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TLU senior Destiney Jones
TLU's Jones Earns All-American Status in Indoor Triple Jump
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GRINNELL, Iowa -- Texas Lutheran triple jumper Destiney Jones finished eighth at the 2012 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday and earned the fourth All-America citation of her Bulldog career.

Jones, a senior from Garland (Naaman Forest), posted a mark of 38 feet, 4.25 inches to claim the eighth and final All-America award for the event. The leap of 38-4.25 came on Jones's first leap of the event.

The indoor championships were held at the Grinnell College Charles Benson Bear '39 Recreation and Athletic Center Field House in Grinnell, Iowa.

Jones now has two indoor All-America honors to go with two outdoor All-America awards. She was sixth in the triple jump at the 2011 outdoor championships.

Jones was on the Bulldogs' 2008 outdoor national runner-up team in the 4x400 relay and on the 2008 third-place team in the indoor 4x400 relay.

The eighth-place finish for Jones earned TLU one point for the championships. The Bulldogs tied for 55th in the final teams standings.

-Courtesy Texas Lutheran University Sports Information Department

NCAA Division III                                 2012 Indoor Track & Field Championships                      Grinnell, IA  - 3/9/2012 to 3/10/2012                         Event 23  Women Triple Jump =================================================================================  Two flights. Random draw                                                          No general warm-up. 20 min per flight and up to 20 for final.                     Advance top 9 after ties to finals. Reverse order                                   DIII Meet: $ 12.62m  2002        Shimera Daniels, Wheaton                           Stadium: # 11.89m  2011        Melissa Norville, Illinois College                Name                    Year School                  Finals            Points ================================================================================= Finals                                                                              1 Melissa Norville          JR Illinois College        12.58m#  41-03.25  10          FOUL  11.89m  12.31m  FOUL  12.58m  12.29m                                    2 Anita Rogers              JR Ramapo                  12.54m#  41-01.75   8          11.71m  11.94m  12.27m  11.83m  11.72m  12.54m                                3 Tanasia Hoffler           JR Williams                12.49m#  40-11.75   6          11.60m  FOUL  11.79m  12.19m  12.27m  12.49m                                  4 Skye Morrison             SR Wartburg                12.25m#  40-02.25   5          FOUL  FOUL  11.78m  12.12m  12.25m                                            5 Nakeisha Jones            SR Tufts                   12.12m#  39-09.25   4          11.66m  11.68m  11.73m  FOUL  12.12m  11.89m                                  6 Ashley Dell'Aira          SR Wheaton (Mass.)         11.96m#  39-03.00   3          11.96m  11.85m  11.83m  11.80m  11.77m  11.94m                                7 Penny Grant               SR Greenville              11.72m   38-05.50   2          FOUL  11.72m  FOUL  FOUL  11.62m  11.63m                                      8 Destiney Jones            SR Texas Lutheran          11.69m   38-04.25   1          11.69m  11.41m  11.54m  FOUL  FOUL  11.42m                                    9 Traelynn Lewis            JR Wis.-Superior           11.67m   38-03.50              11.63m  11.67m  FOUL  FOUL  11.38m  11.25m                                   10 Jasmine Springer          JR Lehman                  11.65m   38-02.75              FOUL  FOUL  11.65m                                                           11 Tobi Alli                 SO Lehman                  11.64m   38-02.25              11.64m  11.23m  FOUL                                                         12 Lauren Attiah             SR Emory                   11.61m   38-01.25              11.61m  11.29m  FOUL                                                         13 Ashley Bault              SR Marietta                11.38m   37-04.00              11.38m  FOUL  11.32m                                                         14 Hannah Wiley              FR Southern Maine          11.10m   36-05.00              FOUL  11.10m  11.04m                                                         15 Emily Van Heel            SO St. Thomas (Minn.)      10.82m   35-06.00              10.82m  FOUL  FOUL