2021 Track & Field Roster

Amari Jones

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Freshman
  • Highschool Poteet HS
  • Hometown Mesquite, Texas

Biography

(personal bests-as of May 25, 2021)
Date Year Event Statistic Meet
Feb. 23 2021 60 Meter Dash 8.07 Sun Belt Indoor Championship
April 10 2021 100 Meter Dash 12.15 Little Rock Invitational
April 3 2021 200 Meter Dash 25.07 Baylor Invitational

FRESHMAN (2021): Made her collegiate debut at the LSU Louisiana Invitational (Jan. 29) … competed in the 60-meter dash at the LSU Louisiana Invitational and narrowly missed a Top-10 finish as she placed 11th with a time of 8.11 … came through with her first of five Top-10 finishes of the outdoor slate on April 3rd at the Baylor Invitational, finishing 10th in the 100-meter dash (12.27) … crossed the line of the 100-meter dash at the Little Rock Invitational (April 10) in a time of 12.15 … was also fifth in the 200-meter dash of the Little Rock Invitational, posting a time of 25.53 … had the sixth-best time in the 100-meter dash (12.20) of the Leon Johnson Northwestern State Invitational (April 24) … was 10th in the 200-meter dash (25.30) at the Mississippi State Maroon & White Invitational (April 30) ... wrapped up the 2021 Sun Belt Outdoor Championship (May 13) by competing in the 100-meter dash (12.36), finishing 30th. 

POTEET HS
Lettered four years in track and field at Poteet HS…As a junior in 2019, part of the area champion 4x200 meter relay team while placing second in high jump and third in the 200 meters in the district and area meets…Lettered three years in cheer while also picking up All-American honors.
 
PERSONAL
Born April 28, 2002…Daughter of Anthony and Stephanie Jones…Father, Anthony, played basketball at ULM…Loves to cook pasta…Majoring in kinesiology at ULM.