Women's Track and Field | January 27

IOWA CITY, Iowa – For the third time this season, Northern Illinois University track & field junior Jehvania Whyte (Kingston, Jamaica/Vere Technical) broke her own triple jump school record, bettering her previous best to 12.57 meters at the Black & Gold Premier hosted by Iowa on Saturday.
 
"This group of athletes are warriors," said NIU Director of Track & Field Connie Teaberry. "Each weekend they have impressed me with how they are willing to go to the well to get their performances. No apprehension. We still have work to put in before we are [Mid-American Conference Championship] ready, but each weekend we get closer and closer. This may be a young group, but they are talented and competitive. The leadership they have in Kedisha, Lorena, Remy, and Jehvania pulls the other athletes in the right direction, one leading to success!"
 
The Huskies won four events for the afternoon with wins from senior Doshawn Franks (Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades Charter) in the 600-meter run (1:34.79), freshman Mackenzie Callahan (Minooka, Ill./Minooka) in the 800-meter run (2:17.04), sophomore Remy Amarteifio (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) in the 60-meter hurdles (8.51) and senior Chennel Palmer (Kingston, Jamaica/St. Andrew) in the high jump (1.68 meter, 5' 6.00").
 
Seniors Lorena Martin (Salamanca, Spain/IFS Fray Luis de Leon) and Kedisha Dallas (Ocho Rios, Jamaica/GC Foster) had phenomenal races with three second-place finishes between the two Huskie leaders. Martin took second to Franks in the 600-meter race (1:35.26) and earned her second second-place finish in the 3,000-meter race (10:28.71). Dallas finished the 200-meter race in 24.55 to take second."
 
Complete Black & Gold Premier Results are listed below:
 
60-Meter Dash - Preliminaries
7th, Kedisha Dallas - 7.66 – Qualified for Finals
8th, Khenadi Jones - 7.72 – Qualified for Finals
10th, Remy Amarteifio - 7.74
11^th, Courtney Sockwell -7.82
 
60-Meter Dash – Finals
5th, Kedisha Dallas - 7.616
7th, Khenadi Jones - 7.81
 
200-Meter Dash
2nd, Kedisha Dallas - 24.55
8th, Remy Amarteifio -25.46
10th, Khenadi Jones - 25.52
14th, Courtney Sockwell - 25.94
 
400-Meter Dash
12th, NeShay Curtis - 59.03
19th, Nora Finegan - 1:00.87
 
600-Meter Run
1st, Doshawn Franks - 1:34.79
2nd, Lorena Martin - 1:35.26
 
800-Meter Run
1st, Mackenzie Callahan - 2:17.04
4th, Melissa Ricci - 2:18.93
5th, Mercer Mack - 2:29.93
 
Mile Run
4th, Maggie Cavanaugh - 5:23.68
 
3,000-Meter Run
2nd, Lorena Martin - 10:28.71
3rd, Mackenzie Callahan - 10:32.87
7th, Mercer Mack - 11:33.27
 
60-Meter Hurdles – Preliminaries
T-1st, Remy Amarteifio - 8.674 – Qualified for the Finals
3rd, Kishona McCray - 8.75 – Qualified for the Finals
 
60-Meter Hurdles – Finals
1st, Remy Amartefio - 8.51
6th, Kishona McCray - 8.89
 
4x400-Meter Relay
4th, K. Dallas, R. Amarteifio, G. Harris, A. Hutton - 3:57.58
 
High Jump
1st, Chennel Palmer - 1.68 meters
 
Long Jump
4th, Kenyae Majors - 5.61 meters
 
Triple Jump
3rd, Jehvania Whyte - 12.57 meters – School Record
 
Shot Put           
4th, Ashley Sicard - 12.63
7th, Fatima Stingily - 10.45
 
The Huskies move into the second half of the season with only three competitions left before they head to Bowling Green, Ohio to compete in the MAC Championship on Feb. 23-24. Next week, the team heads back to Notre Dame for the final time this season to compete in the Meyo Invitational.
 
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