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2025 Track & Field Roster

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Jhana Downie

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Height
  • Hometown Sunrise, Fla.
  • High School Piper HS
  • Position Sprints

Biography

Career Records
Indoor
Accolades
  • Second Team All-CUSA (2025)
  • WAC 200m Champion (2023)
  • WAC 400m Champion (2023)
  • First Team All-WAC (2023)
  • Second Team All-WAC (2022)
  • WAC Champion (2020)
School Records
  • 1st in the 200m dash (23.52; 2024)
  • 2nd in the 400m dash (53.19; 2023)
  • 3rd in the 60m dash (7.48; 2022)
  • 1st, 3rd, 4th and 6th in the 4x400m relay (3:37.48, 3:38.79, 3:38.80, 3:42.17)
Graduate (2025): Competed in four meets for the Crimson & White…posted a second-place finish in the 4x400 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (Feb. 14–15), running a time of 3:37.48 with Sahara Tasker, Jahnya Hill, and Mickaliliah Vassall … closed out her final indoor season at the CUSA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 28-Mar. 1), earning Second Team All-CUSA honors in the 4x400 (3:37.48) and placing seventh in the 400m with a time of 55.51, contributing points in a pair of events. 

Senior (2024): Opened with an event win in the 200m (23.93), adding a 60m dash time of 7.49 in prelims at the Stan Scott Memorial (Jan. 13), improving to take fifth in the finals with a time of 7.48... helped the 4x400 relay team capture first place with a time of 3:38.80 at the MLK Invitational (Jan. 20)... posted a season best 200m (23.52), taking second at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic (Feb 2–3)... closed her indoor season at the CUSA Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23–24), finishing fourth to earn points in the 200m (24.04). 

Junior (2023): Competed in five meets for the Crimson & White… Recorded a time of 7.72 in the 60m dash to set a personal best at the TTU Corky Classic (Jan. 13-14)… Teamed up with Jahnya Hill, Terice Steen and T’Erica Boyd to run a time of 3:38.79 in the 4x400m relay at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic (Feb. 3-4), the second-fastest mark in NM State history… Captured first place in the 200m dash at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championship (Feb. 24-25) en route to a personal best with a time of 23.65 – the fastest time in NM State history… Tallied her second gold-medal finish at the WAC Championship in the 400m, recording a time of 53.19, the second-best time in program history.

Sophomore (2022): Opened the season with a pair of top ten finishes in the 200m (24.94, fourth) and the 4x400 (3:53.12, eighth) at the Corky Classic (Jan. 14)... Won her first collegiate event at the New Mexico Classic (Feb. 4), taking first in the 200m with a time of 24.73... Set a personal best in the 400m with a time of 55.64, finishing fourth at the 2022 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb.19), while also recording a personal best in the 200m, crossing the line ninth with a time of 24.61. 

Freshman (2021): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Outdoor
Accolades
  • WAC T&F Championships – Outstanding Track Performer (2023)
  • WAC Champion (2023)
  • WAC 200m Champion (2023)
  • WAC 400m Champion (2023)
  • First Team All-WAC (2023,2022)
  • Second Team All-WAC (2023, 2022)
  • Third Team All-CUSA (2024)
  • NCAA West Regional (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022)
School Records
  • 1st in the 100m (11.44; 2024)
  • 1st in the 200m (22.93, 2024)
  • 3rd in the 400m (52.72; 2023)
  • 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th in the 4x100m relay (44.64, 44.80, 44.85, 44.89, 45.05, 45.08,)
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th in the 4x400m relay (3:35.78, 3:36.94, 3:38.36, 3:38.92, 3:39.39, 3:39.49, 3:41.42, 3:41.62)
Graduate (2025): Competed in seven meets during her final season with the Crimson & White…  opened with a trio of top-six finishes in the 100m (11.67, sixth), 4x100 (44.89, fifth-fastest in program history) and 4x400 (3:43.61, third) at the Willie Williams Classic (Mar. 21-22)… helped the 4x400 team to a seventh-place finish at the Texas Relays (Mar. 26-29)... recorded a collegiate personal best and second-place finish in the 100m at the Sun City Classic (Apr. 11), posting a time of 11.66... posted a season best and placed sixth in the 200m (23.39) at the LSU Alumni Gold (Apr. 26)… helped the Aggies secure Third Team All-CUSA honors in the 4x100 with a time of 45.08 (seventh fastest in program history) at the 2025 CUSA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 16-18), taking sixth in the 200m (23.84) to capture points… made her last collegiate appearance at the NCAA West First Round (May 28-31), competing in the 200m and posting a time of 23.93.

