2013-14 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2013-14: Competed in all six indoor meets ... At the Music City Challenge finished seventh in the long jump (6.06m) ... Also finished seventh in the 60m Hurdles and ninth in the 60m at the same meet ... Was the third-best Belmont finisher in the 60m prelims at the Saluki Open ... Also finished fourth in the long jump (6.05m) at the same meet ... Was the top Belmont finisher in the Heptathlon at the Gladstein Invitational, finishing seventh, with a total of 4,004 points ... At the TSU Invitational finished seventh in the Pole Vault (2.95) … Was the third-best Belmont finisher in the Shot Put (10.56m) at the Cupid Classic … At the OVC Indoor Championships finished seventh in the Heptathlon with a total of 4,178 points ... Competed in four outdoor meets ... Helped Belmont finish 11th in the 4x200m Relay at the Alabama Relays ... At the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational was the second best Belmont finisher in the Shot Put (11.04m) … Also finished 16th in the javelin (35.48m) at the same meet ... Helped the Belmont 4x100m Relay team to finish 11th at the Jesse Owens Track Classic … At the OVC Outdoor Championships finished fifth in the Decathlon with a total of 5,550 points.
2012-13: Competed in five indoor meets ... Finished 12th in 400m at MTSU Christmas Invitational with season-best time of 52.59 ... Also ran in 200m at same meet ... At Saluki Open competed in 400m ... Took fifth in 400m at Indiana Relays ... Ran at MTSU Valentine Invitational, matching season-best time in 400m ... At the OVC Indoor Championships competed in 400m ... Competed in six outdoor meets ... Opened season at Rhodes College Open Meet ... Second best Belmont finisher in 400m Hurdles at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... Snagged top-51 finish in 400m Hurdles at highly competitive Raleigh Relays ... Took 10th in 400m Hurdles at Boston-Moon Classic ... Ran season-best 50.84 in 400m to come out as top BU finisher at Vandrbilt Invitational in event ... At OVC Outdoor Championships ran season-best 57.33 in 400m Hurdles ... Also helped BU to fifth place finish in 4x400m Relay ... Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2011-2012: Competed in six indoor and four outdoor meets ... Participated in 55m dash, 60m dash, 60m hurdles, 600m run, heptathalon, high jump, shotput, long jump and pole vault... Had 10 top 20 finishes during the indoor season and 12 top 20 finishes outdoors ... Had best indoor finish placing third in pole vaulting at a height of 2.44m at the Blue Raider Invitational ... Best outdoor finish was the pole vault decathalon at Bellarmine Invitational with a height of 3.04m (9'11.75") ... Named Atlantic Sun Scholar-Athlete and earned Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference honors.
2010-11: Competed in four indoor meets.
High School: Prepped at Atchison High under coach Roni Ettleman ... Set the 800m record at AHS ... Also played soccer, football and basketball.
Personal: Born on October 12, 1991 ... Son of Tim and Tanya Newkirk ... Has four siblings: Cole, Lucy, Sebastian, and Maicol ... Hobbies include drums, guitar, eating and sleeping ... Lists greatest sports thrill as running 1:56 in the 800m as a junior ... Interested in majoring in music business.