Mary Tipton Class: Sophomore Hometown: Memphis, Tenn. Event: Sprints

High School/Prep: Earned four varsity letters in track and cross country at Hutchison High School under coach Orlando McKay ... Named Most Valuable Athlete of track team (freshman, sophomore, senior years) and cross country team (sophomore, senior years) and received the Coaches Award in cross country during junior year ... Named to the Commercial Appeal All-Metro track team three years in high school ... Set the school record in the 400 meter dash and the 4x400 meter relay ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Mary Elisabeth Black Tipton ... Born on October 14, 1991 ... Parents are Deborah Dunklin Tipton and Dr. Robert Tipton ... Both parents graduated from Vanderbilt ... Has an older brother, Robert, who attends High Point University ... Chose Vanderbilt over SMU, Washington and Lee, Rhodes College, Arkansas and Georgia.

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