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Nijgia Snapp
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Mays Landing, N.J.
Bio
SNAPP[apos]S NCAA & SEC T&F SCORING
NCAA SCORING2011 Indoor DMR 8th, 11:07.86
2011 Outdoor 4x400mR 7th, 3:32.15
SEC SCORING
2011 Indoor 800m 5th, 2:07.69
2011 Indoor 4x400mR 5th, 3:36.16
2012 Indoor DMR 1st, 11:12.23
2012 Indoor 800m 3rd, 2:07.18
2012 Outdoor 800m 3rd, 2:03.88
2012 Outdoor 4x400mR 3rd, 3:33.85
2013 Indoor 800m 3rd, 2:05.97
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Five-time USTFCCCA All-American on relays
- Two-time NCAA scorer in 2011
- Seven-time SEC scorer while at UT, including All-SEC Indoor First-Team in 2012 with DMR
- Won the 2012 Outdoor Lady Vol Most Improved Athlete Award
2013 CROSS COUNTRY
- Ran a season best 5k time of 19:17.34 at the Crimson Classic
- Top 10 runner for the Lady Vols in all six meets
2013 TRACK & FIELD
Honors - Won the Tony Wilson Award for women[apos]s running events
- SEC indoor scorer (w800m, 3rd, 2:05.97)
- Qualified for the NCAA Championship 800m, her first individual event at the national meet, but did not advance out of the preliminaries after being caught behind a two-runner pileup...Finished 16th in 2:19.68
- Attempted to improve her season-best at the Alex Wilson Invitational, but only managed to finish 15th in 2:07.81
- Scored for the Lady Vols at the SEC indoor meet, finishing third in a season-best time of 2:05.97
- Improved her season mark in the 800m to 2:07.08 in the Olympic Development category at the Tyson Invitational, winning that race
- Dropped her 800m season best to 2:07.24 at the Armory Invitational, finishing fourth in the Championship division...Ran a 3:40.97 4x400mR to finish 7th
- Ran the mile at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge, placing eighth with a time of 5:08.77
- Won the 800m at the Kentucky Invitational, finishing in 2:09.68...Placed third in the Distance Medley Relay with a time of 11:37.30
- Placed 5th at USA Championships in 800m with time of 2:05.88
- NCAA Championship time of 2:09.07 for 7th overall
- SEC Championship time of 2:07.19 for 5th at conference meet
- Won the Showcase division of the 800m at the Sea Ray Relays, finishing in 2:05.00...Also competed on the winning 4x800 relay and the 4x400 relay...Earned the Tony Wilson Award for her efforts that weekend
- Was a member of the meet and track record-setting 4x800 relay team at the Florida Relays, winning in 8:28.81...Ran her first 800m of the outdoor season, finishing ninth in 2:08.58...Also participated in the 4x400 relay which finished 29th
- Broke the meet record with the 4x800 relay, placing second in 8:35.06...Finished 11th in the Section V-X of the 1500m at the Raleigh Relays in a career-best 4:39.83
- Ran with the fourth place 4x400 relay team at the MSU Conference Challenge, finishing in 3:46.68...Placed sixth in the 1500m run, clocking a then PR of 4:42.13
2012 CROSS COUNTRY
- Earned a new personal best at the 6K NCAA South Regional, finishing 123rd overall and sixth on the team in 22:34.6
- Finished 113th overall and seventh on the team at the 6K SEC Championships, finishing in a personal best time of 23:30.72
- Ran in the 4K Belmont Opener and placed 10th on the team and 64th overall in a personal best time of 17:16.50
- Competed at the 6K Brooks Paul Short Run, finishing in 24:43 to wind up 325th overall and 10th on the team
- Earned a new 5K personal record at the Crimson Classic, finishing seventh on the team and 56th overall in 19:05.37
2012 TRACK & FIELD
Honors - USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team (4x400mR)
- USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team (DMR)
- All-SEC Indoor First Team (DMR)
- SEC Indoor Runner of the Week (Jan. 17)
- Named the Outdoor Lady Vol Most Improved Athlete
- Ran 1200m leg on UT[apos]s DMR unit, which finished 11th at the NCAA Indoor meet in 11:26.02 earning her USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team accolades
- Picked up her initial SEC title and All-SEC First Team award, running the 800m leg for UT[apos]s winning DMR (11:12.23), marking Tennessee[apos]s sixth win in a row and eighth in nine seasons
- Added a third-place finish in the 800 meters, running 2:07.18
- Posted a career-best 800m time of 2:05.49, placing fifth in the championship division at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational
- Named SEC Indoor Runner of the Week after winning with a then-nation-leading 800m time of 2:08.55 at the Kentucky Invitational
- Dropped her season best to 2:08.50 to place fifth at the Texas A&M Mondo Challenge
- Member of UT[apos]s NCAA automatic-qualifying DMR (11:02.74) at the A&M meet as well
- Established mile PR of 5:06.93 at the Auburn Invitational
- Competed with the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, placing 10th in the semifinals despite a season-best time of 3:31.57
- Named to the USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team for her performance with the 4x400m relay team
- Earned a trip to NCAA Championship meet at the NCAA East Preliminary Round with the 4x400m relay team.
