2020 Women's Track and Field Roster

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De'Kari Courtney

De'Kari Courtney

  • Position:
  • Hometown:
    Pearl, Miss.
  • Height:
    5-4
  • High School:
    Pearl HS
  • Prev School:
  • Major:
    Elementary Education
  • Class:
    Junior

Summary

Biography

Program Record Holder For Fastest Outdoor 4x400 Relay (3:40.35)
2018 - SWAC Track Athlete of the Week (3/13)

2020 (Junior - Indoor Track & Field):

Recorded 1.55m in the high jump, 9.27 in the 60m hurdles and ran a leg on the 4x400m Relay which ran 4:10.31 at the UAB Vulcan Invitational (1/11)...Posted 9.51 in the 60m hurdles and 4.05m in the long jump at the Samford Indoor Clash (1/18)...Ran a leg on the distance medley relay which finished 5th at the UAB Green & Gold Invitational (1/25)...Posted 9.20 in the 60m hurdles finishing 7th at the KMS Invitational (1/26)...Recorded a score of 3063 in the pentathlon finishing 5th and ran 8.97 in the 60m hurdles and ran a leg on the 4x400m relay finishing 7th in both at the SWAC Indoor Championships (2/21).

2019 (Sophomore – Outdoor Track & Field):
Recorded a personal-best of 1:07.97 in the 400m hurdles and had a time of 15.52 in the 100m hurdles during the Bulldog Relays (3/23)…Placed 5th with a time of 15.12 in the 100m hurdles and logged a personal record at 4:18.59 in the 4x400 relays at the Jim Mize Invite (4/6)…Won her flight while finishing 8th with a long jump of 5.06m during the UCA Open (4/13)…Ran a 15.02 in the 100m hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold Meet (4/20)…Participated in the 100m hurdles at 14.61, the 400m hurdles at 1:09.05 and came in 2nd with the 4x400 relay team at 3:50.14 during the Southern Miss Open (4/27)…Posted personal-bests with 3,338 points in the heptathlon, in the 100m hurdles at 14.50 and the 200m at 25.91 while also competing with results during the high jump with 1.55m, 2:45.45 in the 800m and 8.88m in the shot put at the SWAC Championships (5/5).
 
2019 (Sophomore – Indoor Track & Field):
Ran a 9.18 in the 60m hurdles during the Samford Open (1/19)…Placed 7th with a 9.09 in the 60m hurdles while leaping 1.50m in the high jump during the Emory Invite (1/20)…Had a time of 9.15 in the 60m hurdles at the Jaguar Invite (2/3)…Posted a 9.09 in the 60m hurdles during the Bulldog Open (2/9)…Logged a personal-best of 9.16m in the shot put while participating with marks of 9.34 in the 60m hurdles, 3:52.07 in the 4x400 relays, 2:41.43 in the 800m, 1.58m in the high jump, 4.18m in the long jump and scoring a 7th place finish in the pentathlon with 2,926 points at the SWAC Championships (2/15).
 
2018 (Freshman – Outdoor Track & Field):
Won the 4x400 relays with a time of 3:48.52, placed 4th in the 400m hurdles at 1:05.78 and came in 5th with a time of 14.49 in the 100m hurdles during the McNeese State Cowboy Relays (3/10)…Was on the 2nd place 4x400 relay team who ran a 3:46.77, placed 6th at 14.49 in the 100m hurdles and logged an 8th place finish with a 1:06.05 time in the 400m hurdles at the Louisiana Classic (3/17)…Won her heat with a 1:05.19 in the 400m hurdles and came in 5th at 14.60 in the 100m hurdles during the Bulldog Relays (3/24)…Won the 100m hurdles in 14.60 to go along with 3rd in the 400m hurdles at 1:09.47 at the McNeese Spring Time Classic (4/7)…Earned 3rd place with a 1:04.57 showing in the 400m hurdles and ran the 100m hurdles in 15.10 at the Warhawk Invite (4/14)…Finished 6th at 14.44 in the 100m hurdles, had a time of 1:05.49 in the 400m hurdles and logged a 3:46.17 with the 4x400 relays during the LSU Alumni Gold Meet (4/21)…Placed 8th at 14.36 in the 100m hurdles, got 7th with a 1.59m jump in the high jump and ran a 1:06.01 during the 400m hurdles at the SWAC Championships (5/6).
 
2018 (Freshman – Indoor Track & Field):
Competed with a time of 9.23 in the 60m hurdles, 1:02.40 in the 400m and 4:12.97 in the 4x400 relays during the LSU Purple Tiger Invite (1/5)…Came in 4th at 9.16 in the 60m hurdles,  ran a 4:16.42 with the 4x400 relay team, had a 1.53m result in the high jump and threw the shot put 8.15m during the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invite (1/12)…Finished 4th in the 60m hurdles at 9.17 at the Emory Invite (1/22)…Placed 5th with a personal-best of 8.93 in the 55m hurdles, had a personal record of 4.74m in the long jump and threw the shot put 8.27m at the McNeese Indoor Invite (1/26)…Ran the 60m hurdles in 9.31 while helping the 4x400 relay team come in 4th with a 4:07.25 during the LSU Bayou Bengal Invite (2/2)…Placed 2nd with a personal-best of 2:34.32 in the 800m, came in 6th with a personal-high 1.59m high jump and finished 8th with a personal record of 8.96 in the 60m hurdles. She also competed with marks of 4.69m in the long jump and 8.83m in the shot put during the SWAC Championships (2/16).

Personal: 
Full name is De'Kari Markhayla F. Courtney...Born January 3, 1999 in Pearl, Mississippi…Daughter of Marcus Porter and Deidere L. Hollins...Has three sisters, De'Naoya Harvey (19), Rokia Petty (19) and Delaney Jackson (9)…Majoring in elementary education.

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  • 2018Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'4"
  • 2019Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'4"
  • 2020Junior

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    5'4"