Jess St. John

K-State SR Jess St. John competing in the Womens Shot Put at the 2018 Big 12 Track and Field Championship at Clyde Hart Stadium in Waco, TX on Sunday, May 13, 2018

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Throws
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
High School:
Princess Margaret
Hometown:
Upper Gamble. St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda

Personal Bests
Indoor
Shot Put	16.18m/53-01.25 (DeLoss Dodds Invitational, 2018)
Outdoor
Shot Put	17.32m/56-10 (Commonwealth Games, 2018)

2017-18
Outdoor
Season bests: Shot put (17.32m/56-10)… Threw a season best 17.32m/56-10 at the Commonwealth Games, representing Antigua and Barbuda, where she placed seventh overall… Second team All-America in the shot put, placing 14^th at the NCAA Championships with a throw of 16.48m/54-01… She went on to place second at the Big 12 Championships in the event with a throw of 17.10m/56-01.25… At the NCAA West Preliminary, she threw 16.11m/52-10.25 to place 12^th and clinch a spot in the NCAA Championships.
Indoor
Season bests: Shot Put (16.18m/5-11.50)... Threw a season best 16.18m/5-11.50 at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational to win the event and move into fifth in K-State Indoor history in the event... Placed third at the Big 12 Championship with a throw of 15.92m/52-02.75.

2016-17
Outdoor
Season bests: Shot Put (15.91m/52-02.50)…Placed fifth at the Big 12 Championships with her season-best throw of 15.91m/52-02.50…Placed 24^th at the NCAA West Preliminary.

Central Arizona Community College
Competed at the NACAC U23 Championships, finishing in fifth place with a throw of 15.50m/50-10.25...Crowned the 2016 NJCAA Outdoor National Champion in shot put, posting a personal best throw of 16.27m/53-04.50...She also placed ninth in the discus at the outdoor meet with a toss of 42.47 m/139-04...Finished fourth in the shot put at the NJCAA Indoor Championships with a mark of 14.76 m/48-05.25.

High School
Took fourth place at the CARIFTA Games in 2010...Also a participant in 2013...Named Female Athlete of the Year and Sport Woman of the Year in Antigua...Basketball Sport Woman of the Year from 2010-12.

Personal
Born on Dec. 13, 1995...Daughter of James St. John, Sr. and Elaine DeCastro-St. John...Has four siblings, James, Kenisha, Dale Thomas and Kessa DeCastro...Majoring in Kinesiology.