D'Airrien Jackson
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Santa Clara, Calif.
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- High School:
- Wilcox HS
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- Previous School:
- Wilcox HS
Bio
2018: Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary Round, where she finished 20th in the 400 meters … won an individual OVC championship in the outdoor 400-meter hurdles with a career-best time of 59.37 seconds … ran a leg of the outdoor conference championship 4x100m relay team, and ran a leg of the 4x400m relay team that swept the indoor/outdoor OVC Championships and set a new TTU record with a time of 3:37.74 … was also runner-up in the 400m dash at both the indoor and outdoor OVC meets … named OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week three times, (Jan. 18, Feb. 14, May 2) for performances at the Vanderbilt Commodore Invitational, the Arkansas Tyson Invitational and the Louisville Lenny Lyles / Clark Wood Invitational … recorded three regular season victories in the 400 meters and one in the 400m hurdles … took nine top-six results between those two events … took an indoor season best of 52.84 seconds and outdoor season best of 52.78 in the 400 meters.
2017: Jackson had a phenomenal sophomore season...adavanced to the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries, for the 400-meter where she placed 34th overall with a time of 54.64 in the first round...was part of the quad of Na'Asha Robinson, Sharnique Leonce, and Crystal Liebenberg to establish an outdoor Tech school record in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 45.78 set at the OVC Championships...Jackson also helped establish Golden Eagle indoor school records for the 4x400-meter (along with Na'Asha Robinson, Sharniqe Leonce, and Jaydean Joseph) with a time of 3:46.60 at the OVC Championships and the distance medley (along with Sarah Brandt, Na'Asha Robinson, and Micayla Rennick) with a time of 11:35.22 at the Meyo Invitational...Jackson recorded personal-best marks in the indoor season for the 200-meter dash (24.63, IU Relays), 400-meter dash (54.38, OVC Championships), and the 600-meter (1:34.09, Illini Classic).
2016: Jackson had a stellar freshman career, slashing school records both indoor and outdoors...was a part of the 4x400m indoor team (along with Na'Asha Robinson, Crystal Liebenburg, and Tiara Hymon) that broke the Tech school record with a time of 3:46.76 at the OVC Indoor Championships...slashed the school record in the distance medley (along with Madison Stremler, Crystal Liebenburg, and Sarah Brandt) at the OVC Indoor Championships with a time of 12:01.09...claimed outdoor school records in the 400m (52.64) and 800m (2:08.81)...set school records in three outdoor relays; including the 4x100m (with Sharnique Leonce, Crystal Liebenburg, and Na'Asha Robinson) with a time of 46.38, the 4x400m (with Na'Asha Robinson, Crystal Liebenburg, and Sharnique Leonce) with a 3:41.15 mark, and in the 4x800m (with Sarah Brandt, Crystal Liebenburg, and Madison Stremler) with a time of 9:14.24...was the No. 2 ranked freshman in the country in the 400m (outdoors)...semifinalist in the 400m in the first-round of the NCAA Championships in Jacksonville, Fla....named the OVC Outdoor Freshman of the Year...honored as the OVC athlete of the week on multiple occasions...finalist for the Tech Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year award...received the Tech Unsung Hero Award...set personal-records in the 200m (24.55), 400m (52.64), and 800m (2:08.81)...ranked 30th in the USA in the 400m (outdoors).
High School: Tremendous three-sport student-athlete during her prep career...competed at Wilcox High School in Santa Clara...ran a PR of 12.42 in the 100m and has a 25.18 in the 200m during her high school career...in the 400m, her personal best of 54.90 was the 11th best in California in 2014-15...it was also ranked No. 65 in the USA...also lettered as a middle blocker on the volleyball team and two years as a forwrd on the basketball team...won a variety of MVP and Best awards in all three sports, and captured the school's Most Outstanding Student-Athlete Award as a senior...
Personal: Majoring in psychology...the daughter of Darick Jackson and Nicole Bizer...full name is D'Airrien Lashey Jackson...born March 3, 1997 in Bradenton, Fla.
