Tyra Gittens-Spotsville

Did You Know?

• Her hometown is Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
• She attended high school at The Ensworth School in Nashville.
• She earned a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University and a master's degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Career

In July 2017, Gittens-Spotsville broke her own national junior heptathlon record at the Pan American Combined Events Cup in Ottawa, Canada, scoring 5,490 points. She received a six-month doping ban after failing to correctly renew a Therapeutic Use Exemption for ADHD treatment, leading to a positive test for methylphenidate/ritalinic acid. She placed twelfth at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, with a 6.36 m jump, and won bronze in the long jump at the 2025 NACAC Championships. In March 2026, she placed fifteenth at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland. She won the national long jump title in June 2026 with a 6.65 m jump and placed fifth at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

NCAA

Gittens-Spotsville is an 18-time NCAA Division I All-American, 3-time NCAA Champion, 5-time Southeastern Conference Champion, and 20-time All-SEC honoree. At the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, she won silver in the women's long jump and gold in the heptathlon despite an ankle injury days before. In June 2021, she received the USTFCCCA Women's National Field Athlete of the Year award, with officials noting her SEC win made her the third best performer in collegiate heptathlon history. On 14 May 2021 at the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Texas, she jumped 6.96 m, setting Trinidad and Tobago records in the heptathlon (6418 points), high jump (1.95 m), and long jump (6.96 m). On 11 March 2021 at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, she jumped 6.68 m, setting Trinidad and Tobago indoor records in the pentathlon (4746 points), high jump (1.93 m), and long jump (6.68 m).