Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

Marian University Ind.

Official Athletics Site of Marian University Knights

2022-23 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jai-Lyn Norwood

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Prev School Lawrence Central HS

Biography

Career Achievements: NAIA National Champion (2022 Triple Jump Outdoor) ... NAIA All-American (2021 Triple Jump Outdoor; 2022 Long Jump Outdoor; 2023 Triple Jump Indoor; 2023 Triple Jump Outdoor) ... NAIA National Qualifier (2019 Outdoor; 2020 Indoor; 2021 Outdoor; 2022 Indoor; 2022 Outdoor; 2023 Indoor; 2023 Outdoor) ... All Crossroads League (2019 Indoor High Jump; 2019 Outdoor High Jump; 2020 Indoor High Jump, Triple Jump; 2021 Outdoor Triple Jump, Long Jump, High Jump; 2022 Indoor High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump; 2022 Outdoor High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, 400m, 4x400m relay; 2023 Indoor Long Jump, Triple Jump, 400m; 2023 Outdoor Triple Jump, Long Jump). 

2022-23: Put together another a great year, adding to her decorative Marian career with two NAIA All-American honors and five All-CL honors... Competed in seven indoor meets and five outdoor meets ... Won first event of the year at the John Gartland Invitational in the triple jump with a 11.68m distance, while also placing third in the long jump after jumping 5.65m ... Finished second in both the 400m (1:00.27) and high jump (1.59m) at the ONU Invite ... Had two first place finishes at the IWU Midwest Classic, jumping 11.85m in the triple jump and clocking a time of 4:00.31 in the 4x400m relay ... Had a solid showing at the Crossroads League Indoor Championships, garnering three All-CL honors ... Finished first in the long jump with a PR of 5.90m, second in triple jump (11.78m), and second in the 400m (59.23) ... Earned All-American honors in the triple jump with a 12.10m jump at the NAIA Indoor National Championships, while finishing 12th in long jump ... Started the outdoor season with a PR in the 200m, clocking a time of 26.11 to finish fourth, and won the triple jump in a jump of 11.51m at the Yellow Jacket Collegiate ... Notched a first place finish at the Knight Open in the triple jump with a 12.53m jump, while clocking a PR time of 58.37 in the 400m to place second ... Jumped 11.79m in the triple jump to finish second and 5.46m in long jump, finishing third at the Crossroads League Outdoor Championships, earning All-CL honors ... Earned NAIA National Runner-Up in the triple jump at the Outdoor Championships after jumping 12.51m. 

2021-22: Had another incredible performance as a senior, becoming a NAIA National Champion in the outdoor triple jump, an All-American in the outdoor long jump, and qualifying for both indoor and outdoor NAIA National Championships ... Competed in seven indoor meets and seven outdoor meets ... Played a vital role running a leg on the 4x400m relay team ... Kicked off the indoor season with a third place finish in the triple jump (11.07m) and a sixth place finish in the high jump (1.55m) at the Sean Brady Alumni Invitational ... Saw two second place finishes at the John Gartland and Tom Hathaway Classic in both the high jump and triple jump ... Notched her first, first place finish of the season at the IWU Midwest Classic in the long jump after making a jump of 5.30m, while also taking second in the high jump after clearing 1.55m ... Earned All-CL indoor honors after claiming the title in the triple jump with a jump of 11.41m, while also earning the honors in the high jump (1.60m) and long jump (5.57m) ... Qualified for the NAIA Indoor Championships in the triple jump and long jump, and finished 15th and 19th ... Started the outdoor season with a jump of 11.99m to finish first in the triple jump at the Margaret Simmons Invite ... Had a solid showing at the Knight Open, takking first in the triple jump with a jump of 12.07m, second place in the long jump after a jump of 5.80m, and clearing 1.60m in the high jump for second place ... Hit a PR time of 58.60 in the 400m to finish second at the Indiana Little State Championships, while also placing first in the triple jump (11.97m), second in the long jump (5.52m), and third in the high jump (1.59m) ... Claimed All-CL honors at the outdoor championships by winning the long jump with a jump of 5.77m, before placing second in the high jump after clearing 1.54m, finishing second in the triple jump with a jump of 11.24m, and first with the 4x400m relay ... Became a NAIA National Champion in the triple jump after jumping a PR of 12.88m ... Notched All-American honors in the long jump with a PR jump of 5.84m and placed 10th in the 4x400m relay. 

2020-21: Had a breakout season as a junior in the outdoor season, qualifying for two events at the NAIA National Championships and earning All-American honors while splitting time with volleyball ... Competed in eight meets throughout the indoor and outdoor track seasons ... Started season with a 1.55m attempt in the high jump and a 5.09m effort in the long jump at the John Gartland Invite ... Leaped to a 5.38m PR in the long jump at the Montreat College Inviational ... Won the triple jump a the Strive for Greatness College Invite with a 12.03m leap ... Won the Crossroads League Outdoor Championship in the triple jump with a 11.65m attempt ... Clinched two more All-Crossroads League honors with third-places finishes in the long jump (5.19m) and high jump (1.54m) ... Qualified for both the high jump and triple jump for the NAIA National Outdoor Championships ... Clinched first career All-American honor for a 12.49m third-place effort in the triple jump. 

2019-20: Competed in seven meets as a sophomore, earning two All-Crossroads League Honors and was a top-10 finisher at the NAIA National Championships coming off of volleyball season ... Opened the year with a PR in the 60m with a time of 8.57 seconds, while finishing third in the high jump and fifth in the long jump at the IWU Invite ... Improved both marks and finished second with a jump of 1.60m in high jump and fourth with a distance of 5.11m in long jump at the Tom Hathaway Distance Classic ... Finished top 10 in high jump, long jump, and triple jump at the Cedarville Invite ... Earned two All-Crossroads League honors at the conference meet ... Finished third with a mark of 1.65m in high jump and qualified for the NAIA National Championships ... Finished fourth in the long jump with a PR of 5.37m ... Won the triple jump and set a PR of 11.07m at the CL Meet ... Finished ninth with a new PR of 1.68m in the high jump at the NAIA National Championships. 

2018-19: Competed in seven indoor meets and six outdoor meets as a freshman ... Began collegiate career with sixth place finish in high jump and ninth place ending in the long jump at Indiana State Early Bird meet ... Won the long jump at Little Giant Open with a distance of 5.18m ... Ran the 200m twice indoors and competed on one relay ... Finished third at the Crossroads League Championships clearing the 1.57m mark in the high jump ... Set a collegiate PR in the long jump at CL Meet with a 5.19m jump finishing fifth ... Set indoor top mark in high jump at Ball State Tune Up with 1.60m ... Ran two relays in the spring opener ... Set PR at Blizzard Buster meet and qualified for the NAIA National Championships in the high jump hitting the A standard clearing 1.68m ... Finished second in the high jump at the Crossroads League Championships with a 1.64m mark ... Finished third in the triple jump with a collegiate best mark of 10.59m ... Finished fifth at CL meet in the long jump with outdoor best 5.09m ... Finished 20th at the NAIA Championships in high jump clearing 1.64m ... Earned All-Crossroads League Honors in the high jump both indoors and outdoors and the triple jump at outdoors.