D'Airrien Jackson
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- Height:
- 6-0
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- Hometown:
- Santa Clara, Calif.
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- Year:
- Freshman
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- High School:
- Wilcox HS
Bio
An exceptional runner in the sprints all the way up to the 800m, D'Airrien will challenge school records the first time she steps onto a track for the Golden Eagles...was among not only the best in the sate of California, her times put her on the national charts...a threat for top places every time she competes.
Coach Angel on Jackson: D'Airrien is a blue chipper from Santa Clara California. She has untapped potential and the talent to be a dominant force in the 400m as well as the 800. With hard work, maturity and experience. D'Airrien will be a force to be reckoned with in the OVC.
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: The daughter of Darick Jackson and Nicole Bizer...full name is D'Airrien Lashey Jackson...born March 3, 1997 in Bradenton, Fla...majoring in psychology.
News mentions
Tennessee Tech freshman D'Airrien Jackson ran close to her school-record time Friday in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Preliminary Championships, but missed out on qualifying to advance to the NCAA Championships next month. Finishing outside the top 12 put an official end to the athletic year for Tennessee Tech athletics.
One Tennessee Tech runner has advanced to the next round Friday at the NCAA Track & Field Preliminary Championships, and two other Golden Eagles came up just short Thursday in competition in the East Region in Jacksonville. Fla.
Three freshman student-athletes from Tennessee Tech University have qualified for the 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Preliminary Championships, to be held this weekend at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, Fla.
Na'Asha Robinson and D'Airrien Jackson each captured individual championships to pace the Tennessee Tech track & field team on the final day of the 2016 OVC Outdoor Championships.
Three Golden Eagles scored points Friday with Top 8 efforts, and Tennessee Tech qualified runners for the finals on Saturday in three additional events on the first day of the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Tennessee State University.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team is looking for the fun it has enjoyed throughout the season to continue this weekend when it heads to Nashville to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships.
Tennessee Tech earned three first place finishes Saturday at the Kentucky Relays, set three school records and established seven personal-best efforts in the team's final tune up before the OVC Championships.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team heads to Lexington, Ky., this weekend to compete at the Kentucky Relays, the final tune up for coach Wayne Angel’s team before the Ohio Valley Conference Championships the following weekend.
Golden Eagle track & field team wins five events, breaks four school records in a successful outing at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkeley.
A lineup of 14 members of the Tennessee Tech track & field team will be in California this weekend to compete on an extremely high level at the Brutus Hamilton Open, led by three runners who return to their home state to showcase their abilities.
Competing on two fronts yielded some sensational results for the Golden Eagle track & field team, with four first place performances, two school records, nine personal-best efforts and an historical first for the program.
Tennessee Tech's 4x800m relay team not only smashed the school record Saturday at the Florida Relays, they finished sixth among some of the top teams in the nation.
Tennessee Tech runners were not intimidated whatsoever Friday when they ran against some of the fastest in the nation. Golden Eagles set two school records, had one Top 10 finish and two more Top 25 efforts at the Florida Relays.
Seven of the Tennessee Tech track team’s most successful runners are this weekend stepping onto the biggest stage of the year so far when they compete in the 72nd annual Pepsi Florida Relays
Tennessee Tech runners and throwers set four more school records Saturday at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational, including a mark by D'Airrien Jackson in winning the 400-meter dash that is close to the Olympic Trials qualifying standard.
\Na’Asha Robinson and \Sarah Brandt have opened the 2016 outdoor season by establishing school records on the first day of the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
The assault on the school record books proved successful during the indoor season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, and now coach Wayne Angel’s team turns its focus to the outdoor season, which gets underway this weekend at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
Na'Asha Robinson and Sarah Brandt each won individual championships and helped the Tennessee Tech track & field team post its highest point total in history at the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships at Tennessee State.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team earned five points Friday on the first day of the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships. More importantly, coach Wayne Angel's team will send five runners into the finals on Saturday.
Optimistically eyeing the best showing in school history, the Tennessee Tech track & field teams heads to Nashville this weekend to compete in the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships. The meet will be held Friday and Saturday at the Gentry Center on the campus of Tennessee State University.
The school record book, as well as the list of individual personal best efforts, continues to undergo a transformation for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, with one more school mark and seven PR efforts falling Saturday on the final day of the Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt.
Already owning some of the best performances in the Ohio Valley Conference this season and eight school records, the Tennessee Tech track & field team doesn’t plan to back down this weekend at the Music City Challenge.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team added two more school records Saturday on the second day of Notre Dame's Meyo Invitational, after establishing two school records Friday night on the opening day of the meet against some of the best programs in the country.
After setting one school record and two personal best marks Friday night to open action at the Vanderbilt Invitational, the Tennessee Tech women's track & field team added another school record and five more career topping efforts Saturday to wrap up the squad's third weekend of action during the indoor season.
Tennessee Tech’s 4x800m relay shattered the school record Friday night at the Vanderbilt Invitational, slicing more than 30 seconds off a mark that had stood in the books for 16 years. The record performance, along with a couple of personal best times in the 200m dash, were the highlights on an opening night when the Golden Eagles had very few events.
The Tennessee Tech women's track & field team claimed three first place finishes while setting three school records and a handful of personal best marks Sunday at the Ed Temple Invitational at Tennessee State.
What promises to be an exciting, record-breaking season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team gets underway Saturday when coach Wayne Angel takes a squad of 20 athletes to Nashville to compete in the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.