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2019 Track & Field Roster

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Dekayta Alex

Dekayta Alex

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    5-4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Natchitoches, La.
  • Highschool:
    Natchitoches Central HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
2017 Southland Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll
2017 Southland Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll
2016-17 Southland Conference All-Academic
2017 All-Southland Conference (2nd Team, Indoor, 400 meters)
2017 Southland Conference Female Track Athlete of the Week (Jan. 11)
2016 Southland Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll 
2016 Southland Conference Spring Commissioner's Honor Roll 
2015 Southland Conference Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll 

 
2018 Outdoor: Came in sixth in the 400 in 54.61 at the Louisiana Classics … Also was on the third-place 4x400 relay (3:49.74) … Helped the sprint medley relay set the school record of 4:00.86 at the McNeese Cowboy Relays … Was second in the 300 (38.86) and third in the 100 (12.36) at the Tulane Early Bird Twilight.

2018 Indoor: Finished fifth in the 400 (56.09) while also helping the 4x400 relay take fifth (3:47.55) at the Southland Conference Championships … Captured the 100 in 55.81 at the Samford Open … Also helped the 4x400 relay win in 3:54.08 … Was on the first-place 4x400 relay (3:54.98) at the McNeese Indoor Invite II … Placed third in the 500 (1:16.67) at the LSU Purple Tiger.

2017 Outdoor: Named to the Southland Conference All-Academic team … Placed fourth in the 400 in 54.60 seconds at the Southland Conference Championships … Set personal best with a 54.35 in the preliminaries … Also ran on the sixth-place 4x400 relay (3:49.10) … Earned Southland Conference Athlete of the Week honorable mention recognition after setting a personal best in winning the “B” section of the 400-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold  in 54.63 seconds … Went on to help the  4x400 relay take eighth in a season-best 3:45.91 ... Won the 400 meters in 55.41 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic … Later helped the 4x400 relay take first in 3:57.79 … Placed fifth in the 400 in 56.23 at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational … Set a personal best in finishing fifth in 54.80 in the 400 at the Louisiana Classic … Also led off the 4x400 relay squad that took first in 3:48.32.

2017 Indoor: Received second-team All-Southland Conference honors in the 400 meters after placing second in 54.84 … Time beat her previous best of 55.45, set in the running the fastest time in the preliminaries the day before … Came in seventh in the 200 in a personal-best 25.60 at the LSU Twilight … Helped the 4x400 relay finish second in 3:52.99 at the LSU Bayou Bengal … Took first in 55.55 seconds at the KMS Invitational … Helped the 4x400 relay take first in 4:01.05 at the McNeese Invite #1 … Also took 10th (7.44) in the 55 hurdles … Was named the Southland Conference’s first Female Athlete of the Week for the 2017 season after breaking her school record in the 600 meters at the LSU Purple Tiger … Took third in 1:36.67, eclipsing her previous mark of 1:41.25 set at the 2016 McNeese State Invitation I … Also helped the Lady Lions’ 4x400 relay finish third in 4:01.48.

2016 Cross Country: Ran in two meets with one top-20 finish … Placed 39th overall at the McNeese Cowboy Stampede in 25:31.7 … Ran a 3K time of 16:49.0 at the New Orleans Invitational … Joined freshman Ayaunee Williams for ninth-place 6K relay time of 34:21.7.

2016 Outdoor: Ran the opening leg for the 4x400 relay which broke the stadium record in finishing fourth in 3:44.97 at the Southland Championships… Also placed fifth in the 400 in 56.06… Came in at 54.82 to take third in the 400 ‘B’ section at the LSU Alumni Gold… Ran a 55.40 in taking third in the 400 at the Lion Invitational… Also helped the 4x400 relay win in 3:46.33… Helped the 4x400 relay win in 3:52.07 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic… Was also second in the 400 in 57.04… Ran the lead leg for the winning 4x400 relay (3:44.17) at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational… Ran the first leg for the fourth-place 4x400 relay (3:45.88) at the Alabama Relays… Won the 400 in 55.81 while also running the lead leg of the winning 4x400 relay (3:48.64) at the Tulane Twilight.

2016 Indoor: Ran anchor leg on 4x400 relay that established a new school mark in finishing fourth in 3:45.82 at the Southland Championships while also taking fifth in the 400 in a personal-best 55.47… Was on the 4x400 that set the previous record of 3:47.27 in taking second at the South Alabama Jaguar Invitational… Also placed 24th in the 800 in 2:28.41… Won the 600 in a school-record 1:41.25 in her first time running the event collegiately at the McNeese State Indoor… Helped the 4x400 relay take third (4:01.82) while finishing sixth in the 400 (59.06) at the LSU Bayou Bengal… Was on the 4x400 relay that finished fourth in 3:55.92 at the LSU Purple Tiger… Also took 27th in the 200 in 26.87.

High School: Four-year letter winner in track and field and two-year letter winner in cheerleading... District, regional and state qualifier in the 400 meters in both 2014 and 2015... Louisiana State runner-up in 400 at the 2015 indoor championships... Fourth-place finisher in the 400 at the 2015 Louisiana State Outdoor Championships... 2015 state runner-up in the 4x400 relay at the Louisiana State Indoor Championships... 2015 state champions in the 4x400 relay at the Louisiana State Outdoor Championships … Was also in cheer, orchestra and was a senior secretary.

Personal: Born in Natchitoches, La. … Daughter of Joseph Nash Sr. and Latriena Nash … Has three siblings, Nauyca Alex, Joseph Nash Jr. and Joshia Nash … Majoring in Kinesiology (exercise science).

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  • 2016Freshman

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  • 2017Sophomore

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    5'4"
  • 2018Junior

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  • 2019Senior

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