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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

K-State Track & Field at Drake Relays, April 26, 2025



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K-State Track and Field Oregon Team Invite, April 18, 2025.



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Track and Field Big 12 Indoor Championships, Day Two - March 1, 2025 / Lubbock, TX
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TF Ariana Jackson
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K-State Track & Field Headshots


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Ariana Jackson

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • High School:
    Blue Springs
  • Hometown:
    Blue Springs, Mo.
TFRRS Link (Personal Bests)

Personal Bests
 60 Meters  7.92 (Steve Miller Invitational, 2/7/25)
 100 Meters  12.23 (0.7) (Oregon Team Invitational, 4/19/25)
 200 Meters  24.47 (KT Woodman Classic, 4/11-12/25)
 400 Meters  55.83 (Oregon Open, 4/18/25)
 4x400 Relay  3:37.10 (Big 12 Championship, 2/28-3/1/25)
 DMR Relay  11:42.37 (Big 12 Championship, 2/28-3/1/25)

HONORS
  • 2024-25 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

AS A FRESHMAN (2024-25)
OUTDOOR
  • Won the 400m dash at the Oregon Open (4/18/25) with a new personal best of 55.83 seconds. She also competed in two events at the Oregon Team Invite (4/19/25) in the 100m dash for the first time in 12.23 seconds and with the 4x400 relay, her team finishing 5th in 3:42.00.
  • Started the season at the KT Woodman Classic (4/11-12/25) with her fastest 200m dash in 24.47 seconds in 8th place.
INDOOR
  • Medaled at the Big 12 Championship (2/28-3/1/25) with her 4x400 relay team with a time of 3:37.10 in 8th place, the no. 4 fastest time in the K-State all-time records. She also ran in the DMR relay for the first time in 11:42.37 in 11th place, reduced to 11:36.70 at altitude for the no. 8 fastest relay.
  • Competed in the 400m dash at the Tyson Invite (2/14-15/25) in 56.84 seconds. She also ran in the 4x400 relay, her team finishing 10th in 3:37.81, now the no. 4 fastest time in the K-State all-time records.
  • At the Steve Miller Invite (2/7/25) she ran in the 60m dash for the first time in 7.92 seconds. She also ran in the 4x400 relay in 3:42.90, her team finishing in 3rd place.
  • During the DeLoss Dodds Invite (1/31-2/1/25) she ran in the 200m dash for the first time in 25.01 seconds. She also ran in the 4x400 relay where her team won in 3:39.08.
  • Ran in the 4x400 relay at the Red Raider Invite (1/24/25) her team finishing 3rd with a time of 3:41.56.
  • In her first collegiate meet at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/17/25) she competed in the 400m dash in 56.03 seconds in 4th place.

PRIOR TO K-STATE
  • Attended Blue Springs High
  • 2024 MSHSAA 5A 400 meters runner up
  • 2024 MSHSAA 5A 200 meters third place finisher
  • Competed in the 2023 Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 400 meters
  • Also competed in the long jump her freshman-junior year 
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