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2012-2013 Women's Track Roster

Navia Howell

  • Height 5-7
  • Position Throws
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • Last School Grassfield HS

Biography

Personal Records (College)
Indoor

Weight Throw: 43-1.75 (2013 MEAC Indoor)
Shot Put: 38-2.25 (2013 CNU Captains Invite)
Outdoor
Shot Put: 38-11.5 (2013 NSU Relays)
Discus: 130-9 (2013 Morgan State Legacy Meet)

2012-13: Indoor: Competed primarily in the weight throw during indoor season … took 11th place in that event at the MEAC Championship with a season-best throw of 43-1.75 … placed eighth in the shot put at the CNU Captains Invitational (38-2.25). Outdoor: Earned top-10 finishes in both the discus (eighth, 124-11) and javelin throws (98-4) at the MEAC Outdoor Championship … had a season-best discus mark of 130-9 at the Morgan State Legacy Meet, good for seventh place.

High School: Four-year letterwinner at Grassfield … state Group AAA outdoor championship qualifier in the shot put and discus … set a new PR in the discus (130-3) in finishing as state runner-up her senior year … finished second behind her twin sister, Kiara … also placed eighth in the shot put … was also Southeastern District runner-up behind only her sister in the shot put with a PR of 39-4.25 … was Eastern Region champion in the discus as a sophomore.

Personal: Navia Aaron Howell was born on Jan. 30, 1994 … daughter of Melvin Howell … father is an NSU alumnus … twin sister, Kiara, is also a member of the women's track team ... majoring in kinesiotherapy.