Akela Jones

Height:
6-2
Class:
Redshirt
High School:
Springer Memorial Secondary

Personal Bests

Indoor

60 Meter Dash

60 Meter Hurdles

200 Meter Dash

800 Meter Run

High Jump

Long Jump

Shot Put

Pentathlon

7.47

8.00

24.30

2:25.63

1.98m/6-06.00

6.80m/22-03.75

13.99m/45-10.75

4,643

Outdoor

100 Meter Dash

200 Meter Dash

800 Meter Run

100 Meter Hurdles

High Jump

Long Jump

Shot Put

Javelin Throw

Heptathlon

11.64 (0.8)

23.28

2:21.62

12.94

1.95m/6-04.75

6.75m/22-01.75

14.85m/48-08.75

38.97m/127-10

6,371

2015-16
Outdoor
Season bests: 100m Hurdles (12.94), 200m (23.28), 800m (2:28.70), High Jump (1.95m/6-04.75), Long Jump (6.75m/22-01.75), Javelin Throw (38.97m/127-10), Shot Put (14.75m/48-04.75) and Heptathlon (6,307)...Finished third in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships with a final score of 6,063 points...Named First Team All-American in the heptathlon...Ran a leg of the 4x400 at the NCAA West Preliminary, finishing 8th with a time of 3:32.16...Won the Big 12 title and set the meet record in the long jump with a leap of 6.75m/22-01.75...Scored her season high 6,307 points in the heptathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays...The score gave her a share of the sixth best score in collegiate history...The score was just the seventh 6,300+ point effort in college history and the third 6,300+ point effort recorded before the NCAA Championships...Named Big 12 Athlete of the Week on April 20 after her performance at the Mt. SAC Relays...Also featured on the Bowerman Watch List for the entire season, the first K-State female to be on the list in the awards history...Holds the school record in 100 meter hurdles, 4x400, high jump, long jump and heptathlon...Seventh on the all-time list in the 100 meter dash and third on the all-time list in the 200 meter dash.
Indoor
Season bests: 60m Hurdles (8.00), 200m (24.30), 800m (2:25.63), High Jump (1.98m/6-06.00)...Long Jump (6.80m/22-03.75)...Shot Put (13.59m/44-07) and Pentathlon (4,643)...Won the open high jump National Championships with a jump of 1.87m/6-01.50...The title was the second national championship title of her career...Also finished in 14th place in the pentathlon at NCAAs...Won Big 12 titles in the 60 meter hurdles (8.00), high jump (1.93m/6-04) and long jump (6.80m/22-03.75)...All three marks were meet and facility records...She became the first Wildcat since Teri Anderson in 1976 to win three conference titles at the same meet...Named Co-National Women's Field Athlete of the Year and Big 12 Indoor Performer of the Year...Earned three USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week awards and one Big 12 Athlete of the Week honor...On the Bowerman Watch List throughout the whole season...Holds the school record in the 60 meter hurdles, high jump, long jump and pentathlon...Fourth on the all-time list in the 60 meter dash and seventh on the all-time list in the 200 meter dash.

2014-15

Outdoor

Season bests: 100m (11.64 (0.8)), 200m (23.72), 800m (2:21.62), 100H (13.10 (0.9)), high jump 1.87m/6-01.50), long jump (6.53m/21-05.25 (3.3)), shot put (14.85m/48-08.75), javelin throw (38.13m/125-01) and heptathlon (6,371)...Won the national championship in heptathlon with a school-record score of 6,371… First women’s champion since 2011 (Ryann Krais) and seventh women’s NCAA title in program history…First day total of 4,023 points broke 30-year collegiate record set by Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee in 1985 (3,942)...Named First Team All-American in the high jump and the heptathlon…At Big 12s, placed 2nd in 100H (13.11 (3.8)), 5th as a member of the 4x100 team (45.31), 3rd as a member of the 4x400 team (3:35.15), 2nd in high jump (1.87m/6-01.50) and 2nd in long jump (6.43m/21-01.25)...Was named high point scorer of the meet...On the 4x400 team that placed 4th at the West Prelims with a time of 3:31.20...Also tied for 3rd in high jump with a mark of 1.82m/5-11.50...Recorded a 4th place finish in high jump with mark of 1.87m/6-01.50 at NCAAs...Named USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year.

Indoor

Season bests: 60m (7.47), 60 hurdles (8.14), 800m (2:34.75), high jump (1.85m/6-00.75), long jump (6.64m/21-09.50), shot put (13.99m/45-10.75) and pentathlon (4,402)...Won the Big 12 Championship in long jump with a leap of 6.37m/20-10.75…Earned high-point scorer at the Big 12 Championships…Finished 15th in the 60m (7.58), 3rd in the 60 meter hurdles (8.14), 2nd in high jump (1.84m/6-00.50)...At NCAAs, placed 13th in 60H with a time of 8.24 and 4th in high jump with a mark of 1.84m/6-00.50...Also placed 6th in long jump with a mark of 6.28m/20-07.25...Was named First Team All-American (high jump, long jump) and Big 12 Outstanding Performer of the Year…She was also named USFTCCCA Midwest Field Athlete of the Year…Also earned Second-Team All-American honors in 60H.

2012-14

Oklahoma Baptist

Six-time national outdoor NAIA champion...Two titles each in the 100 meter hurdles, high jump and long jump...Six-time national indoor NAIA champion...Two titles each in the high jump and long jump...Took first at 2014 NAIA Indoor National Championship in the pentathlon and 60 meter hurdles...Holds championship record in the pentathlon (4,153)...Only NAIA Championship pentathlon competitor to clear six feet in the high jump (1.83m/6-00.00)...2014 IAAF World Junior Championships long jump champion...First athlete from Barbados to win a medal of any color at World Juniors...2014 CAC Juniors long jump champion.

High School

Competed in track and field, volleyball and netball...16-time medalist at the CARIFTA Games...CAC U-17 high jump champion...Holds CAC U-17 record in event (1.81m/5-11.25)...CAC Juniors long jump champion.

Personal

Born April 22, 1995...Daughter of Marlene Hall...Has five siblings, John, Jah, Jonathan, Ioka Jones and Irecka Louis...Studying Sociology and Criminology.