Arkansas State University

School Record: Heptathlon – 5,887 points
Sun Belt Record: Heptathlon – 5,887 points
School Record: Pentathlon – 4,356 points
Sun Belt Record: Pentathlon – 4,356 points

2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-America (Heptathlon)
2023 USTFCCCA Indoor Honorable Mention All-America (Pentathlon)
2023 Sun Belt Conference Women’s Field Performer of the Year (2x: Indoor and Outdoor)
2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Champion (Heptathlon)
2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Bronze Medalist (High Jump)
2023 First Team All-SBC (Outdoor)
2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Bronze Medalist (High Jump)
2023 Third Team All-SBC (Indoor)
2022 NCAA West Regionals Qualifier (High Jump, Javelin)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Champion (Javelin)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Runner-Up (Heptathlon)
2022 First Team All-Sun Belt (Outdoor)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Runner-Up (Pentathlon)
2022 Second Team All-Sun Belt (Indoor)
2020 Indoor All-American (Pentathlon)
2020 Sun Belt Conference Champion (60m Hurdles)
2020 Sun Belt Conference Champion (Pentathlon)
2020 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships High-Point Scorer (20 points)
SBC Women's Field Athlete of the Week (2/12/20)

2023 OUTDOOR SEASON | REDSHIRT JUNIOR
First Team All-American after placing eighth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championships, scoring a career-best 5,887 points to break her own school and conference records … Sun Belt Outdoor Women’s Field Performer of the Year after winning the heptathlon with a meet, facility and conference-record 5,818 points … Cleared a career-best 1.78m (5-10) in the heptathlon high jump … Also earned bronze in the high jump at the conference championships with a clearance of 1.73m (5-8) … Runner-up in the high jump at the Maroon and White Invite with a mark of 1.72m (5-7.75) … Won the long jump at the Red Wolves Open with a meet-record 6.26m (20-6.5), while also placing second in the 100-meter hurdles … Javelin runner-up at the Joe Walker Invite with a throw of 45.09m (147-11).

2023 INDOOR SEASON | REDSHIRT JUNIOR
Competed in the pentathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning Honorable Mention All-American honors … Took bronze in the high jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a height of 1.71m (5-7.25) … Also placed sixth in the long jump and seventh in the 60-meter hurdles at the championships … Won the long jump at the Indoor Gorilla Classic … Took the pentathlon crown at the Texas Tech Multis with a score of 4,356 points that stood fifth in the world at the time of completion, including a best high jump mark of 1.81m (5-11.25) … Opened the season at the Vanderbilt Invitational, winning the long jump in her first event of the season, leaping 6.16m (20-2.5).

2022 OUTDOOR SEASON | REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE
Competed in the high jump and javelin at the NCAA West Prelims ... Sun Belt Conference champion in the javelin, throwing a school-record 47.79m (156-9) ... Claimed silver in the heptathlon with a school-record 5,536 points ... Placed fifth at the conference meet in the long jump with a mark of 5.87m (19-3.25) ... High jump runner-up at the Maroon and White Invite, clearing a personal-best 1.76m (5-9.25) ... Placed third in the long jump at the Maroon and White Invite, leaping a wind-aided 6.09m (19-11.75) ... Finished second in the high jump at the Red Wolves Open, clearing 1.70m (5-7.0), while also earning runner-up honors in the javelin with a throw of 47.36m (155-4) ... Placed ninth in the Bryan Clay Heptathlon with a then-career-best and school-record 5,482 points ... Won the long jump at the Ole Miss Classic with a mark of 5.76m (18-10.75) ... Placed third in the high jump and fifth in the javelin at the Louisiana Classics.

2022 INDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Took silver in the pentathlon at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, a year after bowing out due to a season-ending injury, totaling 3,753 points in her comeback .. Also placed sixth in the high jump at the conference meet, clearing 1.69m (5-6.5) ... Placed fifth in the high jump at the Hawkeye Invite ... Earned a fourth place result in the season opener in the high jump.

2021 OUTDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Did not compete due to injury.

2021 INDOOR SEASON
Ran a personal-best 8.46 in the 60m hurdles at the Division I Challenge … Won the 60m hurdles at the Jaguar Invitational … Placed second in the 55m and seventh in the 800m with personal bests in both events at the Scarlet and Black Invitational … Won the pentathlon at the Samford Multi … Placed second in the long jump at the Arkansas Invitational … Posted personal bests in the 55m hurdles (7.98) and long jump (6.08m | 19-11.5) to win both events, while winning the high jump with a clearance of 1.72m (5-7.75) at the Kickoff Klassic.

2020 INDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
All-American in the pentathlon, despite the NCAA Indoor Championships being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic … Broke the school record in the pentathlon, scoring 4,071 points to take gold at the Sun Belt Conference Championships, where she also took gold in the 60m hurdles to take High Point Scorer honors … Placed third in the long jump at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic … Finished third in the 60m hurdles at the Green and Gold Invitational … Opened the season with a third-place finish in the pentathlon at the Boo Rogers Combined Events.

2019 OUTDOOR SEASON | FRESHMAN
Finished fourth in the heptathlon and in the javelin at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Tallied top-three finishes in the javelin (1^st), 100m hurdles (2^nd) and high jump (3^rd) at the Red Wolves Open.

2019 INDOOR SEASON | FRESHMAN
Placed sixth in the pentathlon and seventh in the long jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Finished fifth in the high jump at the Scarlet and Black Invitational … Eighth-place finisher in the pentathlon at the Samford Multi … Won the 55m hurdles and long jump at the Kickoff Klassic in her A-State debut.

HIGH SCHOOL/INTERNATIONAL
Prepped at Park Ridge State High … 2017 national silver medalist in the long jump … 2017 state champion in the long jump, high jump and hurdles … Competed in the heptathlon at the 2018 U20 World Championships … Competed in the heptathlon at the 2016 and 2017 Oceania Championships, where she won gold … Australian national gold medalist in the heptathlon in 2015 (U16), 2016 (U17), 2017 (U18) and 2018 (U20) … Also won silver and bronze medals nationally in the 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles, long jump, javelin and pole vault while winning state titles and medals in all of these events as well as medaling in the high jump and 400m.

PERSONAL
Daugher of Ralph Newton and Peta Smith … Birthday is April 27 … Majoring in psychology.

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