2021-22 Women's Track and Field Roster
Jaidi, Mona
Mona Jaidi
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Bergen, Norway
Bio
TFRRS Profile Page
Career
Thrower that has excelled in all events … Has 43 top-three performances (25 outdoor/18 indoor) … Has 10 titles … In events in which she has competed, has won crowns in both indoor throws (shot put/weight throw) and three of the four outdoor throws (discus/hammer/shot put) … In indoor (four seasons), has improved distances by more than 15 feet in the weight throw and 10 feet in the shot put over three seasons … In outdoor (two seasons), has increased distances by nearly 30 feet in the discus, 15 feet in the hammer and 11 feet in the javelin.
Honors
2019 All-America second team (javelin) … Six-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (2019: discus/hammer/javelin; 2018: discus/hammer/javelin) … Four-time All-American Athletic Conference performer (outdoor) … 2019 AAC Outdoor discus champion … Two-time silver medalist in the javelin (2018, 2019) … 2018 AAC Outdoor bronze medalist in the hammer … Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2017-18, 2018-19).
On The Charts
School record holder in the discus (outdoor).
Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Competed in eight meets, including the postseason … Posted eight top-three performances … Had at least one top-three finish in her first six meet appearances … Set personal-bests in the javelin (AAC Championships), hammer (Memphis Tigers Invitational) and shot put (AAC Championships) during the campaign … Recorded a season-best in the discus at American Athletic Conference Championships … In addition to her discus title at AAC Championships, won hammer crown at Memphis Tigers Invitational … Posted runner-up finishes in the javelin at Alabama’s Crimson Tide Invitational and Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … Opened her season with three straight second-place performances at Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (discus) and Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational (discus/hammer) … 2018: Had appearances in nine meets, including the postseason … Posted 17 top-three performances … Had six meets with at least two top-three finishes … Made her collegiate outdoor debut at the Rhodes College Invitational … Opened her college career with nine top-three performances in the first three meets … At the Rhodes College Invitational, won the shot put title and was second in the hammer and third in the shot put … The following week, finished runner-up in the discus, hammer and javelin … In the season’ third meet, won the hammer crown and placed third in the discus and shot put … Had another meet with three top-three finishes at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open … Won the discus title and was second in the hammer and third in the shot put at the meet … Set a personal-best in winning the discus at the Red Wolves Open … Won the hammer crown and was third in the shot put at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Recorded season-bests in the hammer (tied) and javelin at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Also threw a season-best in the hammer at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Tossed a season-best in the shot put at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Invitational … 2017: Redshirted.
Indoor
2019-20: Competed in all six meets, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Appeared in both the shot put and weight throw in all six meets … Had six top-three finishes … Two of the six top-three performances came at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker … Won the shot put title and placed third in the weight throw at the meet … Finished third in the weight throw at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham and second in the shot put at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Had second meet with top-three finishes in both events at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Placed second in the weight throw and third in the shot put … Threw a personal-best in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018-19: Threw in the shot put and weight throw in all seven meets … Had seven top-three performances … Posted a personal-best in the weight throw at the Arkansas State Invitational … Threw a season-best in the weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Had three meets where she placed in the top-three in both events … Swept second-place honors in both events at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … Placed second in the weight throw and third in the shot put at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Third in the weight throw and second in the shot put at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Other top-three finish was in the weight throw at the Arkansas State Invitational … 2017-18: Appeared in all seven meets … Had three top-three performances … Threw season-best marks in shot put and weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships … First top-three performance of the season came in the weight throw at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … Double top-three finisher at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Won the shot put title and placed third in the weight throw at the meet … 2016-17: Competed in six meets … Made her collegiate indoor debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Swept shot put and weight throw crowns at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Threw a season-best in winning the shot put title at the meet … Had a season-best effort in the weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
Career
Thrower that has excelled in all events … Has 43 top-three performances (25 outdoor/18 indoor) … Has 10 titles … In events in which she has competed, has won crowns in both indoor throws (shot put/weight throw) and three of the four outdoor throws (discus/hammer/shot put) … In indoor (four seasons), has improved distances by more than 15 feet in the weight throw and 10 feet in the shot put over three seasons … In outdoor (two seasons), has increased distances by nearly 30 feet in the discus, 15 feet in the hammer and 11 feet in the javelin.
Honors
2019 All-America second team (javelin) … Six-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (2019: discus/hammer/javelin; 2018: discus/hammer/javelin) … Four-time All-American Athletic Conference performer (outdoor) … 2019 AAC Outdoor discus champion … Two-time silver medalist in the javelin (2018, 2019) … 2018 AAC Outdoor bronze medalist in the hammer … Two-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2017-18, 2018-19).
On The Charts
School record holder in the discus (outdoor).
Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic … 2019: Competed in eight meets, including the postseason … Posted eight top-three performances … Had at least one top-three finish in her first six meet appearances … Set personal-bests in the javelin (AAC Championships), hammer (Memphis Tigers Invitational) and shot put (AAC Championships) during the campaign … Recorded a season-best in the discus at American Athletic Conference Championships … In addition to her discus title at AAC Championships, won hammer crown at Memphis Tigers Invitational … Posted runner-up finishes in the javelin at Alabama’s Crimson Tide Invitational and Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … Opened her season with three straight second-place performances at Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (discus) and Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational (discus/hammer) … 2018: Had appearances in nine meets, including the postseason … Posted 17 top-three performances … Had six meets with at least two top-three finishes … Made her collegiate outdoor debut at the Rhodes College Invitational … Opened her college career with nine top-three performances in the first three meets … At the Rhodes College Invitational, won the shot put title and was second in the hammer and third in the shot put … The following week, finished runner-up in the discus, hammer and javelin … In the season’ third meet, won the hammer crown and placed third in the discus and shot put … Had another meet with three top-three finishes at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Open … Won the discus title and was second in the hammer and third in the shot put at the meet … Set a personal-best in winning the discus at the Red Wolves Open … Won the hammer crown and was third in the shot put at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Recorded season-bests in the hammer (tied) and javelin at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Also threw a season-best in the hammer at the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Tossed a season-best in the shot put at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Invitational … 2017: Redshirted.
Indoor
2019-20: Competed in all six meets, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Appeared in both the shot put and weight throw in all six meets … Had six top-three finishes … Two of the six top-three performances came at Birmingham-Southern’s Panther Indoor Icebreaker … Won the shot put title and placed third in the weight throw at the meet … Finished third in the weight throw at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham and second in the shot put at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Had second meet with top-three finishes in both events at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Placed second in the weight throw and third in the shot put … Threw a personal-best in the shot put at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018-19: Threw in the shot put and weight throw in all seven meets … Had seven top-three performances … Posted a personal-best in the weight throw at the Arkansas State Invitational … Threw a season-best in the weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Had three meets where she placed in the top-three in both events … Swept second-place honors in both events at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener … Placed second in the weight throw and third in the shot put at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Third in the weight throw and second in the shot put at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Other top-three finish was in the weight throw at the Arkansas State Invitational … 2017-18: Appeared in all seven meets … Had three top-three performances … Threw season-best marks in shot put and weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships … First top-three performance of the season came in the weight throw at the KMS Invitational in Birmingham … Double top-three finisher at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Won the shot put title and placed third in the weight throw at the meet … 2016-17: Competed in six meets … Made her collegiate indoor debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Swept shot put and weight throw crowns at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Threw a season-best in winning the shot put title at the meet … Had a season-best effort in the weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships.
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