2022 Track & Field Roster
Biography
2022 INDOOR (FRESHMAN)
- Captured silver in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 15.00 meters (49-2.5) at the Conference USA Championships.
- Opened collegiate career at the Dr. MLK Jr. Collegiate Invitational in the shot put, placing fifth (14.01m [11-7.5]).
- Competed in the shot put at the New Mexico Team Open and Don Kirby Open & Elite.
PRIOR TO UTEP
- Ranked no. 1 in India as per 2021 in the girls U20 discus throw with a distance of 48.27 meters.
- Claimed bronze in the 2019 Junior Athletic Championships U18 discus with a mark of 43.27 meters.
- The 2019 Junior South Zone Athletic Championship record holder in girls U18 discus throw (40.82m).
- 2018 SBOA School and junior college women’s track and field team captain.
PERSONAL: Full name is Krishna Jayasankar Menon … daughter of C. Jayasankar Menon and Prasanna Jayasankar … has one sister … born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu … first Indian female thrower, first female athlete from Tamil Nadu and the second female track and field athlete from India after triple jumper, Lizabeth Karoline to receive a Division I athletic scholarship ... undeclared major.
