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UTEP Miners

2017 Track and Field Roster

Israel Ramsay

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Annotto Bay, Jamaica

Biography

2016 INDOOR: Helped the Miners secure the Conference USA title scoring points in the long jump with a mark of 5.83m (19’ 1.53) … also competed in the high jump posting a season best of 1.65m (5’ 4.96) … ran a personal-best 7.70 at the Lumberjack Team Challenge in the 60m.

2015 INDOOR: Member of the women’s team that captured the first conference title in program history … finished sixth in the high jump at the Conference USA Championships by clearing 1.69m (personal best) … recorded a personal best long jump of 5.80m at the C-USA Championships to finish ninth … placed seventh in the long jump at the Texas A&M Invitational with a mark of 5.45m.

2015 OUTDOOR: Notched a season-best high jump of 1.76m (5-9.25) at the Conference USA Championships to take silver … tallied a wind-aided jump of 6.09m (19-11.75) in the long jump at the Conference USA Championships to place fourth … took gold with a bound of 5.81m (19-0.75) in the long jump at the UTEP Springtime … took silver in the high jump at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge by clearing 1.70m (5-7.00) … competed at the NCAA West Preliminaries in both the high jump and long jump … clocked in at 11.77 in the 100m dash at the UTEP Invitational to finish second … member of the women’s team that finished second at the Conference USA Championships.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Carmen Russell and Richard Ramsay … multimedia journalism major … has one brother … born in Jamaica.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Junior

    Multievents/Jumps
  • 2016Senior

    Multievents/Jumps
  • 2017Fifth Year

    Multievents/Jumps