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2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Juanita Sanchez

Juanita Sanchez

  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Belen, N.M.
  • Prev School:
    New Mexico Highlands

Summary

Biography

2016 (Outdoor): Named an NCCAA All-American after finishing second at the NCCAA Outdoor National Championships in the Heptathlon event … Broke the school record in the 200-meter event, finishing with a time of 25.18 at the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational … Broke the school record in the 800-meter event, finishing with a time of 2:19.89 at the 2016 NCCAA Outdoor National Championships … Broke the school record in the Outdoor Heptathlon event at the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational, finishing with a score of 4345 … Broke the school record in the Long Jump event, completing a jump of 16' 6" (5.03m) at the Rhodes 6-Way Invitational … Broke the school record in the Javelin event, completing a throw of 94’ 4” (28.76m) at the 2016 American Southwest Conference Championships … Ran a season best time of 12.77 in the 100-meter event at the Mississippi College Season Opener … Ran a season best time of 58.44 in the 400-meter event at the Southern Invitational … Ran a season best time of 16.10 in the 100-meter Hurdles event at the Mississippi College Twilight Invitational … Set a season best in the High Jump event at the 2016 American Southwest Conference Championships, completing with a jump of 5’ 0.25” (1.53m) … Set a season best in the Shot Put event at the 2016 NCCAA Outdoor National Championships, completing a throw of 29’ 0.5” (8.85m) …

2015-16 (Indoor): Broke the school record in the 400-meter event, finishing with a time of 1:00.61 at the Jim Green Invitational … Broke the school record in the 800-meter event, finishing with a time of 2:26.66 at the 2016 NCCAA Indoor National Championships … Broke the school record in the Long Jump event, completing a jump of 16' 8.5" (5.09m) at the 2016 NCCAA Indoor National Championships … Set a season best in the Indoor Pentathlon event at the 2016 NCCAA Indoor National Championships, finishing with a score of 3052 … Ran a season best time of 10.05 in the 60-meter Hurdles event at the UAB Vulcan Invitational … Set a season best in the High Jump event at the Samford Heptathlon/Pentathlon 2016, completing a jump of 4' 11.5" (1.51m) … Set a season best in the Shot Put event at the Samford Open, completing a throw of 29' 3.75" (8.93m) … 

2015 (Outdoor): Two-time SSAC All-Conference Athlete (800-meter event, 4x400-meter relay) … Established a school record in the 800-meter event and finished as conference runner-up with a time of 2:26.06 at the Southern States Athletic Conference Championships … Ran a season best time of 17.58 in the 100-meter Hurdles event at the Mississippi College Season Opener … Ran a season best time of 1:00.63 in the 400-meter event at the Mississippi College Season Opener … 

2014-15 (Indoor): Established a school record in the 800-meter event, finishing with a time of 2:27.37 at the UAB Green and Gold Invite … Ran a season best time of 26.66 in the 200-meter event at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker … Ran a season best time of 1:03.75 in the 400-meter event at the Samford Multi and Invitational … Ran a season best time of 10.15 in the 60-meter Hurdles event at the Jim Green Invitational … Set a season best in the High Jump event at the UAB Green and Gold Invite, completing a jump of 5' 0.5" (1.54m) … Set a season best in the Long Jump event at the Jim Green Invitational, completing a jump of 15' 4.75" (4.69m) … Set a season best in the Shot Put event at the UAB Green and Gold Invite, completing a throw of 28' 6.5" (8.70m) … Set a season best in the Indoor Pentathlon event at the Jim Green Invitational, finishing with a score of 2886 … 

New Mexico Highlands University: Ran track and field for three seasons and cross country for one season ... Ran a best 43.88 in the 300 meters in 2012 ... Ran a best 9.66 in the 60 meter hurdles in 2013 ... Cleared 1.55 meters in the indoor high jump in 2013 ... Cleared 1.53 meters in the outdoor high jump in 2014 ... Recorded a 2622 in the indoor Pentathlon ... 

Prep: Four-letter recipient of the Belen Track and Field team ... Participated in Open events and Relays for the Eagles ... 

Personal: Daughter of Edith and Roman Sanchez ... Three sisters, Vanessa, Vanna, Mariah ... Runs with twin sister Mariah in Cross Country and Track and Field ... Majoring in Sports Administration ...

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