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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Za'Kayza Parsons

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Paget, Bermuda

Biography

2023 Outdoor

  • The lone Dawg to both PR on top of scoring with seventh at 12.21 in the 100 meters in the Towson Invitational.
  • Claimed the gold medal in the 4x100m relay with a combined time of 47.01 and placed sixth for the 100m dash (12.29) at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational. 
  • Finished fourth at 46.63 in the 4x100m relay, earned fifth in the long jump with a PR of 5.68m, while landing in the top-20 among 91 runners for the 100m at 12.24 seconds in the Bison Classic.
  • Won gold in the 4x100m relay (46.64) at the Morgan State Legacy Meet.
  • Earned first place in the 4x100m relay with a time of 45.90 at the Penn Relays.
  • PR’d in the 100m dash prelims (12.05), scored 2 points in long jump going 5.70m in the America East Outdoor Championships.
  • Won silver in the 4x100m relays with a time of 46.11 seconds at the America East Championships. 
  • Named the team’s Most Improved Athlete at the Gritty's

2022-23 Indoor

  • Placed 14th (7.87) at the Brant Tolsma Invitational
  • Placed 6th in the 60 meter dash finals with a time of 7.84 at the Liberty Open.
  • Raced into the finals of the 60m Dash in seventh at 7.73 (PR) on Day 1 of the America East Indoor Championships.
  • Finished seventh in the 60m Dash with a time of 7.796 in the America East Indoor Championships.
2022 Outdoor: Ran in both the 100m and 200m during the outdoor season, as well as competing in the long jump… Opened the season with her best long jump mark of 5.25m at the Weems Baskin Relays… Hit her season-bests in the 100m at the Towson Invitational (12.17) and the 200m at the Mason Spring Invitational (25.80).

2021-22 Indoor: Ran in a pair of events while also competing in the long jump during her freshman indoor campaign… Opened the season with her best performance in the long jump at 5.31m at the Navy Invitational… Had her season-bests in the 60m and 200m at the Fastrack National Invite with times of 7.85 and 25.99 respectively.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Senior

    Sprints
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