News mentions
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Coach Wayne Angel and the Golden Eagle track and field team will likely face their stiffest challenge to date as they try to repeat as outdoor champions of the Ohio Valley Conference. Rising programs around the league, along with an adjusted Tech lineup will make for an especially tall task when the OVC Outdoor Championships are contested at Southeast Missouri Thursday-Saturday, May 9-11. Action from Abe Stuber Track Complex, SEMO’s on-campus venue, will get underway at 9 a.m. on Thursday morning, continue Friday morning at 9:30, and conclude Saturday with events beginning at 8:30 a.m.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – After dividing its forces for a pair of Power 5 conference meets last weekend, and seeing another program record fall courtesy of Purity Sanga, the Tennessee Tech track and field team will reunite for a single-day competition at Western Kentucky on Saturday, as they take part in the Hilltopper Relays from WKU’s Charles M. Reuter Track and Field Complex. Tech’s day will begin at 9 a.m. CT on Saturday morning when Abby Mink looks to record her first collegiate mark in the discus throw.
RALEIGH, N.C. and GAINESVILLE, Fla. – For the first time this season, Tennessee Tech track and field will separate its personnel to tackle two meets in the same weekend, each hosted by a Power 5-conference institution. One Golden Eagle delegation will compete Friday at the N.C. State Raleigh Relays, while the other will be bound for action on Friday and Saturday at the Pepsi Florida Relays.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Khemani Roberts was the top performer on Saturday for Tennessee Tech track and field, notching a third-place high jump finish, as the Golden Eagles wrapped up their first meet of the 2019 outdoor season at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational. Roberts elevated over the bar at 1.71 meters (5 feet, 7 1/4 inches) to place third out of 19 athletes, finishing behind only Carly Hinkle and Ellen Ekholm of Kentucky, the No. 7-ranked team in the country according to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association. Hinkle won the event, passing over 1.81 meters on her second attempt. The effort was Roberts’ fourth best in her outdoor career at Tech, and was just two and a half inches shy of her personal record. It also marked her fourth career top-five finish in the event while out in the elements.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For the Tennessee Tech track and field team, it's on to the next one. Just over a month removed from their second straight Ohio Valley Conference indoor championship, the Golden Eagles will try to accomplish the same feat with back-to-back outdoor titles, as they begin their six-meet regular season schedule with the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational on Friday and Saturday, March 22-23. The events will get started at 4 p.m. CT on Day 1, and 10 a.m. on Saturday morning from the Vanderbilt Track in Nashville.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Trailing upset-minded Murray State with three events remaining, the Tennessee Tech track and field team needed a crucial lift in crunch time to keep its hopes of a second straight Ohio Valley Conference indoor championship alive.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – After the first day of action at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships, it would appear that the defending champion Tennessee Tech track and field team arrived at the Birmingham CrossPlex on a mission: to add another piece of hardware to the trophy case. Through just five scored events on Wednesday, the Golden Eagles have totaled 41 points, and hold a 10-point lead on Southeast Missouri, who currently occupies the No. 2 spot. Again, with just five events completed, Tech has already racked up three gold medals and one silver medal.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The time has finally come for the Tennessee Tech track and field team. The most important two days of the season are here. After winning its first ever Ohio Valley Conference indoor championship last season, which included seven individual event winners, Tech has worn the bull’s-eye on its back through the six regular-season meets of the 2018-19 campaign. Now, the time to once again prove league supremacy has arrived. On Wednesday and Thursday, inside the state-of-the-art Birmingham CrossPlex, head coach Wayne Angel’s Golden Eagles have the opportunity to become the OVC’s first repeat indoor champions since 2012.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – For the second time this season, Lisa Wickham has been recognized as the Ohio Valley Conference Co-Female Track Athlete of the Week, as she continued her outstanding indoor season at last week’s Samford Bulldog Open. Wickham’s honor marks the fifth week in a row – Tech’s entire indoor campaign – that a Golden Eagle has won or shared an Athlete of the Week honor from the conference.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Just 11 days away from attempting to repeat as Ohio Valley Conference indoor champions, the Tennesssee Tech track and field team made the most of its final opportunity to get ready, posting high marks across the board at the Samford Bulldog Open. “We performed well this weekend,” said head coach Wayne Angel. “Overall, I thought we competed at a high level.”
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – One meet stands between the Tennessee Tech track and field team and its defense as Ohio Valley Conference indoor champions. That meet, which will feature four league opponents and be held in the same venue as the OVC showdown, is the Samford Bulldog Open. The state-of-the-art Birmingham Metro CrossPlex will be the site, offering a sneak peek of the setting for the league’s biggest battle on Feb. 20-21.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A day after Khemani Roberts shined in the pentathlon, the Tennessee Tech track and field team recorded a quartet of top-five finishes on Saturday at the Purdue Fred Wilt Open, including a 4x400-meter relay victory, and another from Na’Scottisha Drummond in the high jump. “I was very pleased from top to bottom with our performances today,” said head coach Wayne Angel. “We came here to compete and that’s exactly what we did.” “For the most part, we had a strong presence in all the events that we competed in,” Angel said. “That, coupled with some strong individual performances, made for a great day.”
