2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Ariyonna Jones

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dublin, Ga.
  • High School West Laurens HS

Biography

Career Stats

Honors and Awards
- 2024 NCAA Women of the Year Conference Nominee
- USTFCCCA Indoor All-Region (200m & 400m) (2024)
- All-Conference (4x100 meter relay) (2021, 2022, 2024)
- All-Conference (4x400 meter relay) (2021, 2024)
- All-Conference (200m dash) (2024)
- All-Conference (400m dash (2024)
- Indoor All-Conference (200m dash) (2024)
- Indoor All-Conference (400m dash) (2024)
- Indoor All-Conference (4x400 meter relay) (2024)
- PBC Athlete of the Week (2023-24) (12/11, 1/16, 2/5, & 4/16)
- CSC Academic All-District (2024)
- USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete (2024)
- PBC Team of Academic Distinction (2024)
- PBC Presidential Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
- D2ADA Academic Achievement Award (2024)

2023-24 (Indoor & Outdoor)
- Competed in nine meets between the indoor and outdoor seasons. 
- Broke the indoor school record in the 200m, 300m, and 400m dashes and also in the 4x200 & 4x400 meter relays this season.
- Shattered outdoor school records in the 200m and 400m dashes and also in the 4x100 meter relay this season. 
- 7x all-conference honoree across the indoor and outdoor season. 
- Crowned the conference champion in the indoor 200m dash (24.93) and the outdoor 400m dash (55.75), the 200m dash (24.26), and in the 4x400 meter relay (3:53.00)
- Finished in the top-five in 21 races. 
- Awarded the Department's Female Player of the Year at the Laker Awards. 

2022-23 (Indoor and Outdoor)
- Competed in seven meets over the indoor and outdoor seasons
- Compiled 14 top-five finishes
- Picked up two relay victories and one individual victory (200m dash, Emory CrossPlex Showdown (1/15/2023))
- Crushed three PRs on the season two of which were at the UWG Legends Invitational (4/1/2023) (200m dash & 400m dash)
- Ran the second fastest mark in the PBC in the 400m dash (57.51) and the ran the fourth fastest mark in the 200m (25.10)
- Jumped to the fourth longest mark in the PBC in the long jump (5.24m)

2021-22 (Indoor and Outdoor)
- Competed in eight meets combined for the Lakers
- Won the Conference title in the 4x100 meter relay (47.81)
- Placed in the top five in 15 events throughout her eight meets
- Placed first in the 400 meter dash at the UWG Legends Invite (58.12)
- 3x winner in the 4x100 meter relay
- Ran to a second-place finish in the 200 meter dash at the SWU Susan Rouse Invite (25.65)
- Clocked her season-best time in the 300 meter dash at the U of SC Indoor Open (40.72)

2020-21 (Indoor and Outdoor)
- Competed in five meets for the Lakers
- Brought home five, first-place finishes (200m, 100m, 4x400)
- Set a PR in the 100 meter dash at the Panther Invitational (13.30)
- Clocked a PR in the 200 meter dash at the Alice Coachman Invite (25.55)
- 3x winner in the 4x400 meter relay
- Placed in the top five in all four races at the PBC Championships
- Ran the third fastest time in the PBC in the 400 meter dash and fifth fastest time in the 200 meter dash

Career Bests
100 meter dash: 13.30 at the Panther Invitational (3/21/2021)
200 meter dash: 24.26 at the Outdoor PBC Championships (4/29-30/2024) (School Record)
300 meter dash: 40.48 at the Emory CrossPlex Invitational (1/14/2024) (School Record)
400 meter dash: 55.75 at the Outdoor PBC Championships (4/29-30/2024) (School Record)
4x100 meter relay: 47.29 at the Berry Field Day Classic (4/12-13/2024) (School Record)
4x200 meter relay: 1:43.42 at the KMS Invitational (1/21/2024) (School Record)
4x400 meter relay: 3:53.00 at the PBC Outdoor Championships (4/29-30/2024) (Holds the indoor school record in the event (3:58.68) (PBC Indoor Championships (2/19/2024))
Long Jump: 5.24m at the PBC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (4/20-21/2023)

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Freshman

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints