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2012-13 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Middle Distance
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • St. Louis, Mo.
    Hometown
  • 5'4
    Height
  • Ladue Horton
    High School
Lynette Atkinson
Lynette Atkinson
Middle Distance
Position
Junior
Class
St. Louis, Mo.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• Four-time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll selection

2012: Did not compete during the indoor season...Took part in two meets during the outdoor season...Ran the 800-meters at the TCU Invitational in 2:35.26 to finish 32nd...Participated in the 400-meters at the Michael Johnson Dr Pepper Classic with a 23rd-place showing in 59.98...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and Baylor Dean[apos]s List.

2011: Did not compete outdoors due to season-ending injury at Big 12 Indoor Championships...Placed 14th at Big 12 meet indoors in 400 meters with career-best time of 56.50...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and Baylor Dean[apos]s List.

High School: Helped Ladue Horton High School win state team title in 2009, and to top-four finishes each of other three seasons...Part of national champion 4x800-meter relay team in 2008 and 2009...16-time all-state performer and seven-time All-American for LHHS...Earned LHHS MVP honor in track and field...Named Kansas Relays Most Oustanding Female Athlete...Earned St. Louis Post-Dispatch Athlete of the Week honors...Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Lynette Nicole Atkinson...Born Aug. 26, 1990, in St. Louis, Mo....Daughter of Charles and Alyce Atkinson...Has two sisters, her twin Lauren, and Erin, a thrower for Baylor track and field team...Majoring in physical education.