2019-20 Indoor Track Roster

Joey Gardner
Justin Odendhal

Amirah Jones

  • Class Senior
  • High School Nansemond River H.S.
  • Hometown Suffolk, Virginia

Biography

Personal Records
Mark Date Event
Cross Country
5K 20:17.2 10/26/19 MEAC Cross Country Championship
6K 24:51.2 11/15/19 NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional
Indoor Track
400 1:02.81 1/10/20 HBCU Battle
500 1:22.84 2/1/20 Eastern Shore Multies & Combined
600 1:44.56 12/8/17 Seahawk Shootout
800 2:26.28 1/26/19 Liberty Kickoff
Outdoor Track
200 28.49 3/24/18 Delaware Classic
400 1:00.37 4/13/19 Eastern Shore Challenge
800 2:23.15 4/23/19 Delaware State University Hornet Invite
1,500 5:13.69 4/15/17 New Captains Classic & Combined

2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Season lost due to COVID 19 Pandemic ... Earned MEAC All-Academic honors for the season ... Member of Hawks' Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ... Named to MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic Squad for the Year ...

2019-20 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Earned MEAC All-Academic honors for the season ... Hawks' Student Athlete Advisory Committee ... Made MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic squad for the year ... Teamed with Aurelia Jepkorir, Asshanni Robb and Naomi English to finish third in the Distance Medley Relay at the MEAC Championship with a time of 12:31.12 ... Member of Hawks' Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ...

2019 Cross Country (Senior): Made MEAC Commissioner's All-Academic squad for the year ... Named MEAC All-Academic for the season ... Named team's Most Improved at end-of-year Digital Harrys Awards ... Sixth at Howard University Labor Day Classic ... Was 17th at the MEAC Championship helping the team to a second-place overall finish ... Member of Hawks' Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ...

2019 Outdoor Track (Junior): Hawks' Student Athlete Advisory Committee ... Named to MEAC All-Academic team for the season ... Made MEAC Commissioners' All-Academic Team ... Part of winning 4x800 team at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational ... Part of winning 4x400 relay team at Eastern Shore Challenge ... 

2019 Indoor Track (Junior): Hawks' Student Athlete Advisory Committee ... Named to MEAC All-Academic team for the season ... Made MEAC Commissioners' All-Academic Team ... Part of Distance Medley Relay winning team at the Eastern Shore Multiples & Combined event ... On DMR team that finished fifth at MEAC Championships ... 

2018 Cross Country (Junior): Hawks' Student Athlete Advisory Committee ... Named to MEAC All-Academic team for the season ... Made MEAC Commissioners' All-Academic Team ... Finished 9th at DSU Pre-Conference Run ...

2018 Outdoor Track (Sophomore): Participated more in the dashes during the spring … Set new personal records in the 200 (28.49 seconds) and the 400 (1:02.50) … Best finish with a third place showing at the Delaware Open for the 400 dash … Helped a pair of relay teams achieve Top 10 placements ...

2018 Indoor Track (Sophomore): Enjoyed plenty of success as a relay runner this winter … Was part of the DMR team that ranked eighth in the MEAC with a time of 12:50.16 at the conference championship  … Also ran on the DMR squad that won the Eastern Shore Invite with a 13:48.32 clip … Set a personal record with a 1:44.56 in the 600 meter at the Seahawks Shootout … Named the recipient of the Coaches Award by the Hawks staff ...

2017 Cross Country (Sophomore): Ran in every meet for the second straight year ... Started out with her best finish, coming in 10th during the Eastern Shore Lid-Lifter ... Steadily raced up to a fastest time of 22:38.1 at the MEAC Championships ...

2017 Outdoor Track (Freshman): Set personal records in the 400, 800 and 1500 meter runs with times of 1:02.57 (400), 2:25.87 (800) and 5:13.69 (1500) … Helped a pair of 4x400 relay teams to Top 10 finishes … Her PR time in the 800 was good enough for 8th at the Christopher Newport Captains’ Classic ...

2017 Indoor Track (Freshman): Ran one event during the season — finished 9th with a time of 1:24.17 in the 500 meter dash ...

2016 Cross Country (Freshman): Competed in every meet as a freshman … Earned her best time and place during the Cappy Anderson 5k with a time of 22:13.91 to finish 20th ...

High School: Ran varsity track & field all four years ... Conference Champions (2014-2016), State Champion (2014-2016) ... All-American at New Balance Nationals (2016) ...

Personal: Born October 9, 1998 ... Daughter of Jamilah Rattler and Christopher Jones ... Has one sister, Nahla as well as five brothers, Anwar, Nasir, Ismail, Ezra, Elijah ... Exercise science major at Maryland Eastern Shore ... Enjoys watching the movie Spirited Away and enjoys reading "Bottled Up" ... After graduating, Jones wants to pursue a Masters degree in sports psychology ... A quote she lives by is "Rest is found in Heaven" ... One of her favorite sports moments was running the 800m (anchor) in a sprint medley at New Balance Nationals and winning the last 100m ... One of her pregame routines is to hydrate, eat and rest ... A personal non-athletic accomplishment for her was expanding her leadership into other sports through SAAC and being the President of SAAC ... She also likes to draw in her free time ... Jones' goal before she graduates is to run a time of 56.50 in the 400m, 2:07 in the 800m, and 4:45 in the 1500m respectively ...

Aurelia Jepkorir, Asshanni Robb, Amirah Jones, Naomi English

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2018-19Junior

  • 2019-20Senior