2021-22 Women's Track and Field Roster

Ava Thomas

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cleveland, Ohio
  • High School Gilmour Academy

Biography

Collegiate Bests:

60m 7.81

100m 12.15

200m 25.01

2020-21: No competition due to coronavirus pandemic.

2019-2020: In indoor track, finished third in the 60 meter dash at the Yale Season Opener… Ran a personal best of 7.81 seconds in the 60 meter dash at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia tri-meet to qualify into the finals and ultimately grab a third-place finish… Finished seventh in both the 60 meter dash and the 200 meters at the Harvard-Yale-Princeton tri-meet… Finished second in the 200 meters (25.71) and fifth in the 60 meter dash at the Giegengack Invitational. 

2018-2019: In indoor track, competed at Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia and David Hemery Valentine Invitational, recording new collegiate best at each competition... Ran collegiate best of 8.00 in the 60m at Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia, finishing eighth overall... Ran collegiate best in the 200-meter run of 26.31 at the David Hemery Invitational... In outdoor track competed in the 100 meters and the 200 meters and ran a leg of the second place 4x100 meter relay at the Harvard Yale Dual Meet... Earned her first collegiate win in the 200 meters at the Mark Young Invitational... Finished third in the 100 meters and ran a leg of the winning 4x100 meter relay at the Yale Springtime Invitational... Ran personal bests in the 100 and 200 meters at the Ivy League Outdoor Track and Field Championships and ran a leg of the scoring 4x100 meter relay team. 

Before Yale: Earned Ohio all-state selection as a member of her high school''s 4x100m and 4x400m relays…Finished seventh in the 100-meter dash and eighth in the 200-meter dash at the 2018 Ohio State Championship…Award-winning participant in the entrepreneurial competition "Accelerate 2017: Make Change" for her invention to help those struggling with memory loss.

While at Yale: Founded Memory Mat Inc. as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that creates personalized place mats with pictures and phrases to support elders with memory loss...was a panelist for a Support Our Seniors webinar hosted by the Yale Alumni Association.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Sprints
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2020-21Junior

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Senior

    Sprints