2010-11 Track & Field Roster

Ariana Jones

  • Position Middle Distance
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Potomac Falls HS
  • Hometown Sterling, Va.

Biography

2010-11: CROSS COUNTRY - Took 52nd place at the Sun Belt Championships (20:32.9, 5k) ... placed 15th at the UL-Lafayette Invite (17:16, 4k) ... finished in 27th place at the Choctaw Open (20:56.30, 5k). INDOOR - Clocked a 2:30.40 in the 800-meter run at the Texas A&M Challenge. OUTDOOR - Logged a time of 5:20.08 in the 1,500-meter run at the SFA Alumni Invitational ... Led the team with a time of 2:26.38 in the 800-meter run at the ULM Warhawk Classic.

Prior to ULM: Completed freshman season at Virginia Commonwealth.

Prep: Three-year letterwinner in track and field at Potomac Falls HS ... Placed second in district, first in region and third in state as a senior ... Named MVP of the girls team as a junior ... Received Coach's Award as a senior.

Personal: Full name Ariana Nicole Jones ... Born Jan. 14, 1991 ... Daughter of Anthony Jones and Karen White ... Has one brother, Marcus, and three sisters Madison, Morgan and Amari ... Nickname is Arie ... Both parents were athletes at ULM -- her father played basketball from 1988-92, and her mother played softball from 1988-91 ... Majoring in biology with minors in mathematics and spanish.