- That unit finished in a season-best time of 3:33.59 that ranked No. 4 in the East
- Progressed beyond the first round of the 800m race at the NCAA East meet, but fell short of qualifying for the national meet
- Placed third in the 800 meters at SEC Outdoor Championships with a PR of 2:03.88 after running a previous PR of 2:06.10 in the prelims
- Ran on the 4x400m relay team, contributing to its third-place finish and time of 3:33.85
- Won the 400 meters at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge, clocking in at 54.07, and was on UT[apos]s fourth-place 4x400m relay (3:44.63)
- Ran on UT[apos]s runner-up 4x800m relay (8:27.04) at the 118th Penn Relays
2011 CROSS COUNTRY
- Counted toward Tennessee[apos]s scoring total for the first time at the NCAA South Regional, running fifth for the Big Orange and placing 131st overall in a 6K career-best 23:39.5
- Completed her first cross country race as a Lady Vol, running sixth for UT and 354th overall in 24:30 at the 6K Brooks Paul Short Run
- Finished seventh for Tennessee and 95th overall in 19:44.52 at the 5K Crimson Classic
2011 TRACK & FIELD
Honors - USTFCCCA All-American, including first-team indoors with the DMR and 4x400m relays and second-team outdoors with the 4x4
- Placed fifth in the 800m at SEC Indoors with a 2:07.69 readout
- Ran a career-best clocking of 2:07.16 to finish second at the Texas A&M Challenge
- Her 1:10.92, first-place effort in the 500m at the Penn State National ranks as the fourth-fastest time ever run by a Lady Vol
- Ran on UT[apos]s fifth-place 4x400m relay unit (3:36.16) at the SEC meet
- Member of Big Orange DMR that finished eighth at NCAA Indoors in 11:07.86 and ninth in the 4x4 (3:35.21), earning All-America Honors with each
- Battled an injury but wound up a member of Tennessee[apos]s seventh-place NCAA 4x400m relay unit (3:32.15), collecting her third All-America citation of the campaign
- Ran on UT[apos]s third-place 4x800m tandem at the Penn Relays
- Logged an outdoor PR of 2:10.17 in the 800 but did not advance to the SEC final
- Finished fifth in the 1500m at the UT-UCLA Dual, checking in with a personal-best time of 4:43.77
2010 CROSS COUNTRY
- No results
AT SETON HALL
- Swept 4x400m relay BIG EAST titles before the program was eliminated after 2010 season
- Ran a 53.97 400m to take second at BIG EAST Outdoors and placed second indoors (55.06). Also finished eighth indoors in the 800m
- Was an NCAA outdoor 4x4 qualifier
- Ran an indoor PR 2:08.80 in the 800m at the ECAC Championships
HIGH SCHOOL
- Three-time high school All-American
- Prep PRs included 53.64 for 400m, 2:10.57 for 800m and 4:57 for 1500m
PERSONAL
- Born July 22, 1991, in Atlantic City, N.J.
- Majoring in business
- Parents are Joseph Snapp Jr. and Tracey Miles
- Her siblings are Jordien Moore, Maureace Snapp and Joseph Snapp III
- Recipient of the Crawford Accent[apos] on Excellence Women[apos]s Track & Field Endowed Scholarship
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