Senior (2024): Placed third in the 400m with a season-best time of 53.45, and helped both the 4x100m (44.64) and 4x400m (3:35.78) relay teams to first-place finishes and school records at the Willie Williams Classic (Mar. 22-23)... helped the 4x400m team to finish fifth with a time of 3:41.62 at the Texas Relays (Mar. 27-30)... captured an event win in the 400m (53.75) at the Beach Invitational (Apr. 12-13), while posting matching third-place finishes in the 100m (11.50, +3.9 m/s) and 200m (23.63, +2.5 m/s)... posted a pair of top-five finishes at the LSU Alumni Gold (Apr 20) in Baton Rogue, tallying a time of 23.18 in the 200m to take fifth, and helped the 4x400m team to finish third (3:38.36)... captured points in a trio of events at the 2024 CUSA Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 10-12), posting a season-best time of 23.25 in the 200m final to take fourth... ran the fastest 400m in prelims (54.35), improving to 54.13 in the final to take fourth... anchored the 4x400m relay team to Third Team All-CUSA honors and a bronze-medal finish with a time of 3:38.92... concluded her season at the NCAA West First Round (May 22-25), finishing with the 12th fastest time but 14th overall with a time of 22.93 in the 200m and helping the 4x400 team to a time of 3:36.94.

Junior (2023): Competed in ten meets for NM State, including an appearance at the NCAA West Regionals… opened the season with a first place finish in the 200m dash at the West Texas Spring Break Open (Mar. 18), posting a time of 23.77… captured four top-three finishes at the Willie Williams Classic (Mar. 24-25) – in the 200m (second, 23.76), 400m (first, 52.93), 4x100 relay (third, 45.62) and the 4x400m relay (3:44.74)…  teamed up with Terice Steen, T’Erica Boyd and Jahnya Hill to record a time of 3:39.39 in the 4x400m at the Clyde Littlfield Texas Relays (Mar. 29 - Apr.1), setting a program record… took 12th place in the 400m at the Mt. SAC relays (Apr. 12-15), crossing the line with a time of 53.67… captured first place at the Beach Invitational (Apr. 14-15), posting a time of 23.66… recorded a season-best time of 11.34w in the 100m dash at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open (Apr. 20) to take third place; also took first place with a time of 23.46 in the 200m… joined Sierra Brewer, Steen, and Aliyah Logan in the 4x100m relay at the Desert Heat Classic (Apr. 29), posting a time of 44.80 – the second-fastest in NM State history; also teamed up with Boyd, Steen and Breanna Moss to post a time of 3:39.49 in the 4x400m relay, the second best in NM State history… tallied a personal best of 23.27 in the 200m dash prelims at the 2023 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11-13), a program record; captured gold in the finals with a time of 23.37… tallied her second gold-medal finish with a time of 52.72 in the 400m , the third-fastest mark in NM State history… also earned a Second Team All-WAC selection with the 4x100 relay team of Brewer, Steen and Grace Pendarvis 45.88)… ran in the 200m and 400m at the NCAA West Regional (May 24-27) advancing to the quarterfinals for the first time in her career, posting a time of 23.33 in the 200m dash.  

Sophomore (2022): Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season, primarily in sprints and relays… Helped the 4x100 team win first-place at the Willie Williams Classic (March 18th), posting a combined time of 45.31, while assisting the 4x400 team to a second-place finish with a time of 3:44.55… Set a personal best in the 400m run with a time of 54.77 at the Aztec Invitational (Mar 26th), taking third while helping the 4x400 team post a season-best time of 3:42.27 to finish second… Captured first-place in the 200m with a wind-adjusted time of 23.90 (+1.5 m/s), while taking second in the 100m dash (11.80, +2.3 m/s) and helping the 4x100 team take a first-place finish recording a mark of 45.05 at the UNM Spring Invitational (April 7th)… Posted a time of 55.82 in the 400m Run to take fourth-place at the 2022 WAC Outdoor Track & field Championships (May 14th), helped the 4x100 team take second-place with a combined time of 45.83.

Freshman (2021): Redshirted during the 2021 season.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

    Hurdles/Sprints
  • 2022Sophomore

    Hurdles/Sprints
  • 2023Junior

    Sprints
  • 2024Senior

    Sprints
  • 2025Graduate Student

    Sprints