Eshe Robinson
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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Hometown:
- Nashville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- St. Cecilia Academy
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- Previous School:
- St. Cecilia Academy
Bio
2018: Competed in a variety of events, highlighted by the pentathlon and heptathlon … saw landmark improvements in six events, as she set new personal bests in the 200 meters (27.79 seconds), 100-meter hurdles (14.88 seconds), heptathlon (4,115 points), javelin (29.41 meters), outdoor long jump (5.08m) and outdoor high jump (1.60m) … recorded a top-five finish in the high jump at the Mississippi State Bulldog Relays.
2017: Robinson established numerous personal bests in the 2017 track season...she opened indoor with a career-best 60-meter hurdle time of 9.25 at the Vanderbilt Opener...she went on to establish personal-best marks in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.55 (Illini Classic) and the 200-meter dash with a time of 29.38 (Gene Edmonds Invitational)...Robinson continued to see success in the outdoor season as she established career-best marks in the 100-meter dash (13.70, Weems Baskin Invitational), the 200-meter dash (29.23, Hilltopper Relays), the 100-meter hurdles (15.27 (Austin Peay Invitational), the high jump (1.49m, Austin Peay Invitational), the shot put (9.72m, Austin Peay Invitational), and the javelin (25.45m, Austin Peay Invitational).
2016: Robinson set a season-high in the indoor shot put with a 31'2" mark...notched career-bests in the outdoor 100m hurdles (15.77) and long jump (16'3").
High School: A sprinter and pentathlete at St. Cecilia Academy...four-year letterwinner on the track & field team...won the Will To Win Award and Sprinter of the Year Award...placed ninth in the TSSAA Division II regional pentathlon, and was a state Class A bronze medalist in the high jump...had personal-best of 16 feet, 10 inches in the long jump, 5' 2" in the high jump, and 15.51 seconds in the 100m hurdles.
Personal: The daughter of Leonora Kellman and the late John Robinson..full name is Eshe' Estella Robinson...born March 16, 1997 in Nashville...majoring in biology/health sciences.
News mentions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – With the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships just two weeks away, Tennessee Tech track and field will undergo its final preparative step this weekend when it travels to Louisville for the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational. The Friday-Saturday meet will be held at UL’s Track and Soccer Stadium inside Cardinal Park, with the first TTU athletes competing at 3 p.m. CT Friday afternoon and 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning.
RALEIGH, N.C. and GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the first time this season, Tennessee Tech track and field will separate its personnel to tackle two meets in the same weekend, each hosted by a Power 5-conference institution. One Golden Eagle delegation will compete Friday at the N.C. State Raleigh Relays, while the other will be bound for action on Friday and Saturday at the Pepsi Florida Relays.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Trailing upset-minded Murray State with three events remaining, the Tennessee Tech track and field team needed a crucial lift in crunch time to keep its hopes of a second straight Ohio Valley Conference indoor championship alive.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Na’Scottisha Drummond excelled against premiere competition on Friday at the Vanderbilt Invitational, as she recorded Tech’s highest finish of the day, second place in the high jump. Drummond was clearly determined to begin her performance, as she passed over the bar at 1.60 and 1.65 meters on her first attempt at each. Then, the bar moved to 1.70 meters, a height the Duncan, S.C. native had never cleared before in an indoor setting.