Raven Smith
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Lithonia, Ga.
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Lakeside High
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- Previous School:
- Lakeside High
Bio
SOPHOMORE (2017): Smith had a solid sophomore season for the Golden Eagle squad...she recorded a personal best time in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.41 at the Samford Open and the shot put with a 9.57-meter throw at the Vanderbilt Opener in the indoor season...established an outdoor career-best mark in the long jump at the Hilltopper Relays with a 5.37-meter leap.
FRESHMAN (2016): Smith broke the Tech school records in the indoor triple jump (39'3") and outdoor triple jump (39'11")...notched a season-best mark of 16'11" in the outdoor long jump and 17'1.25" in the indoor long jump.
HIGH SCHOOL: Raven was a two-sport standout at Lakeside High Chool in Lithonia, Ga...played middle blocker on the volleyball team...competed in the jumps on the track & field team for coach Chadwick...twice won the Viking Award as the team's most improved athlete...also named MVP...selected as team captain...soared a career-best 37 feet, 4 inches in the triple jump and took first lace in Region 6-AAAAA meet.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Raymond and Charelle Smith...born April 14, 1997 in Atlanta.
ACADEMIC: Majoring in biology.
News mentions
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech track & field team celebrated its outstanding 2017-18 season at its annual awards banquet on Tuesday night, announcing its award recipients from the past athletic year.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech track & field captured its first-ever Ohio Valley Conference outdoor team title on Saturday at the 2018 OVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Friday was a crucial day for Tennessee Tech at the 2018 OVC Outdoor Track & Field Championship.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech’s outdoor track & field season has, so far, mirrored its indoor one earlier in the year.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Five Tennessee Tech runners and jumpers put in some final regular-season cuts at the Tennessee Challenge on Saturday.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech track & field will send five Golden Eagles to Knoxville, Tennessee, on Saturday for the Tennessee Challenge.
LOUISVILLE – Tennessee Tech ended its 2018 outdoor regular season on Saturday, competing up at the University of Louisville’s Lenny Lyles / Clark Wood Invitational.
LOUISVILLE – Tennessee Tech track & field completes its final preparations for the outdoor postseason on Saturday at the Lenny Lyles / Clark Wood Invitational, hosted by the University of Louisville.
NEW ORLEANS – Entering its final weekend of outdoor regular-season competition, Tennessee Tech track & field has shot up to a No. 14 ranking in the USTFCCCA South Region, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Monday.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – For the second-straight week, Tennessee Tech track & field’s weekend was affected by impending weather.
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech track & field remains in-state this weekend to compete in yet another meet that has been shortened by weather.
NEW ORLEANS – After its weekend at the Hilltopper Relays in Kentucky, Tennessee Tech track & field has jumped up three spots in the USTFCCCA regional rankings. The Golden Eagles now stand at No. 19 in the South Region, as announced by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association on Monday.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Though the Hilltopper Relays were shortened by a day due to snow expected for Saturday, Tennessee Tech got lots of work done at Western Kentucky on Friday.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Tennessee Tech track & field heads up to the Bluegrass State early Friday to compete in Western Kentucky’s Hilltopper Relays.
NEW ORLEANS – With the release of the first USTFCCCA rankings of the outdoor season, Tennessee Tech track & field stands at 22nd in the South Region. The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association announced its Week 1 regional rankings on Monday.
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Tennessee Tech had a tough day to close out the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays at Mississippi State on Saturday afternoon.
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Tennessee Tech competed in its first outdoor track & field events of 2018 on Friday, opening the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track & Field Complex.
STARKVILLE, Miss. – After a short break from the indoor season, Tennessee Tech track & field opens its outdoor schedule on Friday at Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays.
CHARLESTON, Ill. – Tennessee Tech finished up its historic run at the 2018 OVC Indoor Championships on Saturday, capturing the program’s first-ever conference title in indoor track & field.
CHARLESTON, Ill. – Tennessee Tech opened the 2018 OVC Indoor Championships on a high note, collecting an individual title in the first event of the two-day conference meet.
With fourth-year coach -- and former Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year recipient -- Wayne Angel at the helm, the Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles are poised for success at the OVC championships. The Tech squad had phenomenal indoor and outdoor seasons in the 2017 campaign, tallying runner-up and third-place finishes at the OVC championships respectively. The year was also highlighted by sophomore all-American Na'Asha Robinson's NCAA appearance in Eugene, Ore. -- the first Golden Eagle appearance in Tech women's track and field history. This upcoming year, the Golden Eagles' success will rely on the leadership provided by experienced upperclassmen and highly-motivated youth. Each meet that they compete in will be essential in preparing them to contend at the OVC championships -- including the outdoor championships held in Cookeville in May -- and on the national level. After losing the OVC title by a mere 11 points a year ago, the Golden Eagles are hungry and have high expectations as Tech looks to make great strides and compete against some of the best programs in the OVC and the nation.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Tennessee Tech capped its visit at the Tyson Invitational on Saturday with three more school records.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Tennessee Tech wasted no time in making noise at the opening day of the Tyson Invitational on Friday.
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – With just one regular-season meet remaining before heading off to the OVC Indoor Championships at the end of the month, Tennessee Tech will get its last cuts in at the Tyson Invitational.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – There’s no question that the Tennessee Tech women’s track and field program is on the rise, but the evidence is starting to mount as the Golden Eagles opened up practice on Tuesday with its first-ever Top 15 in the South Region indoor ranking by the USTFCCCA. The Golden Eagles placed 11th in the list, flanked by an impressive roster of schools. Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Ole Miss, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, Florida State, Middle Tennessee and Georgia Tech were in the top 10, followed by Tennessee Tech in 11th, with Miami, Auburn, Memphis and North Florida rounding out the first regional indoor poll of the season.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Tech closed out the two-day Commodore Invitational strong on Saturday, finishing up the team’s remaining field events and completing the bulk of its track events.
NASHVILLE – Friday proved to be short but eventful for Tennessee Tech track & field on the opening day of Vanderbilt’s Commodore Invitational. Tech, which appeared in just four events (two track and two field) in the day’s late start, made some noise in all of them.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Tech track & field will venture back to the state capital for the second time already this season for the two-day Commodore Invitational, which will take place Friday, Jan. 12 through Saturday, Jan. 13 inside the Vanderbilt Multipurpose Facility.
CLEMSON, S.C. – Tennessee Tech encountered a setback to start off 2018 at the Orange & Purple Classic on Saturday.
CLEMSON, S.C. – After an extended break for the holidays, Tennessee Tech track & field resumes its indoor season at the Orange & Purple Classic, hosted by Clemson University in South Carolina on Saturday, Jan. 6.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Tech began the indoor portion of its track & field season at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener for the third-straight year on Saturday.
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Tech track & field opens up its indoor season Saturday morning at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener for the third-straight season.