Tabia Charles Collins
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inducted 2019 |
Tabia Charles Collins joined the UM track & field program with strong credentials. A three-time Canadian Indoor Champion in the Triple Jump, she also held numerous national Junior records and was named the 2001 Canadian Athlete of the Year. She wasted little time making her mark on UMSHoF member Coach Amy Deem’s Miami program.
As a freshman in 2004, she claimed BIG EAST conference titles in the Indoor Long Jump and Triple Jump, as well as the Outdoor Triple Jump, garnering All-American honors in each event. She followed that up with three more All-American honors, along with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title in the Indoor Long Jump in 2005. But she saved her best for last, claiming four All-American honors (both Indoor and Outdoor Long Jump and Triple Jump), three ACC titles (Outdoor Triple Jump and Long Jump, Indoor Triple Jump) and claiming the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championship in the Triple Jump.
For her Miami career, Tabia garnered seven conference titles, was named an All-American 10 times, which ranks second most in program history, and was named as both a Long Jump and Triple Jump All-American in all three seasons at UM. She still holds UM records for Indoor Long Jump (6.52m), Indoor Triple Jump (13.65m) and Outdoor Triple Jump (13.94m).
She graduated Miami in only three years with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, with Honors, and recently started a fashion line and online store named Anisah by Tabia Charles. She competed for her native Canada in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 10th in the Long Jump. She is married to the love of her life, Dennison Charles, and they live in her hometown of Toronto with her stepson Dante and their young son D’Angelo.
As a freshman in 2004, she claimed BIG EAST conference titles in the Indoor Long Jump and Triple Jump, as well as the Outdoor Triple Jump, garnering All-American honors in each event. She followed that up with three more All-American honors, along with the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) title in the Indoor Long Jump in 2005. But she saved her best for last, claiming four All-American honors (both Indoor and Outdoor Long Jump and Triple Jump), three ACC titles (Outdoor Triple Jump and Long Jump, Indoor Triple Jump) and claiming the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championship in the Triple Jump.
For her Miami career, Tabia garnered seven conference titles, was named an All-American 10 times, which ranks second most in program history, and was named as both a Long Jump and Triple Jump All-American in all three seasons at UM. She still holds UM records for Indoor Long Jump (6.52m), Indoor Triple Jump (13.65m) and Outdoor Triple Jump (13.94m).
She graduated Miami in only three years with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, with Honors, and recently started a fashion line and online store named Anisah by Tabia Charles. She competed for her native Canada in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 10th in the Long Jump. She is married to the love of her life, Dennison Charles, and they live in her hometown of Toronto with her stepson Dante and their young son D’Angelo.