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Illinois State University Athletics

2021-22 Track & Field Roster

Mya Robinson

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Riverdale, Ill.
  • Highschool Thornton Township HS

Biography

CAREER RESULTS
 
Career Highlights
2021 MVC Indoor Champion (60-meter hurdles)
2/24/21 - MVC Female Track Athlete of the Week

2020-21 OUTDOOR (Jr.): Competed at six meets during her junior outdoor season as Redbird...Placed in the top two four times...Ran a wind-legal personal-best time of 14.01 seconds to place second in the 100-meter hurdles at the Joe Walker Invite...Clocked in at sub-14 seconds in both the prelims and the finals at the Illinois State Invite, placing second overall in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.83 seconds (2.1w)...That time of 13.83 seconds ranks No. 5 all-time in ISU history...Competed in the finals of the 100-meter hurdles despite getting injured in the prelims ultimately placing just short of All-Valley honors in fourth with a time of 14.16 seconds...Member of the ISU women's team that won their seventh-straight conference title and broke a Valley record for points scored with 232.

2020-21 INDOOR (Sr.): Competed at four indoor meets for the Redbirds...Opened the season with a first-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking in at 8.84 seconds...Won the 60-meter hurdles at the EIU Friday Night Special with a time of 8.69 seconds...Crowned MVC Champion in the 60-meter hurdles, clocking in at a season-best 8.68 seconds at the MVC Championships to earn her first career All-Valley honors.

2019-20 OUTDOOR (Jr.): Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 INDOOR (Jr.): Competed at six meets during her junior indoor season, recording multiple personal-bests in the 60-meter hurdles throughout the year...Opened the season with a win in the hurdles at the EIU Early Bird, clocking in at 8.65 seconds...Finished second in the hurdles and third in the 200m at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup...Ran a personal-best time of 7.89 seconds in the 60m at the adidas Classic in Lincoln, Nebraska...Also won the hurdles at the adidas Classic, clocking in at 8.62 seconds...Ran a personal-best time of 8.48 seconds in the 60m hurdle prelims at the MVC Indoor Championships, which is tied for the fourth-fastest time in Illinois State track & field history.

2018-19 OUTDOOR (So.): Scored points in the 100-meter hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12), finishing fifth with a time of 14.34 seconds...Recorded a personal-best time of 12.77 seconds in the 100-meter dash and posted a 13th-place finish with a time of 14.58 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4/26-27)...Notched a third-place finish in the 100mH with a time of 14.24 seconds (wind-aided) and finished 12th in the 100-meter dash at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational (4/19-20)...A member of the first-place finishing 4x100-meter relay team that clocked in with a combined time of 46.69 seconds at the Redbird Invitational (4/6)...Opened the season competing in both the 200-meter dash and the 100mH at the Ole Miss Classic (3/30).

2018-19 INDOOR (So.): Recorded a personal-best time of 8.71 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles prelims and went on to score points for the 'Birds, finishing seventh in the event at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24)...Clocked in with a time of 8.80 seconds in the 60mH at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9)...Competed in the 60mH prelims at the Meyo Invitational (2/1-2), finishing with a time of 8.93 seconds...Finished seventh in the 60mH at the Illini Invitational (1/25-26), posting a time of 8.86 seconds...Competed in the 200-meter dash and the 60-meter hurdles at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/19), clocking in at 26.87 seconds in the 200 and 8.93 seconds in the 60mH...Opened the season with an eighth-place finish in the 200 and a seventh-place finish in the 60mH at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (1/12).

2017-18 OUTDOOR (Fr.): Competed in the 100-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash at the MVC Championships...finished 11th in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.48...placed 24th in the 200-meter with a mark of 26.19...recorded 100-meter hurdles personal-best of 14.22 at the Wisconsin Twilight, finishing second...other top 100-meter hurdles performances include a second-place finish at the Redbird Invite (14.27) and a fifth-place finish (14.38) at the Black & Gold Invite...posted 200-meter personal-record at the Redbird Invite, finishing 14th with a time of 26.04. 

2017-18 INDOOR (Fr.): Competed in the 60-meter hurdles at the MVC Championships, placing ninth overall with a time of 8.92...captured 60-meter hurdles personal-best at the Illini Classic, placing fifth with a time of 8.74...mark ranks eighth all-time in Illinois State history...posted a pair of top-five finishes in the 60-meter hurdles at the Orange & Blue Open (8.79) and EIU Early Bird (8.99)...also competed in the 200-meter dash on two occasions, recording a personal-best of 26.43 at the Illini Classic to finish ninth.

THORNTON TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL: Five-time IHSA Class 3A State Championships Qualifier...2017 IHSA Class 3A State Champion in the 100-meter hurdles...2017 IHSA Class 3A State Runner-Up in the 300-meter hurdles...three-time Illinois Top Times 60-meter hurdles Qualifier...2017 Illinois Top Times 60-meter hurdles Champion...was also a 1,000-point scorer in basketball...achieved perfect attendance and was an A/B Honor Roll student two years in a row.

PERSONAL: Born 01/14/99...daughter of Laneal and Sandra Robinson...has two older siblings, Laneah and Laneal, Jr....plans to major in exercise science with the goal of becoming a trainer for a high school or professional team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior

  • 2021-22Fifth Year