NDSU

John’s Performance History and Personal Bests

2013-14 SEASON

INDOOR: Competed unattached after exhausting her indoor eligibility in 2013 ... Season-best 60m hurdles time of 8.41 seconds to win Minnesota's Jack Johnson Classic on Jan. 25 ... Won the 60m hurdles at all four meets she competed in, running under 8.50 seconds five times.
OUTDOOR (Senior): Second team All-American in the 100m hurdles, finishing 15th at the NCAA Championships in Oregon ... NCAA Championships qualifier in the 100m hurdles for the first time ... Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims for the third time in her career ... Won her second Summit League title in the 100m hurdles, and also led off the NDSU 4x100m relay team that won the league crown ... Placed sixth at the Summit League Championships in the 100m dash ... Ran 13.30 in the 100m hurdles in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA West Prelims -- the second-fastest time of her career and a season-best ... Clocked a Schlanser Track record and meet record 13.67 in the 100m hurdles at the Summit League Championships ... Season-best 12.08 in the 100m dash at the UC Riverside Spring Classic ... Led off the NDSU 4x100m relay that ran a school record 44.81 at the Stanford Invitational on Apr. 5.

2012-13 SEASON

INDOOR (Senior): Finished the indoor season ranked 20th in the nation in the 60m hurdles with her school-record time of 8.23 seconds run at the Iowa State Qualifier on Mar. 2 ... Won her third straight Summit League championship in the 60m hurdles with a meet record and DakotaDome record of 8.47 seconds ... Became the 14th woman in Summit League history to win three conference titles in the same event ... Won the 60m hurdles at five of her six meets ... Also placed sixth in the 60m dash at the Summit League Championships ... Season-best 60m dash time of 7.65 seconds.
OUTDOOR (Junior): Finished 15th in the national quarterfinals of the 100m hurdles at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, missing a trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships by three places ... Won her first Summit League championship in the 100m hurdles ... Led off the Bison 4x100m relay team that won a Summit League title, set a school record and qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds ... Set the 100m hurdles school record on three different occasions during the season -- 13.53 at the Mt. SAC Relays in April, 13.48 at the NCAA West Prelims in May and 13.24 at the Trinidad & Tobago National Championships in June ... Finished second at the Trinidad & Tobago National Championships in the 100m hurdles on June 22 ... Also ran on NDSU's 4x200m relay school record at the Drake Relays and set NDSU's Schlanser Track record in the 100m hurdles.

2011-12 SEASON

INDOOR (Junior): Won Summit League titles in the 60m dash and 60m hurdles for the second consecutive season ... 60m hurdles winning time of 8.49 seconds set a new school record and league championship record ... claimed the Summit League 60m dash championship in 7.63 seconds ... improved upon both of those performances one week later at the Iowa State Qualifier, running season-best times of 8.36 seconds (new school record) in the 60m hurdles and 7.61 seconds in the 60m dash.
OUTDOOR (Sophomore): Placed third in the 100m hurdles at the Summit League Outdoor Championships ... season-best 100m hurdles time of 13.93 in the prelims of the conference meet ... ran 14.14 in the finals for third place ... season-best 400m hurdles time of 1:02.67 at the Bison Invitational on Apr. 14, good enough for second place in the meet.

2010-11 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Competed primarily in the sprints...Won Summit League titles and set school records in both the 60 meters and 60 meter hurdles...Set a school, league and arena record in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.50...Clocked in at a school record time of 7.58 in the 60 meters...Also made her first appearance in the pentathlon at the Holiday Invitational, finishing fourth with 3,231 points.
Outdoor (Freshman): Ran the 100 meters and 100 hurdles...Also competed in the heptathlon... Ran a personal best time of 11.94 to win the 100 meters at the Kip Janvrin Open...Time ranks ninth all-time... Finished second in the 100 meters at the Summit League Championships...Also took third in the 100 hurdles at the league championships...Advanced to the NCAA quarterfinals in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.70, which is second all-time at NDSU.

2009-10 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Specialized in the 60 meters...Ranked second all-time in the event after winning the Bill Bergan Invitational in 7.65...Also ran the 200 meters and posted a best time of 25.95 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational...Placed seventh in the 60 meters at the Summit League Championships.
Outdoor: Redshirt.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ran track for the Air Bon Sonics Athletics Club for seven years...Competed in the 2009 Junior Pan-American games for Trinidad...Finished 18th in the 200 meters in 26.27...Member of the third place 4x100 relay team...Also played soccer for one year at Tunapuna Government Secondary.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Vin and Valerie John...Has one older brother, Errol and three sisters, Danielle, Chinelle and Rhea...Majoring in business management with a minor in psychology.