2018 Lady Demon Track & Field Roster

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Quanese Jones-Young

Quanese Jones-Young

  • Position:
    High Jump
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Hometown:
    Shreveport, LA
  • Highschool:
    Ruston HS

Summary

Biography

Performance List

 
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Career Best:
      High Jump
            Indoor              5-8 ¾ (1.75m), UA Tyson Invitational, 2/10/18
            Outdoor           5' 8" (1.73m), La. Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/15/17
      Long Jump
            Outdoor           15' 6" (4.72m), La Tech Jim Mize Invitational, 3/21/15
      Triple Jump
            Outdoor           34' 5 3/4" (10.51m), MSU Cowboy Relays, 3/14/15
 

Lady Demon Top 5 Performance:
High Jump, tied for 4th, 5-08, 3/15/17


2017 LSWA’s All-Louisiana Track and Field Team, High Jump
2016 Third-Team All-Southland Conference Track & Field Team, High Jump
2015 Southland Conference Commissioner’s Spring Honor Roll

2018 Outdoor Season: Competed in the high jump at three meets on the season with two results…places second at the Leon Johnson NSU Invitational with a jump of 5-0 ½ (1.63m)…best mark of the season came at the SLC Outdoor Championships where she posted a jump of 5-3 ¾ finishing 14th overall
 
2018 Indoor Season: Competed in the high jump in five meets during the season with five top-10 finishes…set a new career best at the UA Tyson Invitational with a mark of 5-8 ¾ (1.75m) taking second at the meet…also took silver at the SLC Indoor Championships (5-7 ½)…had jumps of 5-6 at the LSU Bayou Bengal, 5-6 ½ at the Pittsburg State Invitational, and 5-5 ¾ at the TAMU Ted Nelson Invitational

2017 Outdoor Season: Participated in nine meets in the high jump… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary where she placed 33rd (5-6 1/2)… earned a silver medal at the SLC Outdoor Championships (5-7 3/4)… named 2017 LSWA’s All-Louisiana Track and Field Team for the high jump… brought home seven top-four results throughout the season including two wins, the McNeese Cowboy Relays (5-7) and the Louisiana Tech Jim Mize Invitational (5-8)… performance at the Louisiana Tech Jim Mize Invitational resulted in a tie of fourth place on the Lady Demon Top 5 list and a personal record... maintained long jump and triple jump personal records of 15-6 and 34-5 3/4, respectively.
 
2017 Indoor Season: Participated in four meets in the high jump… placed 12th in the SLC Indoor Championships (5-2 1/2)… had two top-five results throughout the season, fourth place at the Pittsburg State Invitational (5-06) resulting in a team season-best and personal best and fifth place at the Pittsburg State Gorilla Classic (5-5 1/2).
 
2016 Outdoor Season: Participated in the high jump in six meets … finished with four top-fives, including a third-place result at the Leon Johnson Invitational (5-05.25) … qualified for the SLC Outdoor Championships, where she claimed second overall (5-05.00).
 
2016 Indoor Season: Participated in the high jump in four meets with three top-five finishes … took home first place (5-01.00) at the McNeese Invite … qualified for the SLC Indoor Championships where she was fourth overall (5-05.00).
 
2015 Outdoor Season: Participated in jumps at eight meets… had three top-three finishes… jumped a best in the high jump at Demon Triangular Invite with first-place finish of 5-6 – ranked ninth in the SLC… at Louisiana Tech Jim Mize Invitational had a best of 15-6 in the long jump… in the triple jump had a best of 34-05.75 at MSU Cowboy Relays.
 
2015 Indoor Season: Participated in the high jump at three meets… best performance at TAMU 13-Team Invitational with a jump of 5-1.75… ranked 27th in the SLC.
 
High School: Quanese was an outdoor state champion in track her sophomore year and an indoor state champion in her senior year... maintained a 3.2 GPA at Ruston High School.

Personal: Daughter of Yolanda Jones and Quincy Young… born Nov. 20, 1995... has three younger sisters, Abriana, Danae, and Asia... majoring in accounting… aspires to have her own accounting firm.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2016Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'9"
  • 2017Junior

    Jumps
    5'9"
  • 2018Senior

    High Jump
    5'9"