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Sameerah Evans Season 2023-24

PositionJ
ClassSenior
HometownFairfield, Calif.
Previous SchoolCSUN

Sameerah Evans TFRRS page (season/career statistics)

Updated on June 10, 2024 

Honors & Awards
Mountain West All-Academic Team (Spring 2023)
All-Big West, Triple Jump (2022 at CSUN)
Big West All-Academic Team (2022 at CSUN)
 
Collegiate Bests
60m Hurdles (Indoor): 8.74 (Feb. 24, 2023 at MW Championships – Albuquerque, N.M.)
Long Jump (Indoor): 17-07.50 (Jan. 27, 2023 at UW Invite – Seattle, Wash.)
Triple Jump (Indoor): 39-10.75 (Feb. 10, 2023 at Don Kirby Invitational – Albuquerque, N.M.)
400m (Outdoor): 1:07.82 (Mar. 24, 2021 at Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge – San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
100m Hurdles (Outdoor): 14.34 (May 9, 2024, at MW Championships – Clovis, Calif.)
Long Jump (Outdoor)^: 18-01.75 (Apr. 1, 2022 at CSUN Invite – Northridge, Calif.)
Triple Jump (Outdoor)^: 41-03.25 (Apr. 2, 2021 at Red and Black Invite – Northridge, Calif.)
^Competing for CSUN
 
NCAA West Outdoor Preliminary Rounds
2024: 39th, first round (41-3.25 – Triple Jump)
 
Mountain West Indoor Championships
2024: 11th (39-4 – Triple Jump)
2023: 10th, prelims (8.74 – 60m Hurdles) | 12th (38-11.5 – Triple Jump)
 
Mountain West Outdoor Championships
2024: 6th (41-3.25 – Triple Jump) | 11th (14.34 – 100m Hurdles)
 
2023-24 Season
Indoor: Competed in four meets … Finished 11th in triple jump at the Mountain West Indoor Championships … Jumped a season-best 39-05.75 in triple jump at the UNM Collegiate Classic … Also ran once in 60m hurdles at the MLK Invitational.
 
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries finishing 39th in the first round … Scored three points with a sixth-place finish in triple jump at the MW Championships, matching her career best at 41-3.25 … Also finished 11th in the 100m hurdle prelims with a PR of 14.34 seconds … Competed in five other meets, three in triple jump and two in long jump … Recorded her NCAA prelim triple jump qualifying mark of 42-0 (wind-aided) in a victory at the Arnie Robinson Invitational … Finished eighth in the open section at the Mt. SAC Relays and 10th at the Desert Heat Classic.
 
2022-23 Season
Indoor: Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Championships … Finished 12th overall in triple jump with a mark of 38-11.5 as well as 10th in her preliminary race with a PR of 8.74 … Posted a personal indoor-best mark of 39-10.75 at the Don Kirby Invitational … Best finish was a third-place effort in triple jump at the UW Invite (39-1.75).
 
Outdoor: Did not compete.
 
2021-22 Season
Indoor: Did not compete.
 
Outdoor: Finished second in the triple jump at the Big West Championship by tying her season best with a leap of 40-9 3/4...posted 40-9 3/4 in the triple jump for the first time when she finished second at the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational...won the triple jump (40-9) at the University of Arizona Willie Williams Classic...was second in the triple jump at the season-opening UCSB Invitational (38-8 3/4)...placed 17th in the triple jump at the Mt. SAC Relays (39-6 1/2)...won the long jump at the CSUN Invitational with a season best 18-1 3/4...was fifth in the long jump at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (17-8 3/4) and seventh in the long jump (17-3 1/4) at the UC Riverside Chris Rinne Twilight...placed 13th in the long jump (17-1 1/4) at the Big West Championship...ran the 100m hurdles twice with a season best of :14.67 coming at the season opening UCSB Invitational...named Academic All-Conference.

2020-21 Season
Indoor: Did not compete.
 
Outdoor: Finished fourth in the triple jump (39-5) and 14th in the long jump (16-4 1/2) at the Big West Championship…was the triple jump winner at the Apr. 2 CSUN Red & Black Invitational as she posted a leap of 41-3 1/4…her 41-3 1/4 is the second longest by a CSUN freshman in school history and tied her with Sydney Berry (2018) for the eighth longest in school history…won the triple jump at the Apr. 10 UCSD Triton Invitational...finished second in the triple jump at the Apr. 23 CSUN Invitational and the May 1 Long Beach State Jumps Fest…placed second in the long jump at the Mar. 24 Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge by going a season-best 17-6...ran the 400m in 1:07.82 at the Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge to finish ninth.

High School
A 2020 graduate of Vallejo High School…named Vallejo Times-Herald Athlete of the Year as a senior after setting the school record in the triple jump with a leap of 40-1 (set at the Vallejo Relays)…won 2-of-3 100m races, 1-of-3 110m hurdles, all three long jumps, and all three triple jumps she entered as a senior… was the 2019 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Masters Champion and the 2019 Stanford Invitational champion…attended Vanden High School through junior year, running in the hurdles.
 
Personal
Daughter of Summer Evans…a Management major...favorite basketball team are the Golden State Warriors…chose CSUN for her relationship with Matador assistant coach Vanitta Kinard…says the best thing about being an athlete is the competition...her pre-race ritual is to go to Starbucks…says something interesting about her is the fact she did competitive gymnastics for 11 years.