Tanya Osbourne Season 2006

Major: Psychology
Event: 800M (IN: 2:06.02; OUT: 2:04.97)

NCAA Mideast Regional Champion
SEC Champion
4-time All-SEC

Career
Capped her four-year LSU career with an outstanding senior season … Earned a pair of All-SEC honors during the outdoor season … Ran the second leg on the 4×400-meter relay team that finished as the runner-up at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Also placed second in the 800 meters with a seasonal best time of 2:05.64 … Won her first career NCAA Mideast Regional title as a member of the long relay … Won an SEC outdoor title in the 800 meters during the 2006 season … Also earned all-conference accolades in the event during the outdoor season in 2005 … Followed the collegiate season in 2005 by finishing eighth in the half mile at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Finished her career ranked No. 7 on LSU’s all-time indoor list (2:07.47) and No. 9 on the all-time outdoor list (2:04.97).

2007
One of LSU’s top 800-meter runners during the 2007 season … A key contributor that helped the Lady Tigers win their first SEC Outdoor title since 1996 … Earned her third career all-conference honor in the 800 meters by finishing second at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a seasonal best time of 2:05.64 … Also ran the second leg on the 4×400-meter relay team that earned All-SEC honors with a runner-up finish at the conference meet … Was also an NCAA Mideast Regional participant in the 800 meters for the fourth time in her career … Received an at-large berth into the NCAA Outdoor Championships by finishing sixth at the regional meet … A member of the foursome that won the NCAA Mideast Regional title in the long relay with a time of 3:30.40 … Won the 800-meter title in the outdoor season opener at the LSU Tiger Classic (2:09.24) … Hampered by an injury during much of the indoor season … Did not finish the half mile at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational … Placed eighth in the 800 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships in February … Clocked an indoor seasonal best of 2:09.65 during the preliminary round at the SEC meet.

2006
Qualified to the NCAA Championships in the 800 meters during the indoor season … Went on to finish 11th at the national meet (2:06.92) … Won the Alex Wilson Open with a season-best 2:06.02 … Scored at the SEC Indoor Championships, placing seventh in 2:09.32 … Ran 2:07.47 at the Tyson Invitational … During the outdoor season, was a regional qualifier in the half mile … Finished 22nd at the regional meet (2:22.66) after battling through injury … Won the SEC title in 2:06.26 … Finished in 2:07.11 at the LSU Alumni Gold.

2005
Had a breakout season as a sophomore … Qualified to the USA Championships in the 800 meters … Clocked a personal best 2:04.97 in the semifinals to advance to the finals … Was the only collegiate athlete to qualify to the finals in the event … Went on to finish eighth overall with a time of 2:07.90 … During the collegiate season, qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters and the 4×400 relay … Relay team finished 13th overall (3:36.37), while she placed 25th in the 800 meters (2:12.50) … Had exceptional performances at both the SEC and NCAA Regional meets … Earned all-conference honors in the 800 meters, finishing second with a time of 2:05.12 … Went on to also place second at the NCAA Mideast Regional (2:05.25) … Also won both the Sun Angel Classic (2:08.83) and the Bulldog Invitational (2:09.26) during the outdoor season … During the indoor campaign, ran the half-mile in just three meets … Clocked a top time of 2:09.74 to place second at the Razorback Invitational.

2004
Proved to be one of the Lady Tigers’ top 800 meter runners during her inaugural campaign … Clocked a season-best 2:06.81 at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships … Won the Tiger Relays with a time of 2:08.25 … Was just off that pace at the SEC Outdoor Championships, posting a time of 2:08.36 … During the indoor campaign, turned in a season-best effort at the SEC Championships (2:08.64) … Was fifth at the Armory Invitational with a time of 2:10.84.

HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Ed Bowes at Bishop Loughlin High School in Brooklyn, N.Y. … Won the city title in the 400 meters as a senior … Won city crowns in both the 400 meters and the 800 meters as a junior … Established school and CHSAA records in the 600 meters that same year … Had personal bests of 54.5 in the 400 meters, 1:33.75 in the 600 meters and 2:14.25 in the 800 meters … A member of the Honor Roll.

PERSONAL
Full name is Tanya Doreen Osbourne … Born Oct. 17, 1984 … Daughter of Leslie and Hazel Osbourne … Has four older siblings, Angela, Ricardo, Debra and David.