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2013-14 Women's Track and Field Roster

Lekiesha McKnight

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Raytown HS
  • Hometown Kansas City, Mo.

Biography

2013-2014
Indoor:
Lekiesha McKnight threw a season best 49’ 3.5” in the shot put at the NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships placing seventh earning her All-American status … McKnight threw a season best 54’ 10.75” at the2014 Concordia Indoor Classic (2/14) in the weight throw

Outdoor:
Lekiesha McKnight threw a season best 49’ 3.5” at the MIAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (5/2) earning her second place with All-MIAA honors … McKnight was a NCAA Division II national qualifier in the shot put … McKnight threw a season best 163’ 2” at the 2014 Sam Williams Twilight Qualifier (5/10) in the hammer throw … She threw a season best 131’ 3” at the State Farm Emporia State Relays (4/5) in the discus
 

2011

Indoor: participated in Shot Put and Weight Throw... Shot Put high was a throw of 43-00.5 and Weight Throw high was a throw of 50-10.75 UCM Mule Relays... Outdoor: participated in Discus, Hammer Throw, and Shot Put... multiple top 5 finishes in all three events... season bests: Discus at the Jewel Relays with a second place throw of 138-08, Hammer Throw at the ASICS Central Methodist Invitational with a throw of 142-03, Shot at the Dr. Keeler Invitational with a second place throw of 45-02.25

2009-10

Career-high throw of 43-2 at the ISU Holiday Classic (12/11) in the shot put and placed seventh ... career-high in the weight throw with a toss of 46-2.5 at the Central Missouri Classic (2/19) where she placed seventh ... Outdoor: career-high in the shot put with a throw of 42-8 at the MIAA Outdoor Championships (5/8) and finished seventh ... career-best in the discus at the Emporia State Invite (5/15) with a throw of 134-8 and placed seventh ... career-high in the hammer throw at the Kip Janvrin Open (4/22) with a throw of 129-7

Raytown HS

Placed third at the state championship meet twice... Broke the school shotput record... Threw the second best discus distance in school history

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

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  • 2010-11Sophomore

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  • 2011-12Junior

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  • 2012-13Senior

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  • 2013-14Senior

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