2019-20 Track and Field Roster

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DENTON, TX - SEPTEMBER 25: North Texas Mean Green Track & Field at Apogee Stadium in Denton on September 25, 2018 in Denton, Texas Photo Credit - Rick Yeatts

Breanna Eckels

  • Height
    5-6
  • Class
    Senior
  • Highschool
    Wichita Southeast
  • Hometown
    Wichita, Kansas

Biography

Indoor Track & Field
- Placed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.90 meters at the C-USA Championships (2/16/18)
- Ran a career-best 7.64 seconds in the 60-meter dash for runner-up honors at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational (1/18/19)
- Recorded a personal best 5.97 meters in long jump for first place at the Kansas State Wildcat Invitational (1/12/2019)
 
Outdoor Track & Field
- Competed in the NCAA West Preliminaries in long jump and finished 38that 5.71 meters (5/24/19)
- Placed fourth in long jump at 6.03 meters at the C-USA Championships (5/10/19)
- Set the stadium record and took the title in long jump at 6.06 meters at the North Texas Classic (4/6/19)
- Registered a pair of runner-up finishes with a season-best mark of 6.13 meters in long jump and a time of 46.10 second in the 4x100 at the Baylor Invitational (3/23/19)
 
2018
Outdoor Track & Field
- Competed in the NCAA West Preliminaries in long jump and finished 32ndat 5.77 meters (5/24/18)
- Placed second in long jump at 6.19 meters and eighth in the 4x100 in 46.85 seconds at the C-USA Championships
- Posted a personal record of 6.28 in long jump for the third best jump in UNT history for a third-place finish at the Long Beach Invitational (4/20/18)
- Ran a career-best 12.01 in the 100 for seventh place at the Texas State Bobcat Classic (4/27/18)
- 4x100 team earned second place with a time of 45.29 at the Long Beach Invitational (4/20/18)
 
2017
- Named C-USA Freshman of the Meet at the C-USA Indoor Championships after placing first in long jump
- Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary round in long jump (16th place)
- Earned three first-place finishes in long jump during the indoor season (C-USA Championships, Herm Wilson Invitational, Aggie Team Invitational)
- Jumped a career-best 5.95 meters in long jump at the C-USA Indoor Championships
- Placed 11th with a career-best jump of 11.79 meters in triple jump at the C-USA Indoor Championships
- Finished 24th in the prelims of the 60-meter dash with a career-best time of 7.75 at the C-USA Indoor Championships
- Also ran the 200-meter dash at the JD Martin Invitational, placing 12that 26.17
- During the outdoor season, jumped a career-best 6.22 meters at the NCAA West Prelims in long jump
- Finished second in long jump at the C-USA Outdoor Championships at 6.15 meters, earning All-Conference honors
- Came in 13th in triple jump at the C-USA Outdoor Championships at 11.94 meters
- Also competed in the 100-meter dash at the Texas Relays (65th place) and was part of the 4x100-meter relay team (finished sixth at the C-USA Outdoor Championships). 

High School
- Three-time 6A long jump state champion and 6A triple jump state champion at Wichita Southeast High School
- During the 2016 outdoor season, her best long jump was 19-10.00 feet at the Salina-Central Invitational
- Her best triple jump was 39-6.50 feet was at the GWAL championships

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'6"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Jumps
    5'6"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Jumps
    5'6"