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