign as the Eagles open the sector Saturday morning at the Power Sox Invitational.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—Five days removed from the finale of the 2017 indoor campaign, Carson-Newman track and field coach David Needs has revealed the slate for the Eagles in the outdoor campaign that features two meets at the nearby Volunteer campus with another voyage to the legendary Penn Relays.
NEW ORLEANS—Tyler Stepp was named the Southeast Region’s Indoor Track & Field Assistant Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season when the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the awards Tuesday afternoon.
NEW ORLEANS—The Carson-Newman indoor track and field team bolstered eight athletes who appeared on the 2017 Southeast Regional Indoor team when the United Stated Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced the sections Monday morning.
FAIRFAX, Va.— With the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships approaching in the coming weeks, Carson-Newman sent six athletes to the George Mason Last Chance Meet Sunday afternoon with the hope that they could improve their national rankings.
SALEM, Va.— The Carson-Newman indoor track and field team wrapped up competition at the Roanoke College Finn Pincus Invitational Saturday afternoon claiming four first-place finishes and 11 top-10 tallies across a large of competition at one of the nation’s better track and field facilities.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team will begin to ramp up individual efforts with hopes of improving national rankings and picking up more provisional qualifications as the Eagles send sprinter Kevin Snead (Richmond, Va.) to Clemson for the Tiger Paw Invitational and 10 more athletes to Roanoke College for the Finn Pincus Invitational for competition Friday and Saturday.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.— The Carson-Newman track and field team wrapped up a busy week of competition Saturday afternoon as five Eagles competed in the 200 meter dash at the Camel City Invitational in Winston Salem, N.C. while the rest took part in events at the David E. Walker Kickoff Classic in the Tri-Cities.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.— In day one of a split-squad weekend, the Carson-Newman track and field team sent representatives to both the ETSU David E Walker Invitational and the JDL Camel City Classic with hopes of garnering more national qualifiers.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— Following a two-week layoff, the Carson-Newman indoor track and field team will be in action Friday as the Eagles split their squad between both the JDL Camel City Invitational and the East Tennessee State Invitational for competition over the weekend.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.— Three more Carson-Newman track and field athletes provisionally qualified for the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships as the Eagles exit the East Tennessee State University Invitational following a successful day two of competition.
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn.—Saturday marked the first meet of the 2017 year as the Carson-Newman track and field team took part in day one of activities at the East Tennessee State University Track & Field Invitational in the Mini-Dome.
WINSTON SALEM, N.C.—Carson-Newman began the 2016-17 indoor track and field season with a bang as four Eagles reeled in top-10 finishes on Saturday when C-N wrapped up competition at the JDL Kickoff Classic.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.—The Carson-Newman track and field team is set to begin the 2016-17 indoor campaign with a trip to Winston Salem, N.C. for the JDL Kickoff Classic that will consist for entirety of Saturday, Dec. 3
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn.— Carson-Newman track and field coach David Needs released his team’s 2016-17 indoor season slate earlier Monday morning which featured five treks to the Tar Heel State with three more to The Old Dominion.