Tianna Madison - High School

High School

Born in Elyria, Ohio, Madison attended Elyria High School in Ohio. Throughout her 4 years there, Madison was a member of the 2003 USA TODAY All-USA High School Girls Track Team, and the Elyria High School Basketball and Track teams. She appeared in the Faces In The Crowd section of Sports Illustrated in 2003, participated in the Ohio Reads program working with elementary students, made Elyria High School’s High and Distinguished Honor Rolls each of the four years, and was named the 2003 Gatorade Ohio High School Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year.

Madison was also named a 2002 American Track & Field Outdoor All-American, earned Nine career state championships, including seven in individual events, became only the third athlete in Ohio history to win four events at a state championship meet two years in a row (Susan Nash 1983-84 and Jesse Owens 1932-33), helped her team to earn the Ohio Division I team title in 2003 and Team district titles all four years. Tianna also won the third Ohio long jump crown and set a state outdoor record and state-meet best in 2003 while claiming state 100m titles in 2002 and 2003 and winning the Ohio 200m championships. Madison anchored the 4x100m relay to victory in both 2002 and 2003 setting state records. She set the indoor mark in 2002 and is fourth on the all-time girls' indoor long jump list.

Tianna lettered all four years in track, serving as captain 3 of those 4 years. She won the Intermediate Girls Division at the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic Championships in 2001, set the meet record at the 2002 Nike Indoor Classic, won and set a new meet record at the Adidas Outdoor Championships in 2003, won first place result at UT's Stokely Athletics Center in 2003 Volunteer Indoor Track Classic, and won the Gold Medal in the Long Jump at 2003 USATF Junior Championships.