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2019-20 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jim Pierce

Jaliyah White

  • Position Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Hillhouse High School
  • Hometown New Haven, Conn.

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
60m 8.18
60m Hurdles 9.51
100m Hurdles 16.19
200m 26.06
400m 59.39
400m Hurdles 1:03.38
Long Jump 16-5.75
Triple Jump 37-9.25


Career Highlights:
  • Ranks eighth, All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 400m hurdles (1:03.38)

2018-2019:
OUTDOOR
  • Championed the 400m hurdles (1:07.88) at the BSU Invitational (Mar. 22-23)
  • Placed fifth in the triple jump (36-8.5, outdoor PB) at the Minuteman Invitational (Apr. 6)
  • Finished seventh in the 400m hurdles (1:05.27) at the UConn Northeast Challenge (Apr. 13)
  • Leapt 35 feet, 6.50 inches to place 11th in the triple jump at the UConn Northeast Challenge (Apr. 13)
  • Recorded a personal best in the preliminary round of the 400m hurdles (1:03.38, eighth on all-time NU outdoor performance list) and placed eighth in the finals (2:15.19), in addition to finishing 14th in the triple jump (36-3.50), at the CAA Championships (May 3-4)

INDOOR
  • Completed the 300m (42.62) and the long jump (15-9.50) at the Boston University Season Opener (Dec. 1)
  • Finished second in the 4x400 relay (4:13.14) at the Howlin' Husky Invitational (Dec. 8)
  • Finished 16th in the triple jump (35-9.50) at the Battle in Beantown (Jan. 12)
  • Came in fourth in the triple jump (35-10.50) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 18)
  • Set a new personal best in the 60m preliminaries (8.18) and earned seventh in the triple jump (34-10.25) at the URI Tribute to Bill Falk (Feb. 9)
  • Championed the 4x400 relay (4:23.94) and finished sixth in the 60m dash (8.19) and third in the triple jump (36-5.75) at the Brown Invitational (Feb. 16)
  • Set a new personal best in the triple jump (37-9.25), earning eighth at the BU Last Chance Qualifier (Feb. 24)


2017-18:
OUTDOOR
  • Opened the outdoor season with a fifth-place finish in the 100 hurdles (16.74), a seventh-place finish in the triple jump (10.80m) and an eighth-place finish in the 400m hurdles (1:13.22) at the Mark Young Invite (April 7)
  • Placed eighth in the 400m hurdles (1:05.05) at the Northeast Challenge (April 14)
  • Finished second in the 400m hurdles (1:08.69) and was a member of the second-place 4x400m relay team at the Jay Carisella Invite (April 21)
  • Earned silver in the 100m hurdles (16.19) and sixth in the triple jump (35-1.75) at the Brown Springtime Invite (April 29)
  • Represented Northeastern in the triple jump (36-2.25) at the CAA Championships (May 4-6)

INDOOR
  • Finished fifth in the triple jump (36-8.25) against Boston University (Dec. 2)
  • Was a member of the 4x200 meter relay team that came in third place against Dartmouth College (Jan. 7)
  • Placed 32nd in the 200m run (27.38) and eighth in the triple jump (36-0) in the Battle of Beantown (Jan. 13)
  • Finished fifth in the long jump (16-5.75) and seventh in the triple jump (34-9.75) at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 19)
  • Finished 15th in the triple jump (36-7.75) at New England Championships (Feb. 2-3)

2016-17:
INDOOR
  • Placed eighth in the 60m hurdles Jay Carisella Invite (9.56)
  • Placed fifth in the triple jump Beantown Challenge (35-11.5)
  • Placed 16th in the 200m Joe Donahue Games (27.52)
  • Placed eighth in the 4x400m relay BU Scarlet and White (4:01.68)
  • Placed seventh in the triple jump BU Scarlet and White (36-6.75)  

2015-16:
INDOOR
  • Finished second with a leg in the 4x400m relay (4:00.44) at the Carisella Invitational (Dec. 12)
  • Earned ninth place in the long jump with a mark of 36 feet, 8.50 inches at the Harvard Crimson Elite Meet (Feb. 5)
  • Recorded a new personal best in the 200m dash (26.06) at the Boston University (BU) Valentine Invite (Feb. 12)

Personal:
From New Haven, Conn. Majoring in Communications. Class of 2020.

Before Northeastern:
• 2014 and 2015 Conn. Outdoor state champion in the 300-meter hurdles
• Placed second at the 2015 Conn. Outdoor State Meet in the triple jump
• Placed second at the 2015 Conn. Indoor State Meet in the 55-meter hurdles
• Placed sixth at the 2015 Conn. Outdoor State Meet in the 100-meter hurdles
• Placed fourth at the 2015 Conn. Indoor State Meet in the 300-meter dash
• Placed eighth at the 2014 New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the 400-meter hurdles
• Placed third at the 2013 Conn. Outdoor State Meet in the 300-meter hurdles
• Placed fifth at the 2013 Outdoor New England Championships in the 300-meter hurdles

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Short Sprints/Hurdles/Horizontal Jumps
    5'4"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Short Sprints/Hurdles/Horizontal Jumps
    5'4"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Short Sprints/Hurdles/Horizontal Jumps
    5'4"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2019-20Redshirt Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps