Kiyomi Parish Griffey '97 to be Inducted into Division III Track & Field Hall of Fame
Kiyomi Parish
Griffey, a 1997 graduate of Pomona-Pitzer Colleges, will be
inducted into the Division III Track & Field Hall of Fame in
May, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches
Association announced in February.
Parish will be inducted on May 20, 2009, on the eve of the 2009 Division III National Track and Field Championships in Marietta, Ohio. Other inductees include Sheila Trice of Christopher Newport, Derrick Rippy of Mount Union, and Sandu Rebenciuc of Augustana.
Parish won three NCAA Division III national titles in the hammer throw, and set a National Record in both her junior and senior years. Her best mark of 196'6" from 1997 was the NCAA Division III best mark for nine years, and still stands as the #3 all-time Division III mark. Parish qualified to Nationals and earned All America honors all four years - including a fourth place finish as a frosh before her three national titles in a row.
Parish won four straight hammer titles in SCIAC Conference Championships for Pomona-Pitzer, and set four meet records, including the still-standing mark of 179'9". She also won two SCIAC titles in the shot put and was the conference track and field MVP in 1995.
Following the NCAA meets, Parish competed in the USA Track & Field Championships in 1995, 1996, and 1997. Parish finished eighth as a sophomore, fifth as a junior, and third as a senior. At the end of her senior year, Parish ranked fourth in the U.S. and 30th in the world. Continuing to compete beyond college, Parish earned a #9 U.S. ranking in 1999 with a best of 201'11", which was the eighth best U.S. all-time mark at the time.
A Chemistry major and an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship winner, Parish is now married to Lee Griffey, and is a Special Agent for the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
