Women's Track and Field | March 31

STANFORD, Calif. – Northern Illinois University junior Jehvania Whyte (Kingston, Jamaica/Vere Technical) made her outdoor debut for the season at the Stanford Invitation on Friday and Saturday, where she recorded a new outdoor triple jump school record, taking third place with a distance of 12.69 meters (41' 7.75").
 
"We had another descent showing at Stanford," said NIU Director of Track & Field Connie Teaberry. "The athletes have been trying to transition from indoor to outdoor without actually practicing for outdoor. They are improving and making needed adjustments, nicely. We have to remain positive and grind for the big performances to occur for our younger athletes. Our seasoned athletes, Lorena, Chennel and Jehvania, hit their automatic qualifying times and marks, and the staff sees better performances yet to occur."
 
Whyte's triple jump distance also set her personal-best, and she was able to reach her farthest long jump in her outdoor career with a 5.81-meter distance.
 
The success continued as five more Huskies recorded their personal best marks. Freshmen Mackenzie Callahan (Minooka, Ill./Minooka), Nora Finegan (Palatine, Ill./Fremd), Khenadi Jones (Sioux City, Iowa/Sioux City West), Kenyae Majors (Burlington, N.C./Hugh Cummings) and Ashley Tutt (Channahon, Ill./Minooka) were able to come out of their races with their top times.
 
"We had huge personal record performances by Mackenzie Callahan just missing the MAC automatic qualifying time for the 1500 taking 15 seconds off her time from last week," said Teaberry, "while Nora in the 800-, Khenadi in the 200-, and Kenyae in the hurdles proved to be strong competitors, hitting PR's as well as improving their MAC standings. The staff will keep encouraging the athletes, and the athletes will keep trusting the process and yielding improvements along this journey." 
 
The Huskies' final results from the Stanford Invitational are listed below:
 
100-Meter Dash
11th, Khenadi Jones (12.19)
13th, Courtney Sockwell (12.21)
14th, Remy Amarteifio (12.22)
20th, Syanne Johnston (12.28)
 
200-Meter Dash
17th, Khenadi Jones (24.83)
24th, Remy Amarteifio (25.02)
30th, Courtney Sockwell (25.23)
37th, Syanne Johnston (25.58)
40th, Doshawn Franks (25.75)
 
400-Meter Dash
18th, Doshawn Franks (56.67)
24th, Ashanti Hutton (57.25)
 
800-Meter Run
37th, Lorena Martin (2:10.67)
 
10,000-Meter
17th, Ashley Tutt (34:37.35)
 
100-Meter Hurdles
11th, Remy Amarteifio (14.14)
15th, Kenyae Majors (14.24)
 
400-Meter Hurdles
16th, NeShay Curtis (1:02.65)
 
4x100-Meter Relay
6th, (47.17)
 
4x400-Meter Relay
9th, (3:48.45)
 
High Jump
6th, Chennel Palmer (1.70 meters)
 
Long Jump
3rd, Jehvania Whyte (5.81 meters)
12th, Kenyae Majors (5.46 meters)
 
Triple Jump
3rd, Jehvania Whyte (12.69 meters)
                                     
Next weekend the Huskies will compete in Alabama's Crimson Tide Invitational on Saturday, April 6. For the latest on NIU Track & Field follow @NIUXCTrack on Twitter or visit NIUHuskies.com.
 
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