Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor:
Pole Vault: 10-2 (2x) Last: (2025 MEAC Indoor Championships)

Outdoor:
Pole Vault: 11-5.75 (2025 MEAC Outdoor Championships)

2024-25: Named to the NSU AD Honor Roll for the fall semester. Indoor: Competed at six meets, all in the pole vault … Won the MEAC Championship (10-2) … Placed second at the HBCU Showcase with a jump of 10 feet, four inches … Took ninth place at the East Coast Invitational (10-2.75). Outdoor: Competed at five outdoor meets, all in the pole vault … Broke the school record and took first at the MEAC Championships, clearing a height of 11 feet, 5.75 inches … Won the pole vault at the NSU Invitational (11-1.75) … Earned fifth place at the Bill Carson Invitational (9-7.25).
 
2023-24: Indoor: Competed in a pair of events, both in the pole vault … Took third place at the DIII Pre-Nationals Invitational (9-6.25) and at the MEAC Indoor Championships (10-2). Outdoor: Competed in two outdoor meets … Recorded a personal record at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (10-5.5).
 
2022-23: Indoor: Competed in six indoor meets, all at the pole vault … Medaled in half of the meets … Took second place at the VCU Rams Indoor Invitational (9-5.25) and the East Coast Invitational (9-6.25) … Came in third at the KPMG HBCU Showcase by a clearing a season-best height of 9-10.5 … Placed fourth at the MEAC Indoor Championships (9-2.25). Outdoor: Competed in five outdoor meets … Ran opening leg of 4x100 relay at the Raleigh Relays … Earned third in the pole vault at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (9-7.75) and NSU Track & Field Invitational (9-6.25).
 
2021-22: Indoor: Competed in five indoor meets, all at the pole vault … Opened collegiate career with a 9-2.25 height at the Gamecock opener, taking eighth place … Earned first top-five finish at the Kenneth Giles Invitational with a height of 10-0 … Finished fourth at the MEAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, setting a new personal record of 10-2. Outdoor: Competed in four outdoor meets, all at the pole vault … Tied personal best of 10-2 at the Colonial Relays … Earned best finish of college career at the time at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, clearing a heigh of 9-11.75 to take second place.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at King … Was district champion in the pole vault as a senior … Qualified for both the region and state meet as a sophomore and senior … Cleared a PR of 10 feet in her high school career … School record holder … Also qualified for the junior Olympics.

Personal: D’Nysha Anyae Brightful was born on Jan. 11, 2003 … Daughter of Tiffany Brightful … Majoring in sociology.