University of Tennessee Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Clunis, Nayoka
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Nayoka Clunis
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Kingston, Jamaica
- High School:
- Excelsior
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- Shot Put: 17.05m (2019)
- Weight Throw: 22.13m (2020)
Outdoor Track
- Shot Put: 17.18m (2019)
- Discus: 52.67m (2018)
- Hammer: 67.40m (2021)
- Javelin: 39.71m (2016)
SEC Scoring
Outdoor Track
- 2021 - Discus - 2nd - 52.42m
- 2021 - Hammer - 5th - 64.56m
NCAA Scoring
Outdoor Track
- 2021 - Hammer - 8th - 67.40m
HONORS
- 2021 Jamaica National Championships Silver Medalist - Hammer Throw
- 2021 Outdoor USTFCCCA First Team All-America - Hammer Throw
- 2021 Outdoor All-SEC Second Team
- 2021 Outdoor SEC Silver Medalist - Discus
- 2020 Indoor USTFCCCA All-America - Shot Put
- 2020 Indoor USTFCCCA All-America - Weight Throw
- 2020 Indoor Big Ten Silver Medalist - Weight Throw
- 2019 Jamaican National Championships Silver Medalist - Hammer Throw
- 2019 Jamaican National Championships Bronze Medalist - Shot Put
- 2018 Outdoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Hammer Throw
- 2018 Outdoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Weight Throw
- 2017 Outdoor NJCAA National Champion - Discus
- 11-time NJCAA All-American
2021 TRACK AND FIELD
Outdoor- Took second in the hammer throw at the Jamaican National Senior Championships with a toss of 63.08 meters (206-11)
- Wrapped up her collegiate career as a First Team All-American, taking eighth at the NCAA Championships (6/11) in the hammer throw at 67.40 meters (211-1) to improve her standing as the No. 2 performer in UT history
- Punched her ticket to the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw, placing seventh at the NCAA East Prelims (5/27)
- Scored a team-high 12 points for the Lady Vol at her first SEC Outdoor Championships
- Earned silver in her SEC Championship (5/15) discus debut with a heave of 52.42 meters (172-0) to place herself 10th on UT's top-10 list
- Added four points for the Lady Vols in the SEC hammer throw (5/13), posting a mark of 64.56 meters (211-10)
- Won the Tennessee Challenge (5/1) hammer throw with a lifetime-best launch of 65.03 meters (213-4)
- Tossed a season-best shot put of 16.37 meters (53-8.5) for fourth place at the Tennessee Relays (4/9), ranking as the No. 7 performer in school history
- Took first place at the FSU Relays (3/26) in the hammer throw with a toss of 59.99 meters (196-10)
- Made her Lady Vol debut at the Tiger Track Classic (3/19-20), heaving throws of 15.78m (51-9.25) and 41.40m (135-10) in the shot put and discus throw
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Graduate transfer who spent two seasons each competing at the University of Minnesota and Cloud County Community College
- Earned a pair of All-America honors as a double qualifier for the 2020 NCAA Indoor National Championships in shot put and weight throw
- 2020 Big Ten indoor silver medalist (weight throw - 22.13m)
- Won silver at the 2019 Jamaican Championships in the women's hammer throw (58.87m), bronze in the shot put (16.34m)
- Earned two USTFCCCA Second Team All-America honors during the 2018 season in the weight throw and hammer throw
- Began her collegiate career at Cloud County Community College (Kan.), earning 11 USTFCCCA junior college All-America honors and winning the discus national title in 2017
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
- Attended Excelsior High School in Kingston, Jamaica, where competed in netball, volleyball and track & field
- Received her bachelor's degree in human resource development from Minnesota and is currently pursuing her master's degree in sport management at Tennessee
- Lists Polish hammer thrower and two-time Olympic champion Anita Wlodarczyk as her biggest sports influence
- Recipient of the R.C. & Maud Fox Scholarship
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