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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Deja Young

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Mesquite, Texas
  • Highschool Horn HS

Biography

Season and Career Stats | Pre-World Video | Gold Medal Race


USA Track and Field
2017 World Para Athletics Championships 100m - Gold
2017 World Para Athletics Championships 200m - Gold
2016 Paralympic Games 100m - Gold
2016 Paralympic Games 200m- Gold
2015 World Para Athletics Championships 100m - Gold
2015 World Para Athletics Championships 200m - Silver
2015 U.S. Paralympics National Championships 100m - First
2015 U.S. Paralympics National Championshps 200m - Second
WSU All-Time Top-10 Lists
#1 Outdoor 4x100m - 44.30 (Andrews, N.Larch-Miller, T.Larch-Miller)(2015)
#6 Outdoor 4x100m - 45.67 (Pinkston, N.Larch-Miller, T.Larch-Miller)(2015)
#7 Indoor 60m - 7.63 (2016)
#9 Outdoor 4x100m - 45.87 (Maples, Vailas, T.Larch-Miller)(2016)

NCAA Outdoor Championships
4x100m 44.89 - 16th (2015)


NCAA Outdoor West Preliminaries Qualifier
4x100m 44.30 - Fifth (2015)


All-Conference
2015 Outdoor 4x100m (Second)(MVC)


Academic Honors
2018 Academic All-Conference
2018 Spring AD Honor Roll
2017 Fall AD Honor Roll
2014 Fall AD Honor Roll


2018: Indoor - Ran a total of 19 races, including eight top-5 finishes...Finished third in the 60m (7.65) at the Air Force Indoor Team Challenge...Recorded two second place finishes at the Herm Wilson Invitational in the 200m (25.46) and 4x400m (4:01.95)...Ran a 25.57 200m to finish 21st and a 7.96 60m to finish 26th at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships. Outdoor - Competed in five meets...Was part of the 4x100m team that recorded four top-5 finishes, including a second place finish at the Central Missouri Mule Relays with a time of 47.01...Ran a 12.27 100m to finish third at the Mule Relays...Placed fifth in the 100m with a time of 12.00 at the Texas Tech Corky/Crofoot Shootout.

2017: Redshirted.

2016: Indoor - Ran a personal best in the 60m (7.63) to place fourth and a season best in the 200m (25.02) to finish fifth at the KU/KSU/WSU Triangular...Ran 7.65 to finish sixth in the 60m at the MVC Indoor Championships. Outdoor - Was part of the 4x100m relay team that finished second with a time of 46.05 at the UTSA Invitational...Ran a personal best 59.47 in the 400m to place ninth at the UTSA Invitational...Finished second as part of the 4x100m team ran 45.87 to place second at the K.T. Woodman Classic...Helped the 4x100m team finish fourth with a time of 46.35 at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Ran 11.93 in the 100m to place sixth at the MVC Outdoor Championships.

2015 Fall/Summer:  Competed at the 2015 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, winning a Gold Medal in the 100m in a time of 12.69 for the United States… Also won the Silver Medal in the 200 meters in a time of 25.08... Was selected for the 2015 United State World Championship Team after winning the 100 and 200 meters at the 2015 United States Paralympics in Minnesota with times of 12.26 and 25.08, respectively, in June.

2015: Outdoor-  Young earned second-team All-American honors as a member of Wichita State's 4x100 meter relay team that finished 16th place at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship June 11... They ran 44.89 to earn the second-team honors as the only women's relay at WSU with that honor... She holds the school record in the 4x100 meter relay (44.30) with teammates Nikki Larch-Miller, Taylor Larch-Miller and Shanice Andrews.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Horn High School in Mesquite, Texas. Young where she competed in sprints...Her personal bests include 12.08 in the 100-meter dash and 24.50 in the 200-meter dash...Was ranked No. 12 in the state of Texas in the 200-meter dash in 2014.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2016-17Junior

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Redshirt Junior

    Sprints