2016 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
SPU: Two-year letterwinner. ... All-GNAC in high jump (2015). ... USTFCCCA All-West Region in high jump (2015).
Sophomore (2016): INDOOR – Placed 6th in the GNAC high jump a 5-1 1/4. ... Placed 18th in the GNAC long jump at 15-9. ... Posted an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 5-5 / 1.65m in the season-opening UW Indoor Preview on Jan. 16. ... Participated in four meets altogether. OUTDOOR – Tied for 5th in GNAC high jump at 5-3 3/4 / 1.62m, matching her season-best height. ... Participated in nine meets, doing the high jump in all of them and the long jump in one. In the lone try at the long, went an outdoor career-best 15-9 / 4.80m at the Doris Heritage Distance Festival on March 26.
Freshman (2015): INDOOR – Won the GNAC high jump championship by clearing a personal-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 5 feet, 6 1/2 inches, a personal best by 2 1/4 inches. Got over the bar on her second try, then waited and watched as four other competitors – including defending champion Taylor Fettig of Central Washington – missed on all three tries at that height. ... Also placed 14th in the triple jup at 33-5 1/4, a PR by 2 3/4 inches. ... Did the high jump in all three of her regular-season meets, and did the long jump once. OUTDOOR – Placed 7th in GNAC high jump at 5-1 3/4 (1.57m). ... Competed in nine meets, doing the high jump in all nine. ... Set a PR of 5-5 / 1.65m at the Rose City Preview on March 21. ... Did long jump once, also at Rose City, going 15-2 1/4.
Gig Harbor High School: Posted nine PRs as a junior in 2013 in the process of becoming a heptathlete: 14.09 in the 100, 29.18 in the 200, 3:03.74 in the 800, 16.04 in the 100 hurdles, 30-8 in the shot put, 74-8 in the javelin, 5-6 in the high jump, 16-10 1/4 in the long jump, and 3,556 points in the heptathlon. Placed 4th at the Washington 4A state meet in the high jump in 2014. Also won the Narrows League titles in the high jump and long jump that year. ...Placed 8th in the state high jump in 2013, and won the district title. ... In the Washington State Mulit-Event Championships (which are not part of the state meet), finished 15th with 3,556 points. Highest individual finishes were 5th in the high jump and the shot put.
Personal: Naphtali Noel Ward. ... Born Dec. 28, 1995. ... Accounting major. ... Her brother, Ian Ward, is a 2005 SPU graduate.
Fun facts: Has been doing track since 6th grade, when that was her only sports option at middle school. ... Also has played volleyball and basketball, doing club volleyball for three years. ... Dumbest movie she ever saw was "Napoleon Dynamite" ("but I loved it."). ... Book she just couldn't put down was "Harry Potter: The Deathly Hollows. ... Favorite sports to watch are football and basketball. ... Favorite junk food is Chex mix. ... Favorite healthy food is watermelon. ... Favorite TV program is "Sherlock." ... Favorite sports team is the Seattle Seahawks. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Sherlock Holmes "because I would want him to tell me how he solves all of the cases people bring to him." She would serve breakfast for dinner "because Sherlock appreciates things that are out of the ordinary, and breakfast is my favorite meal of the day." ... If she could be any action hero, would be Iron Man "because Tony Stark is an extremely intelligent person who knows a lot about machines and design. He doesn't have any super powers, which makes him more realistic, and can fly." ... In 10 years, plans to be doing lots of recreational artwork and perhaps painting murals on her the walls of her children's bedrooms or their friends' bedrooms. ... Has always wanted to visit Australia.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
High jump: 5-6 1/2 / 1.69m (2/20/2015)
Long jump: 15-9 / 4.80m (2x, 2/19/2016)
Triple jump: 33-5 1/4 / 10.19m (2/21/2015)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
High jump: 5-5 / 1.65m (3/21/2015)
Long jump: 15-9 / 4.80m (3/26/2016)
CAREER RESULTS