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – With just three weeks remaining before the Ohio Valley Conference Championships, the Tennessee Tech track and field team will spend its second straight weekend in the state of Indiana, this time for Purdue’s Fred Wilt Open. The meet will be held Friday and Saturday inside Purdue’s Lambert Fieldhouse, with Friday’s multi-events starting at 2:30 p.m. CT, and the majority of the action getting underway on Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. CT.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Lisa Wickham reigned supreme in the 60 meters, Raven Smith broke the Tennessee Tech indoor triple jump record, and other Golden Eagles recorded new personal bests, as the TTU track and field team took another step forward on Saturday at the Indiana Relays. “The ladies were exceptional today,” said coach Wayne Angel. “They represented Tennessee Tech in grand style, and I am so proud of everyone. They all competed with a high level of intensity.” Wickham matched her performance from Friday, running the 60 in 7.50 seconds to claim the title. In a finals section that featured four Power 5 athletes, Wickham was head-and-shoulders above the rest, crossing the line nearly one tenth of a second before anyone else (runner-up was 7.59).
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – While it wasn’t the first time for either athlete, Khemani Roberts and Purity Sanga added their names to the Tennessee Tech record book on Friday at the Indiana Relays, establishing new program standards in the long jump and the 5,000 meters, respectively. The two performances happened in consecutive events, with Roberts’ 5.69-meter (18 feet, 8 inches) long jump coming first. Roberts’ mark eclipses Sharnique Leonce’s leap of 5.64 meters from last year’s Arkansas Tyson Invitational, which was the previous TTU best. Roberts now owns the top Tech marks for both the indoor and outdoor long jump, in addition to six other events.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A trip across the Ohio River is next up for the Tennessee Tech track and field team, as their indoor season rolls on with another prestigious meet, the Indiana Relays, on Friday and Saturday. Indiana’s Gladstein Fieldhouse will be the site for the two-day competition, with the events starting at 4 p.m. CT on Friday, and 8 a.m. on Saturday morning.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lisa Wickham’s name is already in the Tennessee Tech track and field record book for the 60-meter dash, but on Saturday afternoon at the Vanderbilt Invitational she broke her own mark, running the 60 in 7.40 seconds. “Lisa did an incredible job today,” said head coach Wayne Angel. “She was obviously very well prepared, and she brought her best while running alongside some of the best in the country in the 60 meters. Extremely proud of what she was able to do.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Na’Scottisha Drummond excelled against premiere competition on Friday at the Vanderbilt Invitational, as she recorded Tech’s highest finish of the day, second place in the high jump. Drummond was clearly determined to begin her performance, as she passed over the bar at 1.60 and 1.65 meters on her first attempt at each. Then, the bar moved to 1.70 meters, a height the Duncan, S.C. native had never cleared before in an indoor setting.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech track and field team has already been to Vanderbilt once this season, but their second trip will likely have a different, more intense feel. Tech will have to bring its best this time around, as it will line up against several of the nation’s top programs during the Commodore Invitational this Friday and Saturday.
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – The Tennessee Tech track and field team has generated some early momentum in its quest to defend as indoor champions of the Ohio Valley Conference, as two athletes were recognized by the league office on Wednesday morning for their performances at the Kentucky Jim Green Invitational last weekend. Purity Sanga and Raven Smith were named Female Track Athlete of the Week and Co-Female Field Athlete of the Week, respectively.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Tennessee Tech track and field team has been away from competition for six weeks after kicking off its season at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener, but will return to action this weekend at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House for the Jim Green Invitational on Friday and Saturday.
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – The full 2019 schedule for the defending indoor and outdoor Ohio Valley Conference champion Tennessee Tech track and field team is now set. The slate features six daunting regular-season indoor meets, five outdoor dates that should prove to be equally as challenging, as well as the information for both the indoor and outdoor OVC Championship and NCAA Championship meets.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After earning the first two Ohio Valley Conference titles in school history a season ago, fifth-year head coach Wayne Angel leads his Tennessee Tech women’s track and field team into the first stop on their journey to repeat as champions, when they take part in the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener on Saturday morning beginning at 10 a.m. Angel, a three-time OVC Coach of the Year who claimed the honor for both indoor and outdoor in 2018, saw individual conference champions crowned in eight different events last indoor season, and another seven during the outdoor campaign.