Kadizha Benjamin
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- Hometown:
- Willimantic, CT
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- Position:
- Jumps
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Windham High School
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- Events:
- Jumps
Bio
Collegiate Personal Bests:
400 Meter Dash: 1:00.74
400 Meter Hurdles: 1:10.68
High Jump: 1.64m
2019 Outdoor: Competed in the high jump (1.50m) at the 24th Annual Monmouth Season Opener...Leaped 1.46 meters in the high jump and ran the 1,600 SMR in 4:14.84 at the 2019 Colonial Relays...Ran the 400 meter dash (1:01.37) and competed in the high jump (1.52m) at the UConn Northeast Challenge...Ran a personal best 1:00.74 400 meter dash time and jumped 1.52m in the high jump at the 2019 Larry Ellis Invitational...Won the silver medal in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:10.68 and came in fourth place in the high jump (1.55m) at the CCSU Track & Field Invitational...Came in fourth in the 4x400 (3:59.10) and had a personal best 1.64m in the high jump at the Northeast Conference Championship.
2019 Indoor: Earned a seventh place finish in the high jump (1.55m) at the Ramapo College Season Opener...Recorded the same height in the high jump at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic...Competed in the high jump (1.55m) and teh 4x400 (4:30.29) at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational...Earned a ninth place finish in the 4x400 (4:16.97) and 13th place finish in the high jump (1.53m) at the 2019 NEC Indoor Track & Field Championship...Came in sixth place in the high jump (1.52m) at the BU Last Chance Qualifier.
2017 Outdoor: Won the bronze for high jump (1.55m) at the Black & Gold Invitational...Finished seventh in high jump )1.56m) at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet 2017...Competed in high jump at the Northeast Conference Championship and finished ninth.
2017 Indoor: Won the silver medal for the high jump (1.60m) at the 35th Yale Collegiate Invitational...Finished 10th in high jump (1.56m) at the Joe Donahue Games...Set a personal best in high jump (1.60m) at the URI Coaches Tribute Invitational...Competed in the high jump at the Northeast Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships.
News mentions
CCSU sits in fourth place with a total of 39 points after day one.
CCSU will host the Northeast Conference championships on May 4-5.
Central hosts the CCSU Blue Devil Invite on Saturday, April 27.
Central competes next weekend at the Larry Ellis Invitational.
CCSU competes next Saturday at UConn in the Northeast Challenge.
Sierra Nesmith won two events on Saturday at the 24th Annual Season Opener at Monmouth
ECAC qualifiers will compete at the IC4A/ECAC Championships on March 2-3 in Boston, MA.
Women's track totaled 63 points and finished fifth.
Women's track competes at the 2019 NEC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Feb. 15-16 at Wagner.
Women's indoor track competed in the John Thomas Terrier Classic Friday.
Women's track recorded four personal bests and two first place finishes Friday