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2020 Women's Track & Field Roster

Helen Joyner

  • Position Throws/Hurdles
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Major Politics (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Tappan, NY
  • High School Tappan Zee

Biography

2019-20: Finished third in the weight throw (12.69m) at the Ramapo Invitational (1/17)…set a career-best mark and took seventh in the weight throw (14.04m) at the Armory Last Chance Meet (2/21)…was fifth in the weight throw (13.89m) at the NYC DIII Invitational (1/31)...posted a ninth-place finish in the weight throw (12.46m) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1).
 
2018-19: Finished 15th in the shot put (10.62m) at the Gotham Cup (1/18)…threw an indoor season-best in the weight throw (13.63m) and finished seventh at the Moravian Indoor Invitational (1/26).
 
2017-18:  Did not compete.
 
2016-17: Made collegiate debut by finishing 10th in the shot put (9.96m) and 13th in the weight throw (10.64m) at the Artie O’Connor Invitational (2/17)…registered indoor season bests in both the shot put (10.36) and weight toss (9.49) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/25-26)…placed 20th in the hammer throw (34.27m) at the Emory Invitational (3/17-18)…took eighth with an outdoor-best shot put (10.44m) at the TCNJ Invitational (4/8)…scored at the UAA Outdoor Championships (4/22-23) by placing seventh in the discus throw (31.13m).
 
High School: Five-year member of the track team…All-League as a sophomore, junior and senior…set the Rockland County record in the weight throw as a senior…First Team All-County Winter Track and Third Team All-County Spring Track as a senior…Journal News Scholar Athlete.
 
Personal: Minoring in child development and social intervention…enjoys reading and meeting new dogs…plans to pursue a career in law, human rights or immigration.