2007 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Joy Griffith
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- American Christian HS
- Hometown:
- Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Saw limited time participating in cross country.
2006 OUTDOOR:
Finished third in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the SEC Championships with a regional-qualifying time of 10:43.30... Also ran the 5000-meter run at the SEC meet, finishing 21st in 17:33.97... Set an MSU school record in the 3000-meter steeplechase, running a regional-qualifying 10:35.31 at the Penn Relays... Also ran second leg of school-record setting 4x1500-meter relay (18:09.43) in a sixth-place finish of the Championship of American flight...... At the Auburn Invitational, ran a personal-best 4:32.29 in a fourth-place finish in the 1500... Took second in the 3000-meter run at the Bulldog Invitational with a personal-best time of 10:13.11... Placed second in the 3000-meter steeplechase (11:02.82) at the Jace Lacoste... Finished second in the steeple at the LSU Tiger Relays, running 10:56.79... Ran 11:12.31 in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the Alabama Relays, finishing third.
2006 INDOOR:
Finished sixth in the 5000-meter run at the Tyson Invitational (17:37.62)... Ran 10:31.79 to take seventh in the 5000 at the Bayou Bengal Invitational.
2005 CROSS COUNTRY:
Ran 21:24.53 to finish 34th at the SEC Championships... Finished the MSU Short Course in 11:18.70 to finish 11th... Opened the season with a 20th place finish at the Belmont Opener (15:13.67).
2005 INDOOR:
& OUTDOOR:
Redshirted the season.
2004 INDOOR:
During the indoor season, recorded her personal best in three events -- the mile run, the 3000-meter run (10:14.75), and the 5000-meter run (17:10.29).
2003 CROSS COUNTRY:
Earned all-South Region honors with a 16th-place finish (21:32.33) at the NCAA South Regional... Finished 24th at the SEC Championships (23:21.39)... Top collegiate finisher at the MSU Invitational (10:12.10)... At the Auburn Invitational, ran 18:40.19 to finish 14th... Ran 19:20.45 to finish 20th at the Crimson Classic... Placed second at the Bulldog Invitational (17:39)... Opened her career with a fifth-place finish at the Memphis Twilight Classic (11:39.40).
HIGH SCHOOL:
Four-time 3200-meter run state champion in Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 1A... Three-time state champion in the 1600-meter run... Won the state title in the 800-meter run once... Holds state championships in the indoor 800, 1600 and 3200... Female Athlete of the Year... Received all-State honors three years in a row... Voted team captain her senior season at the American Christian Academy... Three-time MVP... Received the Most Improved award twice and the Best Attitude award three-times for the Patriots track team... Valedictorian of her graduating class.
PERSONAL:
Joy Elizabeth Griffith was born on Nov. 27, 1984, in Birmingham, Ala... The daughter of Susan and Robert Griffith... Majoring in animal and dairy science (pre-veterinary medicine)... Cousin Drew Johnson played football at William and Mary... Grandfather ran cross country and track at Auburn University.
