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Lynne Layne                  Class: Junior Hometown: New Rochelle, N.Y. High School: New Rochelle Height: 5-5 Position: Sprints/Jumps

LAYNE'S HIGHLIGHTS Four-Time All-American 2007 Pan Am Jrs. Champ (100m/4x100mR) 2007 USATF Jrs. Champ (100m) 2007 USATF Jrs. Runner-up (200m) UT Record-Holder (Shuttle Hurdle Relay) U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier LAYNE'S NCAA SCORING 2008 NCAA Outdoors (Des Moines, Iowa) 4x100mR 5th, 43.83 2007 NCAA Outdoors (Sacramento, Calif.) 4x100mR 6th, 44.44 LAYNE'S SEC SCORING 2008 SEC Outdoors (Auburn, Ala) 100m 4th, 11.38 Long Jump 6th, 19-11.25/6.08m 2008 SEC Indoors (Fayetteville, Ark.) 60m 5th, 7.29 Long Jump 6th, 20-1.50/6.13m 2007 SEC Outdoors (Tuscaloosa, Ala.) 4x100mR 4th, 43.98 100m 6th, 11.54 Long Jump 6th, 19-11.25/6.08m 2007 SEC Indoors (Lexington, Ky.) 200m 6th, 23.54

TENNESSEE:

2008: Logged the best marks of her career, indoors and out, earned three USTFCCCA All-America certificates and made it to the second round of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100 and 200 meters...Indoors, Lynne scored at the SEC meet for UT in the 60m and long jump...Her career-best time of 7.29 was good for fifth place, while her PR long jump of 20-1 1/2 rated sixth...Qualified for the NCAA meet in the 100 and 200 meters, earning 14th and 12th places, respectively...The 200m effort was good enough for All-America distinction...Ran a season-best 200m clocking of 23.68 at the Virginia Tech Last Chance to make the NCAA field...Named SEC Female Runner of the Week on Jan. 15 after winning the 60m in a then-PR of 7.37 at the Kentucky Invitational...Outdoors, she put together her fastest career times at the NCAA Mideast Regional in Fayetteville, Ark....Posted back-to-back 100m clockings of 11.09 and 11.11, both of which were wind-aided, to capture second in that event...Took third in the 200m by posting readouts off 23.19 and 23.12, with the latter being wind-legal...Those marks qualified her for the U.S. Olympic Trials, where she advanced to the second round in the 100m and 200m...Had a windy 11.18 in the first round of the straight sprint...Logged a 23.47 in the first round of the 200m...Finished fourth in the 100m (11.38), sixth in the long jump (19-11 1/2) and ninth in the 200m (23.54) at the SEC meet...Was unable to move out of the first round at the NCAA meet in the 200m but made the semis in the 100m...Missed advancing to the final by one spot and finished ninth and garnered All-America acclaim with an 11.62...Also carded A-A honors by anchoring UT to a season-best 43.83 readout in the 4x100m relay to finish fifth...Carried the stick to victory in the 4x1 at the Sea Ray Relays and Vanderbilt Invitational as well as a runner-up showing at the Mideast Regional...Outdoor awards included USTFCCCA All-Mideast Region, USTFCCCA All-Academic and SEC Academic Honor Roll...2007: Scored indoors and out at the SEC level, garnered All-America acclaim outdoors and represented her country by earning a pair of gold medals for the U.S. at the Pan Am Junior Championships as a rookie...Indoors, Lynne was a sixth-place finisher in the 200 meters at the SEC Championships, logging back-to-back PRs of 23.73 in the prelims and 23.54 in the finals...The latter clocking moved her to seventh on UT's all-time performers list...Made the NCAA Indoor field, but her 23.58 in the prelims did not advance her to the 200m finals...Ran third leg on the Lady Vols' 4x400m relay tandem that wound up 10th at nationals in 3:37.75...Earned that right by helping that unit clock a season-best and victorious 3:36.69 at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Invitational...In the 60m dash, Lynne ran a season-topping 7.45 at the Kentucky Invitational to rank herself eighth on the Lady Vol all-time list...Had a false start in the SEC prelims that prevented her from lowering that mark...Was the squad's top long jumper indoors, leaping 19-1 1/4 at the Penn State National Invitational...Finished 15th at SECs at 18-8 1/2...Outdoors, Lynne was UT's top sprinter...She capped her freshman season by capturing gold in the 100m dash for the U.S. at the Pan Am Junior Championships in São Paulo, Brazil...Her career-best time of 11.24 was the third fastest ever run in the program's history...She also aided the Americans to gold in the 4x100m relay as well, anchoring that unit to glory in 43.71...Her victory double at that meet matched the feat UT teammate Cleo Tyson achieved in 2005...Lynne earned the opportunity for international competition by winning the 100m in a then-PR of 11.31 at the USA Junior Championships and taking second in the 200m in a wind-aided 22.94...Lynne earned All-America acclaim with Tennessee's 4x100m relay, which finished sixth at NCAA Outdoors in 44.44...She also participated in the 100 and 200 meters at the NCAA Outdoor meet, running 11.62 in the 100m prelims and clocking a PR 23.26 in the 200m prelims and a 23.40 in the semifinals before bowing out...Took third in the 100m (11.42) and sixth in the 200m (23.35) at the NCAA Mideast Regional and helped UT take second in the 4x100m relay in 45.17...Scored in three events at the SEC Outdoor Championships, taking sixth in the 100m dash in 11.54, snagging sixth in the long jump with a PR leap of 19-11 1/2 and aiding the UT 4x1 to fourth in a season-topping 43.98...Finished just out of the points in the 200m, winding up ninth at 23.57 after logging a PR 23.26 in the SEC prelims...During the campaign, she added a 100m dash title at the Sea Ray Relays with an 11.62 result and assisted as the home team claimed the 4x100m relay crown at that meet as well in 44.05...Joined for a school record in the shuttle hurdle relay, as that quartet ran 55.29 to finish second at the Pepsi Florida Relays...Performed well in the classroom, as well, earning a spot on the SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll as well as the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL:

