University of Memphis Athletics
Photo by: Steve Austell
Tigers Track And Field Senior Salute: Abigail Tankersley
May 09, 2017 | Women's Cross Country, Women's Track and Field
Tankersley earned her master's degree from Memphis.
Over the next two weeks, University of Memphis men's and women's track and field/cross country are celebrating the program's 11 seniors with a salute to each.
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Today's senior salute is Abigail Tankersley:
(Link to feature story on the Tankersley's return to Memphis from fall of 2016)
Event(s): Distance/Cross Country
Hometown: Boerne, Texas
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Career Highlights
Head coach Kevin Robinson comments on Tankersley:
"Abigail is a great person that comes from a great family. There are a lot of former Tigers in the Tankersley family. She's very intelligent. She was a charismatic leader on our cross country team that past couple of seasons. Abigail also ran distance for us on the track, but we really benefitted from her presence in cross country."
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Today's senior salute is Abigail Tankersley:
(Link to feature story on the Tankersley's return to Memphis from fall of 2016)
Event(s): Distance/Cross Country
Hometown: Boerne, Texas
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Career Highlights
- Transferred to the University of Memphis from the University of Alabama prior to the 2015-16 season
- Earned her Master of Business Administration degree from Memphis
- Graduated from Memphis in December of 2016, completing her master's degree in a little over a year
- Began working as a communications specialist for FedEx Services in January of 2017
- 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic honoree
- Dean's List student at Memphis
- Member of the Tiger 3.0 Club
- Two-year performer for the Tigers women's cross country team (2015, 2016)
- Ran a career-best 6k time of 21:58.7 at the 2015 American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships
- Second-highest finisher for the Tigers (32nd) at the 2015 American Athletic Conference Cross Country Championships
- Had two career top-20 finishes in cross country at Memphis
- In her two-year Memphis career, top finish was 14th at the 2015 Rhodes College Invitational (23:01.7)
- Member of the 2016 cross country team that earned first regional ranking in program history
- Helped lead Memphis to two first-place team finishes in 2016 (Rhodes College Invitational/Austin Peay Invitational), the first time the Tigers won two team titles in the same season since 1990
- Fourth Tiger to cross the finish line (19th overall) at the 2016 Austin Peay Invitational
- Ran in the 2015 NCAA South Region Cross Country Championships
Head coach Kevin Robinson comments on Tankersley:
"Abigail is a great person that comes from a great family. There are a lot of former Tigers in the Tankersley family. She's very intelligent. She was a charismatic leader on our cross country team that past couple of seasons. Abigail also ran distance for us on the track, but we really benefitted from her presence in cross country."
Players Mentioned
Distance
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