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Tarleton State University Athletics

2023 Track & Field Roster

Cody Vannoy
Cody Vannoy
Cody Vannoy
Cody Vannoy

Nakia Dunn

  • Class Senior
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Hometown Kerens, TX
  • High School Kerens, HS

Biography

Career Accolades 
Three-time recipient of All-WAC second team honors in the triple jump … Ranks second in school history in the indoor triple jump (39’ 2.25”) and fifth in the outdoor triple jump (39’ 0.25”) ... Received Academic All-WAC recognition in 2021 and 2022.

Junior (2022) 
Outdoor: Competed in the triple jump, long jump and 100m across six meets … Tallied eight combined top-10 finishes in the triple jump and long jump … Finished seventh in the triple jump at the WAC Outdoor Championships to earn her third career set of All-Conference second team credentials … Also placed 14th in the long jump at the meet … Obtained a season personal record of 39’ 0.25” and eighth-place finish in the triple jump at the Baylor Invitational … Earned a lifetime personal record in the long jump (18’ 3”) and finished fifth at the SFA Invite … Began her season by placing third and seventh, respectively, in the triple jump and long jump at the ACU Wes Kittley Invitational. 
Indoor: Competed in three meets … Earned her second career set of All-WAC second team accolades after she leapt 39’ 2.25” to place fifth at the WAC Indoor Championships … Took 13th place at the meet in the long jump with a season-best leap of 17’ 6.75” … Notched a lifetime personal record in the 60m (8.00) at the Texas Tech Open and Multis. 

Sophomore (2021) 
Saw action in six meets for Tarleton … Received All-WAC second team honors after finishing fifth in the triple jump with a mark of 38’ 4.75” at the WAC Championships … Moved to fifth on Tarleton’s outdoor record book in the triple jump after leaping 38’ 6.25” at the North Texas Classic … Posted eight combined top-10 finishes in the long jump and triple jump … Also took 10th in the long jump at the WAC Championships with a mark of 17’ 4.75” … Won the triple jump and finished second in the long jump at the Joe Gillespie Invitational with respective marks of 37’ 9.25” and 17’ 8.75”. 

Freshman (2020) 
Competed in three meets … Set a personal record in the long jump (17’ 11.5”) and a season record in the triple jump (36’ 10.25”) at the Lone Star Conference Indoor Championships, finishing ninth in both events … Took sixth place in the long jump at the Corky Classic. 

Kerens High School 
Lettered four years in track and field and was a two-time team captain … Took second place in the long jump and triple jump at the 2017 UIL State Track and Field Championships … Also played basketball for four years … Earned recognition as a Class of 2019 Honor Graduate. 
  
Personal 
2019 graduate of Kerens HS … Daughter of Ira Dunn Jr. and Nakisha Leach … Has three sisters, Rakecia Leach, Sakiyra Dunn, and Kacynthia Dunn, and one brother, Branlon Leach … Was a member of Team Supreme Youth Track Club for two years … Majoring in kinesiology … Born September 15. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Sophomore

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  • 2022Junior

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  • 2023Senior

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