Lynne was one of the top sprinters and jumpers coming out of the 2006 American prep senior class...During her final indoor season at New Rochelle High School, she concluded the campaign ranked sixth nationally in the 200 meters and long jump and tied for eighth in the 60-meter dash with readouts of 24.07, 19 feet, 7 1/2 inches and 7.44, respectively...Her 200 and 60 times helped her win the longer race and take third in the shorter one at the 2006 Nike Indoor National Championships...Also placed fifth at that competition in the long jump at 18-1 3/4...At the 2006 Nike Outdoor Nationals meet, she was sixth in the long jump (18-9) and seventh in the 100 meters (11.79)...Won the 60 meters at the Nike Indoor meet in 2004...As a junior, Lynne was the nation's top-ranked 60m dash sprinter (7.43), ranked second in the 55m (6.94) and was sixth in the 200m (24.26)...Her nation-leading 7.43 came in a victory at the 2005 National Scholastic Indoor Championships...Claimed NYSPHSAA state titles in the 100 meters (2004-06), 200 meters (2005-06), the 55m indoors (2005-06) and the long jump (2006)...Also claimed numerous section and county championships in the 100m, 200m, 400m and long jump...Was named Gannett Papers Athlete of the Year in winter and spring of 2005, the first junior to achieve that distinction...Prep career bests include 6.94 in the 55m, 7.43 in the 60m, 11.79 in the 100m, 24.03 in the 200m, 40.0 in the 300m, 58.0 in the 400m, and 19-7 1/4 in the long jump.

PERSONAL:

Lynne is enrolled in the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences at the University of Tennessee...Is an only child...Lynne Alyssa Layne was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on April 1, 1988...Her mom is Cheryl Layne.