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2013-14 Women's Track and Field Roster

Leah Hixon

  • Position Combined Events
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Etowah HS
  • Hometown Woodstock, Ga.

Biography

2013: (Outdoor) Finished runner-up in the javelin throw (42.41m), long jump (5.57m) and high jump (1.59m) at the Jaguar Opener...Won top honors in the heptathlon (5,061 pts.) at the Samford Invitational...Recorded a school-record javelin throw (46.90m) to take first place in the event while also placing fifth in the high jump (1.59m) at the Jaguar Invitational...Won top honors in the javelin throw (46.18m), tied for third in the high jump (1.54m) and took fourth in the shot put (10.96m) at the USA Invitational...Claimed second place in the javelin throw (44.33m), third in the long jump (5.53m) and fifth in the high jump (1.56m) at the Coach "O" Invitational...At the SBC championships, earned a victory in the heptathlon (5,244 pts.) with the third-highest point total in Jaguar history and placed second in the javelin throw (43.06m) to garner all-conference honors in both events...Advanced to the East Region preliminary round of the NCAA Championships as the 24th seed in the javelin throw, finishing 16th overall with a 45.92m heave.

2013: (Indoor) Tied for fifth in the high jump (1.60m) at the Blazer Invitational...Placed fourth in the pentathlon with 3,466 pts. at the Air Force Invitational...At the SBC Championships, captured fourth place in the pentathlon with 3,470 pts.

2012 (XC): Finished 17th at the Troy Invitational (5k).

2012: (Outdoor) Finished third in the long jump and seventh in the women's 100-meter hurdles at the Southern Miss Invitational...Won the Louisiana Classics heptathlon...Finished eighth in the long jump at the FSU Relays...Took fourth in the high jump and fifth int he javelin at the Jaguar Invite...Placed fifth in the long jump and javelin, and seventh in the 100-meter hurdles at the USA Invitational...Finished third in the women's heptathlon and fifth in the women's javelin at the Sun Belt Conference Championships...Recorded a finishing place of 38th in the javelin at the NCAA East Regional preliminary rounds.

2012: (Indoor) Bested previous fifth-place all-time indoor pentathlon mark by three points at the Birmingham Ice Breaker, totaling 3,236 points...Finished third in the women's long jump (5.50m/18-00.50) and ninth in the high jump (1.50m/4-11) at the MTSU Invitational...Part of the school-record breaking Vulcan Invitational women's distance medley team that posted a 12:05.36 time...Placed third in the women's pentathlon (3,535 points), ran as part of the seventh-place 4x400-meter relay team (3:56.95) and ran as part of the fourth-place distance medley team (12:21.55) at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships...

2011: (Outdoor) Took third in the Battle of I-10 long jump on a leap of 5.30m (17-04.75)...Placed sixth in the heptathlon with a point total of 4,108 points at the FSU Relays...Finished fifth in the women's long jump (5.28m/17-04) and sixth in the javelin throw (34.85m/114-04) at the USA Invitational...Took third in the women's javelin throw on a mark of 36.04m (118-03), fourth in the long jump (5.30m/17-04.75), fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.16s) and fifth in the high jump (1.47m/4-09.75) at the USA Quad Meet...Took fifth overall in the women's heptathlon (4,491pts) and eighth in the women's javelin on a mark of 36.25m (118-11) at the SBC Outdoor Championships...

2011: (Indoor) Took eighth place in the Jimmy Carnes Invitational pentathlon with a total score of 2,709, highlighted by a fourth place finish in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:34.75 and a seventh place finish in the high jump (1.49m).

High School: Georgia High School Athletic Association 2010 Region 5 long jump champion… she collected three county championships in the long jump, triple jump, and the 400 meters in her senior year… named Cherokee Tribune Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year… placed sixth in the triple jump and eighth in the long jump at the Georgia state championship meet.

Personal: Born in Royal Oak, Mich...Daughter of Stuart and Vickie Hixon...Has one older sister, Shelby, 20...Favorite movie is The Hangover...Favorite musical artist is Brad Paisley...Favorite athlete is Michael Phelps.

Major: Biology

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    Combined Events
    5'7"
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    Combined Events
    5'7"
  • 2012-13Junior

    Combined Events
    5'7"
  • 2013-14Senior

    Combined Events
    5'6"