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Tanya Sutton was a four-year stand-out for the Southern Connecticut Women’s Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field teams from 1986 through 1989. During her career she won multiple championships including the ECAC Division II and Collegiate Track Conference.
Sutton was a two-time All-American in the Indoor Shot Put event. She also held program records in the Shot Put, 20 Pound Weight Throw, Discus and Hammer Throw. At the two-day Dartmouth College Relays, she won the collegiate division Shot Put Championship, and then won the Championship Division event on the following day.
In 1987, she set the program record in the discus with a throw of 143’10”, which stood for 19 years until 2006. In 1988, she was at one point, the American record holder in the 20 Pound Weight Throw with a throw of 56’10’’.
Sutton joined the coaching staff in 1991 and served as the program’s academic success coordinator until 2007.
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