Kanishque Todman gets All America Honors in her NJCAA debut
MARCH 5—Central Arizona College freshman Kanishque “Kadi” Todman earned Jr. College All America honors on Friday, when she placed fourth in the NJCAA Indoor Championships Pentathlon, during the competition held at Eastern Illinois University.
Todman—who had a 60m hurdles personal best of 9.34 seconds in winning her heat and finishing second overall, won the Long Jump segment after cutting the sand at 5.49m (18’0½”)—to amass 3220 points for her fourth place finish.
Todman was ninth in the open Long Jump after leaping 5.23m (17’2”) and helping Central Arizona to amass 91 points while finishing second to Iowa Central Community College who had 187.
At the ECAC Indoor Championships in Boston, Morgan State Bears Jr. sprinter Britney Wattley, had 60 and 200m personal bests in placing sixth in both events. She began her trek to the 60m final dropping a personal best of 7.54 on the board, which she improved to 7.52 in the semis before her 7.59 final. Officials needed an examination of the photo finish as .04 seconds separated the winner and her sixth place time.
The Morgan State Jr., was sixth overall in a personal best of 24.47 seconds in the 200m, after turning in 24.66 to advance.
At the Iowa State Last Chance Qualifier, Portland State Vikings Sr. Karene King ran the last race for her school and won the 200m in 23.80 seconds—her second successive race under 24.00—but did not make the final cut for the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho, this weekend. With the time she moved from No. 49 to No 38, in the NCAA Indoor rankings.
King, who will represent the BVI at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, this weekend, turned in a time of 7.56 in the 60m dash.