2018 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Jontavia Dykes
- Prev School:
- Northwestern
- Class (I/O):
- R-JR/SR
- Event:
- Throws
- Hometown:
- Miami, Fla.
- High School:
- Northwestern
- Two-timeย USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention (discus throw)
- No. 7ย discus thrower on UF'sย All-Time Top 10
- 2016 All-SEC Indoor Freshman Team (weight throw)
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
Collegiate PR | DT: 178-11ย (54.53m);ย WT: 63-8.25 (19.41m);ย HT: 176-2ย (53.71m)
High School PR | DT: 149-9ย (45.64m);ย SP: 43-5ย (13.23m)
Jontavia Dykesโ TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
2018: Finished 11thย in the discus throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Finished 12th in the weight throw at SEC Indoor Championships ...ย ย SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2017: USTFCCCAย Outdoor Honorable Mention (discus throw) ... Finished 18th overall in discus throw at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished eighth in discus throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Threw a discus season-best (54.43m / 178-7) at the NCAA East Preliminary, qualifying her for NCAA Outdoors ... Finished 13thย in the weight throw at SEC Indoor Championships ... Posted a weight throw PR (19.41m / 63-8.25) at the Hokie Invitational.
2016: USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention (discus throw) ... Finished 21st overall in the discus throw at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... First UF women's discus throw to qualify for nationals since Rachel Longfors (2006) and the first underclassman to qualify since Longfors' sophomore season (2003) ...ย Threw a discus PR of 178-11 (54.53m) at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary to qualify for NCAA Outdoors ... Fourth-place finisher and top freshman finisher in the weight throw at SEC Indoor Championships (SEC Indoor All-Freshman)ย ... Threw a season-best weight throw mark (63-2.75/19.27m) at SEC Indoors ... Posted a season-best hammer throw mark (176-2/53.71m) at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge.
2015: Competed in six outdoor meets, redshirted indoors โฆ Finished 11th overall in the discus throw (147-10/45.05m) at the SEC Outdoor Championships ...ย Recorded a season-best discus throw mark of 157-2 (47.91m) to take fifth place at the LSU Invitational โฆ Runner-up finisher in the discus throw (153-6/46.80m) at the UCF Invitational โฆ Took second place in the discus throw (152-9/46.55)ย at the UCF Black and Gold Challenge.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Attended Miami Northwestern High School in Miami, Fla. โฆ Runner-up finisher in the shot put (40-7/12.36m) and discus throw (149-9/45.64m) at the 2014 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor Finals, only finishing behind current Gator Lloydricia Cameron โฆย Finished third in the shot put at the 2014 Golden South Classic โฆย Finished 20th overall in the shot put at the 2014 New Balance Outdoor Nationals โฆ Collected a second-place finish in the discus throw and a ninth-place finish in the shot put at the 2013 AAU Junior Olympic Championships โฆ Seventh-place finisher in the shot put at the 2013 FHSAA Class 3A Outdoor Finals โฆ Jontavia Dykesโ DyeStat Profile (for top high school performances and meet results).
