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Jacksonville University

2020-21 Women's Track and Field Roster

Sade Meeks

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  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Highschool North Babylon
  • Hometown North Babylon, N.Y.

Biography

Top Performances

2021: (Redshirt Junior):
Named ASUN Female Student-Athlete of the year (sixth Dolphin in program history to win the award)... She placed second at the 2021 ASUN Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/14-5/15) in shot put (15.84 meters)... Qualified for the 2021 NCAA Track & Field East Preliminaries in the hammer throw and shot put...Finished second in shot put at the North Florida Invitational (5/2) (15.86 meter finish)...Brought home a ninth place finish in the shot put(15.41 meters) against competition from Kentucky, Florida, Miami (FL) Ole Miss and Louisville, in addition to placing top 10 in the hammer throw event at the Tom Jones Invitational (55.84 meters) (4/16-4/17). 

2019 : (Sophomore) | Outdoor:Finished 1st in shot put(14.95m/49’, 0.75”) at UNF SB - D2...Made her best hammer throw (53.89m/176’ 10”) at UF Relays - D2 (3/29)...Finished 3rd in the  discus throw (42.83m/140’ 6”) at ASUN - D2 (5/11)

2019:(Sophomore) | Indoor: Finished 1st at Harvard (2/1)  in the weight throw (18.94m/62’ 1.75'')...Her best of the season (19.16m/62’ 10.5”) earned her 2nd place at ASUN Day 2 (2/23)...Placed in the top three in the shot put multiple times, posting a season best (14.52m/47’ 7.75”) at ASUN Day 1 (2/22)

Prior to Jacksonville: 2017 New York State Outdoor Champion in the shot put (45 feet, 3.25 inches) and runner-up during the indoor season in the shot … 2017 New Balance Nationals Qualifier in the shot put and weight throw … Two-time All-State finisher in the shot put (2017 indoor and outdoor seasons) … 2017 All-State finisher in the weight throw … Named North Babylon HS Most Outstanding Athlete … Helped the Bulldogs win two League III Outdoor Championships (2015, 2014) and Runners-Up in 2016 … Team captain her junior and senior years … Two-time team MVP (2017 indoor and outdoor seasons) … 2017 Suffolk County Outdoor Champion in the shot put …. 2017 Long Island Indoor Champion in the shot put … Two-time All-Suffolk County Indoor Honors in the shot put (2017, 2016) and outdoor shot put (2016) … Second Team All-Suffolk County honoree in the weight throw (2017) … School record-holder in the hammer and weight throws … Two-time Division Champion in the shot put and discus (2017, 2016) … Earned All-County Academic Honors during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Third Team All-Long Island selection in the shot put in 2016 … Three-time State Qualifier participant in the discus and shot put … Winner of Team Coaches Award … Off the track, was a member of the National Honor Society … High Honor Roll accolades all four years of high school … Earned the Renaissance Award for Academic Excellence … Named the 2016 Wendy’s Heisman Scholar-Athlete School Winner … 2015 PTSA Outstanding Excellence Award in Music Composition … Also Vice President of her class, Student Government Secretary, Core Leader in Spoke Word Club, Section Leader in Select Choir, and a peer tutor her sophomore through senior years

Personal: Born July 28 … Daughter of Toni Caple and Keith Meeks … Has one brother, Kevin … Majoring in accounting

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

  • 2019Sophomore

  • 2020Junior

  • 2021Redshirt Junior

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