blank   Ayana Townsend
	Class: Junior Hometown: Wyncote, Penn. High School: Sheltenham HS Event: Hurdles Collegiate Bests: 55m hurdles (8.22), 100m hurdles (13.64), 400m hurdles (58.75)

One of top hurdlers for the Lady Seminoles before her redshirt season in 2000 ... led the team in all three hurdle events in 1999 …will look to return strong this season …

2000: Redshirt.

1999: Improved times across the board in all three hurdle events...highlight of the indoor season was an 8.22 finish which tied her for fifth best in the ACC ... earned an NCAA provisional qualifying mark for her first place effort in the 400m hurdle competition at the FSU Relays...rewrote the FSU record books with the eighth best all time mark in the 100m hurdles and ninth best in the 400m hurdles…

1998: Began the season at the Florida Invitational with a third place time of 8.37 in the finals of the 55m hurdles after running 8.29 in the prelims ...placed fourth in the 100m hurdles at the FSU Relays (14.43) ...won Florida Intercollegiate titles in the 100m hurdles (14.16) and the 400m hurdles (1:00.12)...ACC Outdoor 400m hurdle runner-up with a time of 1:00.05...ran 14.04 in the prelims of the 100m hurdles at the ACC Outdoors...clocked in at 14.11 at the FSU-UF-Nebraska tri-meet to take third in the 100m hurdles...recorded a collegiate best 400m hurdle time of 59.70 in a fifth place finish at the Georgia Tech Invitational...

Prep: Set the Pennsylvania state record in the 300m hurdles...an all-American as a junior...won the state championship in the 300m hurdles and the 100m hurdles as a senior...

Personal: Plans to major in biology...celebrates a May 7, 1979 birthday.