Janetra Gleaves - Women's Track and Field - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Janetra Gleaves Season 2014-15

Sprints/Hurdles

Class Senior
Event Sprints/Hurdles
Hometown Nashville, TN
High School Cane Ridge HS
Bio

Honors:
2015 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
Major: Child Studies

2015 Outdoor Season:
Hurricane Alumni Invitational: Was 11th in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.21. … Tiger Track Classic: Set a new PR in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.02 and moved up to No. 5 on Vanderbilt’s all-time list. … Black & Gold Invitational: Took sixth in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.35; Was a member of VU’s 4×100 relay team that took third place with a time of 46.95, which ranked as the fifth-best mark on VU’s all-time list. … Alabama Relays: Was a member of VU’s 4×100 relay team that took 14th with a time of 47.62.

2014-15 Indoor Season: Meyo Invitational: Earned a spot in the 60-meter hurdles semifinals after a ninth-place finish in the preliminaries; posted time of 8.64 in the prelims and 8.60 in the semifinals. … Vanderbilt Invitational: Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.59. … Commodore Invitational: Finished second in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.52 and was fourth in the 200-meter dash. … Music City Invitational: : Took second in the 60-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 8.64 (the third-best mark on VU’s all-time list) and finished fourth in the 200 with a time of 25.69. 

2013 Outdoor Season: Posted a time of 14.48 in the 100-meter hurdles to earn sixth place at the (Georgia Tech) Yellow Jacket Invitational. … Was a member of the 4×400 meter relay team that finished fifth with a time of 3:56.21 at the (Georgia Tech) Yellow Jacket Invitational. … Ran a career-best time of 14.17 in the 100 hurdles to take fifth place at the Black & Gold meet.

2012 Indoor Season: Scored 3,328 points in the pentathlon, the fifth-best mark on VU’s all-time performance list, at the SEC Indoor Championships. … Was a member of the 4×400 relay team that finished ninth at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:45.22. … Finished fifth in the pentathlon, scoring 3,146 points, at the Samford Invitational. … Clocked a personal best of 7.86 in the 60 meter dash at the Armory Collegiate Invitational. … Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.65 at the Indiana Relays. … Earned a share of third place in the high jump at 1.65 meters (5-03) at the Indiana Relays. … Took sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.80 at the Kentucky Invitational. … Finished 18th in the high jump with a mark of 5.21 meters (17-1.25 inches).

2012 Track: Competed in multiple events for track her freshman year … Set a personal best in the long jump at the SEC Indoor Championships, with a distance of 5.11m … Bested her 60H time at the SEC Indoors for a new personal record of 8.66, good for sixth place … Started her season at the Clemson Orange & Purple Winter Classic setting a personal best in the high jump, at 1.60m.

High school: MVP four years … State champion in 300m hurdles (2010), first State Champ for Cane Ridge HS … Athlete of the Year 2010 …. Set the record at Nashville Regionals … State Champion in 100m Hurdles (2010) … State pentathlete champion (2010) … Co-MVP Great 8, Vanderbilt 2010 … All-State in basketball, 2009 … MVP in basketball, 2008 … Defensive Player of the Year, 2008 …

Personal: Janetra “Nene” Gleaves … born October 2, 1991 … Child studies major with minor in African American and Diaspora Studies … Mother, Netra McClain … Father Lamar McClain is a barber … Has seven siblings: brothers Zellburge (21), Terrence (20), Melvin (22), Xavier (1) and sisters Naquesia (19), Janay (17) and Kayla (5).