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— Texas A&M Track & Field/Cross Country (@aggietfxc) December 18, 2021

It's easy.

She had the option 1) to come back finish her degree and get started on a Master's, 2) turn pro, and 3) transfer. Often times track teams have money free up mid-year from XC finishing up their eligibility. To get someone of Tyra's caliber you aren't offering them a partial scholarship; she'll get one of the full scholarship offers. .Transferring at the beginning of the year would cause her to lose hours and spend longer in school. Combining these 3 facts, she probably decided to transfer last summer but didn't want to lose her hours and tu probably didn't have the scholarship dollars either, so by coming in mid-year they got the full scholarship to offer her.

Tyra screwed us out of offering that scholarship to use this year, wasted development time that could have been used on someone else, used our tutors, and used our facilities to train. If she had her name in the portal at the beginning of the year, she would have been locked out of the facilities and she'd have to train on her own.

Wow - this has been an entertaining read, so appreciate the 10 minutes of nearly free entertainment from all who contributed. Only wish so many of the post hadn't been edited out, though I appreciate that some of you captured some of them via the quote feature.

Not a huge track guy, but Taylor appreciate the work you do to keep the community updated on our track program. And yeah, hope Tyra loses every event she enters at tu, but who knows, I may root for her if/when I see her in the Olympics depending on how the coming months unfold.

Thanks... the season has just begun my friend, much more to come!

Chi-town Ag said:

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Wow - this has been an entertaining read, so appreciate the 10 minutes of nearly free entertainment from all who contributed. Only wish so many of the post hadn't been edited out, though I appreciate that some of you captured some of them via the quote feature.

Not a huge track guy, but Taylor appreciate the work you do to keep the community updated on our track program. And yeah, hope Tyra loses every event she enters at tu, but who knows, I may root for her if/when I see her in the Olympics depending on how the coming months unfold.

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Just root for Annie Kuntz instead. She is easier to root for in every possible way.

My lord we've been infiltrated by morons. I think you've called a perfect game Taylor. Ignore these idiots. They're clearly not very good at this.

Pretty dumb marketing lmao

But what's funny if she stays here and improves like she did every year she'd be ready to compete at the World Championships in 3 different events and sign a HUGE contract with Nike, Puma, or something… now she's only gonna compete in one event in which she keeps regressing and instead is having to settle for NIL deals… it's been funny but as a former fan I also feel really sad for her. Her career is headed in the wrong direction than where she was this time last year

When you have your husband and father heading up your NIL efforts, expect subpar opportunities.

I'm confused. She's no longer a heptathlete? She is not an elite jumper or high jumper IMO, but is an elite overall athlete.

This is from another article

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Meanwhile, Tyra Gittens was very disappointed with her performance in the Women's long jump qualifying event, yesterday. The T&T athlete disturbed the sand at 6.44 metres to finish tenth in Group "B" and 19th overall. The top 12 jumpers progressed to the final.


"Absolutely gutted," Gittens told the Sunday Express. "But that's part of the game. That's part of the event."

Gittens opened the competition with a 6.22 metres leap, well short of her 6.69 season's best, the 6.75 automatic qualifying mark, and her 6.96 national record. The 24-year-old was 13th at the end of round one, and in need of a big jump to challenge for a berth in the final.

Gittens improved to 6.44m in the second round, temporarily moving into the 12th qualifying spot. By the end of the round, however, she was 14th. Any hopes of getting back into the top 12 were dashed when Gittens fouled on her third and final attempt.

"Just this trip, I made a lot of changes to my mindset going in to training and my mindset overall. And I was very excited to come in. My approach was a lot better than it has been all season. It wasn't so chaotic, but it just was not it today. I hate saying that because I'm not happy with my season either. And it's like 'it wasn't it this time, next time...'

"I would never doubt myself," she continued, "because I believe in myself so much and I have an amazing support system. So it's frustrating whenever I wear our colours and our flag and I don't step up to the plate. I don't put pressure on myself. I just have very high standards. I know what I can do, and my country knows what I can do. It sucks when I don't get there, or even close."

"Oh my gosh, yeah, which is what has been frustrating. From my short approaches I'm jumping further than 6.75. So it was a lot of just not clicking. That's really all it was. I know what I can do based off of practice, and this is very realistic. It's not me lying to myself. I don't like to do that because then it will show on the runway."

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I guess she is shame to admit she made a horrible mistake leaving Texas A&M

Lmao a 24 year old athlete who will only compete in what her coach of 7 months will tell her to

But she needs to be 6.9m+ to have a shot in any long jump competition, and I don't think she will ever be competing for a medal in the high jump. This is baffling to me. If she can make a living the other way - more power to her. This just sounds bonkers to me.

Exactly she would have medaled this year assuming she progressed like she did while she was at A&M! Her long jump is really inconsistent and she was never close to her PR all year! We saw Lamara Distin needing to jump 6'6 to get top 10 in the world this past week! Tyra can't clear 6'0 consistently lol

The moral of the story that we learned here is that she is letting her husband/family and new Coach control her career… if we know anything Pat Henry does what's best for his athletes and will take care of them. She's learning that now as she's going through one of her worst seasons and tries to stay relevant in the track world. If this continues who knows if she gets and world championship standard next year. She went from Bowerman Finalist, 3x NCAA Champion, NCAA Record Holder, Olympic Finalist… to 19th in the world in one event… embarrassing, she should feel ashamed for putting a huge dent in her career