2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS
Developed into one of the top high jumpers in the country and on the international scene during her collegiate career ... First athlete in school history win four BIG EAST titles in high jump ... Three-time All-American, including a pair of top-six finishes in 2024 (t-5th outdoors, t-6th indoors) ... School record holder both indoors and outdoors ... Her absolute record of 1.88 meters was first set in February 2024 and later matched at that year's indoor NCAA Championships ... Second athlete in school history and first in the jumps to win the championship section of a women's individual event at the Penn Relays ... Qualified to compete in Jamaica's Olympic Trials in the summer of 2024 ... Her four BIG EAST titles came in consecutive conference championship meets, beginning with the 2023 outdoor meet and extending through the 2025 indoor meet ... Was named the Outstanding Field Performer of the meet at the 2025 indoor BIG EAST Championships where she won her final high jump title with a height of 1.82 meters ... One of three field athletes in school history and the second high jumper to post a top-eight finish at the NCAA Championships ... Each of her first three outings of the 2024 indoor season tied or broke school records ... Four-time qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary outdoors ... Increased her lifetime best mark by eight centimeters from May 2023 through February 2024 ... Winner of the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award in women's outdoor track & field in 2024 ... Four-time member of both the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the BIG EAST All-Academic Team … Earned a spot on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all nine of her semesters on campus … Selected as one of two winners of a Villanova Senior Student-Athlete of the Year award in 2023-24 ... Named the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Performer of the Year in women's track & field in 2024 ... Two-time member of the PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team ... Graduated from Villanova a semester early in December 2023 as a Communication major and enrolled in graduate school to pursue her MBA during her final three semesters of athletic eligibility.
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| SCHOOL RECORD |
| High Jump (Absolute) |
1.88 Meters |
February 10, 2024 |
Boston, Mass. (Eagle Elite Invitational) |
| High Jump (Outdoor) |
1.87 Meters |
June 8, 2024 |
Eugene, Ore. (NCAA Championships) |
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| VILLANOVA STADIUM RECORD |
| High Jump (tied existing record) |
1.81 Meters |
May 9, 2024 |
BIG EAST Championships |
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| PERSONAL BESTS |
| High Jump |
1.88Â Meters |
Eagle Elite Invitational (2.10.2024) |
| Long Jump |
5.18 Meters |
COCAA Western Championships (2.16.2019) |
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| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2025 INDOOR |
| Outstanding Field Performer |
BIG EAST Championships |
| BIG EAST Champion |
High Jump |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| BIG EAST Women's Field Athlete of the Week |
February 3 |
| 2024 OUTDOOR |
| All-American (First Team) |
High Jump |
| BIG EAST Champion |
High Jump |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| Penn Relays Champion |
High Jump |
| BIG EAST Women's Field Athlete of the Week |
April 10 |
| 2024 INDOOR |
| All-American (First Team) |
High Jump |
| BIG EAST Champion |
High Jump |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| BIG EAST Women's Field Athlete of the Week |
January 15, January 29, February 11 |
| 2023 OUTDOOR |
| All-American (Second Team) |
High Jump |
| BIG EAST Champion |
High Jump |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| 2021 OUTDOOR |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track) |
2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
| BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award |
2023-24 (Outdoor Track & Field) |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24 |
| PhillySIDA Acacemic All-Area Performer of the Year |
2024 |
| PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team (Track) |
2023, 2024 |
| Villanova Senior Student-Athlete of the Year |
2023-24 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024 |
| Office of Academic Support Student-Athlete of the Month |
May 2023 |
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| CAREER NCAA RESULTS |
| 2024 OUTDOOR (EUGENE, ORE. | HAYWARD FIELD) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| June 8 |
High Jump |
1.87m |
tie-5th |
| 2024 INDOOR (BOSTON, MASS. | the TRACK at new balance) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| March 9 |
High Jump |
1.88m |
tie-6th |
| 2023 OUTDOOR (AUSTIN, TEXAS | MIKE A. MYERS STADIUM) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| June 10 |
High Jump |
1.81m |
tie-14th |
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| CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS |
| 2025Â INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| March 1 |
High Jump |
1.82m |
1st |
| 2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| May 9 |
High Jump |
1.81m |
1st |
| 2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| February 24 |
High Jump |
1.85m |
1st |
| 2023 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| May 13 |
High Jump |
1.78m |
1st |
| 2023 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| February 25 |
High Jump |
1.66m |
4th |
| 2022 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| May 14 |
High Jump |
1.69m |
4th |
| 2021 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| May 15 |
High Jump |
1.75m |
tie-3rd |
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| NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION |
Qualified for the Jamaican Olympic Trials in June 2024 and tallied a third place finish while competing in her home country for the first time since the start of her collegiate career ... Previously competed in the high jump at the Jamaican U20 Championships in 2019 and earned a third place finish at the JAAA CARIFTA Trials in March 2020.
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Montego Bay High School: Member of the track & field, netball and basketball teams … Named her school’s Athlete of the Year in 2018 … Earned nine CSEC academic distinctions … Member of the Performing Arts Club from 2014-17.
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Personal: Born 1/16/01 in Montego Bay, Jamaica … One of five children of Michael and Denize Clayton … Siblings are Tanille, Samantha, Michael and Tamille … Hobbies include sports, watching movies and playing video games … Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of its academic and athletic reputations, and the opportunities the school would provide to grow and develop as both a student and an athlete … Graduated from Villanova a semester early in December 2023 as a Communication major and subsequently enrolled in graduate school to pursue her MBA from the Villanova School of Business.Â
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