University of Maryland Athletics

Personal Bests: 

2021 Outdoor (Senior): Opened her outdoor season placing second in the 200m (25.41) and fourth in the 4x400 at the Maryland B1G Invite (3/26)... competed in the 400m (57.81) at the B1G North Florida Invitational (4/2)... competed in the 400m (56.95) at the Husker Big 10 Invite (4/16)... took home third in the 1600SMR (4:02.37) and competed in the 400m (57.74) at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays (4/23)... competed in the 200m (25.72) at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Invitational (4/30)... competed in the 400m (57.01) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14)

2021 Indoor (Senior): Opened the indoor season placing third in the 4x400 (3:54.84) and fourth in the 400m (1:00.36) at the Penn State Tri (2/6)... competed in the 400m (57.98) at the B1G Indoor Invitational (2/12)... competed in the 400m (58.24) and the 4x400 at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/25)

2020 Indoor (Junior): Finished fourth in the 200m (25.01) at the Nittany Lion Challenge (1/11)...made an event debut in the 300m dash (40.15) and took home second at the Terrapin Invitational (1/11)...took home seventh in the 400m (55.97) at the Rod McCravy Memorial (1/24)...ran 56.22 in the 400m at Penn State National (2/1)...crossed the 400m line in 55.95 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/8)...competed in the 200m (25.08) at the Darius Dixon Memorial meet (2/15)...ran a season-best 200m (25.00) at Navy Select (2/21)...competed in the 400m (55.53) and was a member of the fifth place 4x400m relay team (3:39.63) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/29)

2019 Outdoor (Sophomore): Finished 2nd in the 200m (25.09) at the Maryland Invitational (3/16)...finished with personal best in the 400m (55.44) and helped relay team place 3rd in the 4x400m (3:35.90) and 7th in the 1600m sprint medley relay (3:56.53) at the Florida Relays (3/28-30)...placed 3rd in the 200m (24.97) at the UVA Quad meet (4/6)...finished 6th in the 400m (55.64) at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20)...helped distance medley relay place 10th (11:24.02) at the Penn Relays (4/25-27)...placed third with personal best in the 200m (24/66) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/3)... placed sixth as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:40.55) and finished 21st in the 400m dash (56.46) at the Big Ten Championships... finished 21st as a member of the 4x400m relay team (3:37.92) at the NCAA East Prelims

2019 Indoor (Sophomore): Competed in 3 events...placed 7th in the 200m (25.19) at the Nittany Lion Challenge (1/12)...finished 9th in the 4x400m (3:54.23) and 5th in the 400m (57.03) at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (1/19)...placed 4th in the 400m (55.79) and 18th in the 200m (25.14) at the 2019 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (2/1-2)...placed 2nd the in the 4x400m (3:42.27) and 18th in the 200m (25.12) at the Music City Challenge (2/8-9)... finished 7th in the 400m (55.52) and  helped the 4x400m relay place 7th (3:44.17) at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/22-23).

2018 Outdoor (Freshman): Began the season at the Maryland Invitational (3/17) winning the 4x400m relay (3:52.60) and placing 8^th in the 200m (26.20)…she placed 1^st in the 4x400m relay (3:40.49) at the USF Bulls Invitational (3/22-23)…she competed in the Florida Relays (3/29-31)…she placed 2^nd in the 4x400m relay (3:50.49) and 4^th in the 400m (57.69) at the tri-meet versus Bucknell and Georgetown (4/6)…she ran a seasons best and placed 1^st in both events at the Virginia Challenge (4/20-21) in the 400m (57.69) and 4x400m relay (3:39.58)…she also competed at the Penn Relays (4/26-28)…she competed in the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/4) placing 4^th in both events 100m (12.48) and 200m (24.78w)…she finished the season at the Big Ten Championships.

2018 Indoor (Freshman): She started her season placing 2^nd in the 800m (56.58) at the Nittany Lion Challenge(1/13)…She placed 8^th in the 4x400m relay team  (3:46.62) at the Vanderbilt Invitational(1/19-20)…she ran a personal best in the 500m (1:18.17) at the Penn State National (1/26-27)…she placed 2^nd in the 4x400m relay team (3:42.58) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite (2/2-3)…she ran a personal best in the 200m (25.06) at Spire NCAA D-1 Indoor Track and Field Classic (2/9-10)…she finished the season placing 4^th in the 4x400m relay (3:35.89) and 5^th in the distance medley relay (11:25.37) at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-24).

Before Maryland: Ran track and field for four years at Fuquay-Varina High School…posted school records (and high school personal bests) in the 100m (12.3), 200m (24.8), 300m (40.4), 400m (56.8) and 500m (1:17)…ran club track for the Carolina All-Stars…finished as the USATF State champions in the 4x4 relay in 2016 and 2017…holds club team records in the 100m (12.14), 200m (24.4) and 400m (55.09)…National Honor Society…National Spanish Honors Society…National Achievers Society.

Personal: Daughter of Wesley Jones and Tiywanna Cotton…lists most interesting accomplishment as getting recognized by the Town of Fuquay…hobbies include reading, music and volleyball…craziest ambition in working for the Panthers or Steelers…majoring in business.