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2016 Women's Track and Field

LaDonna Caston

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Harvey, Ill.
  • High School Thornton Township
  • Events Sprints/Hurdles

Biography

Personal Bests

Outdoor:
100 Meters: 11.87 (5/15/15)
200 Meters: 24.48 (5/15/15)
400 Meters: 57.50 (4/11/15)
100m Hurdles: 13.40 (5/29/15)
400m Hurdles: 1:02.50 (5/3/14) 

Indoor:
55 Meters: 7.08 (3/1/14)
60 Meters: 7.61 (2/28/15)
55m Hurdles: 7.83 (1/29/16)
60m Hurdles: 8.39 (2/15/14)
200 Meters: 25.06 (2/13/15)
300 Meters: 41.59 (1/30/15)
400 Meters: 1:05.80 (1/18/14)

2016 Outdoor: Finished 25th at the NCAA Preliminaries in the 100-meter hurdles in season-best time of 13.56 ... Qualified for NCAA postseason with 13.68 time at the Gateway Classic ... Twice was a winner at 100-meter hurdles at the Gateway Classic and the dial with SIU Carbondale ... Part of the 400-meter and 1600-meter relay teams.

2016 Indoor: Set career best in the 55-meter hurdles at the SIUE-SEMO dual in a winning time of 7.83 ... Part of SIUE's 1600-meter relay team that placed fourth at the indoor OVC Championships in a time of 3:53.56.

2015 Outdoor: Broke her own record in the 100-meter hurdles, running the race twice at 13.40, once at the Tom Botts Invitational 5/2 and at the NCAA West Preliminaries 5/29... Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries for the second year in the 100-meter hurdles, where she placed 19th... Finished second place at the OVC Championship in the 100-meter hurdles... recorded personal bests in the 100 meters (11.87), and 200 meters (24.48), the 400 meters (57.50), and the 100-meter hurdles (13.40)... won the Red Wolves Open and the SIUE Gateway Invite in the 100-meter hurdles... finished second in the OVC Championship in the 100 meters... finished seventh in the OVC in the 200 meters... was a member of the OVC second-place 4x100 meter team and the fourth place 4x400 meter relay team.

2015 Indoor: Crowned the OVC Champion in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.41... recorded a personal best in the 60 meters at the OVC Championship, finishing seventh... posted a personal best in the 200 meters 2/13 at the GVSU Big Meet... Won five total 60-meter hurdles races, including the Prin Relays, Missouri Invite, Gateway Dual, GVSU Big Meet, and OVC Championship... set a personal best in the 300 meters at 41.59 at the Prin Relays.

2014 Outdoor: Finished third in the 100-meter hurdles in preliminary rounds of the NCAA Division I West Preliminaries … Notched a personal-best 13.49 in the 100-meter hurdles at the SIUE Gateway Invite, en route to a first place finish … Won the 100-meter hurdles at the Wisconsin Open … Finished second in the preliminary rounds of the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships in the 100-meter hurdles … Placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the OVC Outdoor Championships with a personal-best 1:02.50 … Recorded a personal-best 100-meter run mark at the Cougar Classic, finishing with a 12.34 … Finished fifth in the 200-meter run at the SIUE Gateway Invite with a personal-best 24.92.

2014 Indoor: Won the 60-meter run at the SEMO vs. SIUE meet, posting a personal-best time of 7.67 … Notched a personal-best 7.08 in the 55-meter run at the Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships in Nashville, Tenn., finishing fourth … Recorded a personal best in the 55-meter hurdles at the OVC Indoor Championships, finishing with a 7.97 in preliminary round action … Finished fifth in the 55-meter hurdles at the OVC Indoor Championships … Registered a personal-best 8.39 in the 60-meter hurdles, claiming the event title at the Hoosier Hills Invite … Posted an 11th place finish in the 200-meter run at the OVC Indoor Championships, notching a personal-best mark of 25.24.

2013 Outdoor: Recorded a season-best 13.86 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships in Charleston, Ill., placing fifth … Won the 100-meter hurdles at the Gateway Classic … Notched a season-best 1:03.34 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Finished 11th in the 400-meter hurdles in the preliminary rounds of the OVC Outdoor Championships.

2013 Indoor: Registered a season-best 7.82 in the 60-meter run at the Saluki Fast Start, claiming a runner-up finish … Finished third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Missouri Invitational, posting a season-best 8.69 … Posted a season-best 1:05.80 in the 400-meter run at the Missouri Invitational. 

Prep: IHSA 3A State Champion in the 100m Hurdles in 2012...Conference and Sectional Champion in the 100m Hurdles in three consecutive seasons...Helped Thornton HS to a 3rd-place finish at the IHSA state meet in 2010...Conference and Sectional Champion in the 300m Hurdles in 2012...IHSA 3A state finalist in 300m Hurdles in 2012...Personal best of 14.17 in 100m Hurdles and 44.2 in 300m Hurdles...USATF Junior Olympic National Qualifier in 2011 for 100m Hurdles (12th place) and 100m Dash (24th place).

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

  • 2014Sophomore

  • 2015Junior

  • 2016Senior