Ava Clark
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- Hometown:
- Greeneville, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- South Greene HS
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- Events:
- Hurdles, Long Jump
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- Major:
- Biology
Bio
2025: Indoor - Placed third in her first collegiate 60-meter hurdles event at the VMI Team Challenge with a time of 10.52. At the JDL College Team Challenge, she set her PR in the 400m with a 1:09.17, and high jump at 1.37m. At the SAC Indoor Championships, she competed in the pentathlon and finished in 13th, after setting PRs in the 60m hurdles, 10.01, and shot put, 8.55m
Outdoor - Competed in her first outdoor event at the Lee University Invitational, setting her long jump PR of 4.78m, and also ran in the 100m hurdles. Finished a season-best eighth-place at the App State Open in the 100m hurdles with a 17.56. At the SAC Outdoor Championships, Clark set her 100m hurdle PR of 17.17 seconds, but was knocked out in the preliminary rounds.
NOTES: Placed many times but is most notable in winning the region pentathlon 2022, pentathlon runner-up 2024, and going to state for hurdles, 4x2, 4x8, and state pentathlon. She was second in the state for hurdles and received MVP for girls' track on her team.
News mentions
Another week of Carson-Newman track and field testing itself against premier athletes from around the country. The Eagles sent their top athletes to the Georgia Tech Invitational, and once again, more school records fell.
Brooke Taylor, Blayne Jackson and Rylan Jordan, twice, also took first place in events as the Eagles showed out