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2023 Women's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Jason Plante
Jason Plante
Steve Sheridan
Kris Darlington
Kris Darlington
Stephen Czerpak

Denesha Lafontant

  • Class Senior
  • Event Sprints/Jumps
  • Height 5-8
  • Hometown Brockton, Mass.
  • High School Brockton
  • Major Sociology and Biology ID

Biography

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I chose Union for its excellent academics and competitive athletic programs. When I visited Union, I immediately knew it was a place I could thrive. From small class sizes to a competitive athletics, Union has everything I want in a college.
Honors and Awards:
- All-Liberty League Honorable Mention - Triple Jump (2023)
- All-Liberty League Honorable Mention - Triple Jump (2021-22)
- All-Liberty League East Champion – Triple Jump (2021)
- All-Liberty League East Second Team – 4x100 Meter Relay (2021)
- All-Liberty League East Honorable Mention – Long Jump (2021)
- CSC Academic All-District First Team (2023)
- Liberty League All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2021-22)
- Leadership Award (2022-23)

At Union: Also a member of the Union women's volleyball team during the fall ... former Student Forum Vice President of Intercultural Affairs ... Student Co-convener on the Unitas Executive Committee ... Intercultural Advocate within the Office of Intercultural Affairs ... Committee on Athletics Diversity, Equity and Inclusion member ... Black Student Union ... member of Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Society ... a Dean's List student.

2023 Outdoor: Appeared in all six meets this season…Competed in Long Jump, Triple Jump, and the 100m dash…Set the school record in the long jump with a 5.11m jump at the Liberty League Championship (5/5-6)…Set the school record in triple jump with an 11.36m jump that also landed her in first place at the 2023 RPI Capital District Classic (4/28)…Qualified for the All-Atlantic Regional Track and Field Championships (AARTFC) in triple jump…Jumped 11.13m in the triple jump at the AARTFC…Posted three first place finishes this year all in triple jump…Clocked a 14.33 in the 100m dash at the Middlebury Outdoor Meet (4/22).

2022-23 Indoor: Appeared in seven meets this season…Competed in the 200m, long jump, and triple jump…Broke the school record in triple jump with a 10.79m jump ay the Liberty League Championship…Jumped a personal best in long jump with a 4.94m at the Utica Blue and Orange Invite and Multi (1/27-28)…Ran a 29.92 in the 200 at the Utica Pioneer Fast Trax Invite (2/4)…Qualified fir the AARTFC in triple jump.

2021-22 Outdoor: Appeared in five meets for Union…Jumped a season best 10.48m in the triple jump at the Hamilton College Invitational (4/2)…Highest finish was in third place twice in triple jump at the Coast Guard Invite (4/9) and Middlebury College Invite (4/23)…Jumped a season best 4.79m in the long jump at the Middlebury College Invite (4/23).

2021-22 Indoor: Appeared in four meets in the indoor season…Season high 10.56m in triple jump at the Liberty League Championships (2/26) and finished in third…jumped a season best 4.67m at the Utica Pioneer Invite (2/6)

2020-21 Outdoor: Appeared in six meets during the pandemic-shortened outdoor season … boasted the team’s top 100 dash time as well as long jump and triple jump on the season …  broke the school record in the triple jump with a mark of 10.73 meters at the Redhawk Capstone Meet (5/14), besting a mark from 1999 … won the triple jump at the Liberty League East Championships (5/8) with a leap of 10.57 meters … her best long jump (4.89 meters) and 100 dash (13.89 seconds) came at Middlebury (5/1).

2019-20 Indoor: Appeared in nine meets as a first-year during the indoor season … registered the team’s best long jump and triple jump distances of the year … cleared 1.35 meters (4’5) in the high jump at the Middlebury Winter Classic (1/11) … set three season highs at the Liberty League Indoor Championships (2/28-29), running the 60 meters in 8.66 seconds, posting a top distance of 4.87 meters (15’11.75) in the long jump, and clearing 10.41 meters (34’2) in the triple jump.

High School: A 2019 graduate of Brockton High School … played four years of volleyball and track for the Boxers … captained the volleyball team to the D-I South Sectional quarterfinals as a senior … named to the Brockton Enterprise All-Scholastic Team … a National Honor Society student.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2021Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2022Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2023Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"