Michele Turney

Position:
Jumps
Height:
5-7
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Crescent Valley HS
Hometown:
Corvallis, Ore.

PERSONAL BESTS

60m: 8.19 (i)
UW Preview
Seattle, Wash., 1/18/14
60m hurdles: 9.76 (i)
Husky Classic
Seattle, Wash., 2/19/13
100m: 12.67 (w)
Oregon Relays
Eugene, Ore., 4/19/14
100m hurdles: 15.50
Willamette Invitational
Salem, Ore., 4/6/13
200m: 26.55
Willamette Invitational
Salem, Ore., 3/28/15
High jump: 4-9.50
Willamette Opener
Salem, Ore., 3/2/13
Long jump: 18-7.25
OSU High Performance
Corvallis, Ore., 5/2/14
Triple jump: 40-4.75 (school record – 40-0.75, no wind)
Pac-12 Championships
Pullman, Wash., 5/18/14
400 relay: 49.62
John Knight Twilight
Monmouth, Ore., 4/11/14

NCAA Track and Field West Preliminary Championships
2014: Triple jump, 40th, 38-0.25

Pac-12 Track and Field Championships
2016: Triple jump, 14th, 38-0.75
2015: Triple jump, NM
2015: Long jump, 21st, 17-6
2014: Triple jump, 7th, 40-4.75
2014: Long jump, 14th, 18-1
2013: Triple jump, 12th, 38-7.75

TRACK AND FIELD

2016
Outdoors: Competed in seven meets; placed 14th at Pac-12 Championships ... second-team Pac-12 all-academic. Indoors: Competed in four meets ... placed 27th at MPSF Championships in triple jump ... named to MPSF all-academic team. Season Bests: Outdoors - Triple jump, 39-9.75, Oregon Relays, Eugene, (4/16/16). Indoors - Long Jump, 17-0.75, Washington Invitational, Seattle, Wash, (2/13/16); Triple Jump, 38-2.25, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/16).

2015
Outdoors: Placed 21st at long jump at Pac-12 meet (17-6); no mark in triple jump after three fouls ... Had three triple jumps of 38 feet or better, with a season-best of 38-7.75 ... OSU school record-holder in triple jump (40-0.75) and ranks No. 10 in long jump (18-1.75), only woman ranked in both jumping top-10 lists ... Named second-team Pac-12 All-Academic. Indoors: Competed in four meets ... Placed 20th in triple jump (37-4.50) and 28th in the long jump (17-2.75) at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships ... Jumped 38-6.25 in triple, a school indoor record ... Named to MPSF All-Academic team. Season Bests: Outdoors: 200m - 26.55, Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (3/28/15); Triple Jump - 38-7.75, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/18/15); Long jump - 18-1, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/18/15). Indoors - Long Jump - 17-4, UW Preview, Seattle (1/17/15); triple jump - 38-6.25, UW Invitational, Seattle (1/31/15).

2014
Outdoors: Pac-12 All-Academic First Team … Competed in five different events, focusing mainly on the triple jump and long jump … Broke her school record in the triple jump with a mark of 39-6.50 at the John Knight Twilight (April 11) … Improved on that by reaching 40-0 for the first time at the OSU High Performance Meet (May 2) … Finished seventh and scored two points for OSU at the Pac-12 Championships with a triple jump PR of 40-4.75 … Fifth attempt in that series was not wind aided and is the school record (40-0.75) … Triple jump best of 40-4.75 was ranked 52nd in the west … Qualified and was seeded 48th for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships (May 30) after medical scratches and finished 40th (38-0.25) … Long jump PR came at the OSU High Performance Meet (18-7.25) … Non-wind-aided long jump of 18-1.75 at the same meet placed her in a tie for sixth in Oregon State history … Joined Colleen Gibson as the only OSU women to be among the school’s 10 best in both horizontal jumps. Indoors: Ran the 60m once, finishing second in her heat and 61st overall at the UW Preview (8.19) … Indoor long jump best came at the UW Invitational on Feb. 1 (16-3.25), which placed 25th overall … Triple jump leap of 36-10.50 at the same Invitational was 12th overall. Season Bests: Outdoors – 100m – 12.67 (w) (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/19/14); 200m – 26.66 (PR), Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (3/29/14); Long Jump – 18-7.25/5.67m (w)(PR), OSU High Performance, Corvallis, Ore. (5/2/14); Triple Jump – 40-4.75/12.31m (w) (PR), Pac-12 Championships, Pullman, Wash. (5/18/14); 4x100m Relay – 49.62, John Knight Twilight, Monmouth, Ore. (4/11/14). Indoors – 60m– 8.19 (PR), UW Preview, Seattle, Wash. (1/18/14); Long Jump – 16-3.25/4.96m, UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (2/1/14); Triple Jump – 36’ 10.50”/11.24m, UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (2/1/14).

2013
Outdoors: Claimed seven victories in the 100m hurdles, long jump and triple jump ... Broke a 29-year Oregon State record in the triple jump when she leapt 38-6.25 at the Oregon Preview (March 16) ... One week later, at the first home meet in Corvallis in 25 years, she increased that school record to 39-0.25 ... Her PR in the triple jump was the best for a Pac-12 freshman this season … Finished 12th in the triple jump at the Pac-12 Championships (May 12) with a leap of 38-7.75 … Became the school's first horizontal jumper at the conference championships since 1988 when Dave Turnbull finished 11th in the long jump with a mark of 21-7.25. Indoors: Debuted at the UW Invitational (Jan. 20) with a mark of 16-6.25 in the long jump … At the Husky Classic (Feb. 9), ran 9.76 in the 60m hurdles and posted a mark of 16-7.25 in the long jump. Season Bests: Outdoors – 100m – 13.49, OSU/UP/Willamette, Corvallis, Ore. (3/23/13); 100m Hurdles – 15.50 (PR), Willamette Invitational, Salem, Ore. (4/6/13); High Jump – 4-9.50/1.46m (PR), Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13); Long Jump – 17-3.25/5.26m, Willamette Opener, Salem, Ore. (3/2/13); Triple Jump – 39-0.25/11.89m, OSU/UP/Willamette, Corvallis, Ore. (3/23/13). Indoors – 60m Hurdles – 9.76, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/9/13); Long Jump – 16-7.25/5.06m, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/9/13).

CRESCENT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Won four letters in track and field for head coach Tyler Bushnell, setting the school triple jump record in the process … Went to state in 2010 and 2012 … Also owns the Mid-Willamette District Meet triple jump record.

PERSONAL
Kinesiology major ... Daughter of Mary and Robert Turney … Member of the National Honor Society … Lists Lolo Jones as her favorite athlete growing up … Describes running the 4x100 her senior year at the state meet as her biggest athletic thrill to date … Chose Oregon State because of “the campus atmosphere and the chance to be a part of the growing track program.”