Keturah Smith

Luke Zacharias

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/ Track & Field

Photo by: Robert Sutton

Position:
Sprints
Height:
6-0
Class:
Senior
High School/Previous School:
Colonial HS / Arkansas State
Hometown:
Orlando, Fla.

2016 Indoor Sun Belt Champion (400m)
2016 Outdoor Sun Belt Champion (400m)
2018 Indoor Second-Team All-SEC (Distance Medley Relay)

??2018 Outdoor Season

Advanced to the NCAA Championships (6/7) as part of the 4x400m relay … ran the fourth-fastest 4x400m relay in school history at the NCAA East Prelims (5/26), finishing in 3:35.05 … ran the 400m in 54.39 at the SEC Championships (5/13) … also ran on the 4x400m relay team that placed eighth and scored … ran the 4x400m relay at the Penn Relays (4/26) … was part of the second-fastest 4x400m relay in MSU history at the Tennessee Relays (4/12), winning the event in 3:34.77 … also ran the 400m and the 4x100m relay in Knoxville …placed seventh in the 400m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/7) where her 4x400m relay team was sixth … helped post the then-No. 5 time in the 4x400m relay in school history at the Florida Relays (3/29), winning in 3:35.71 … also ran the 400m … won the 4x400m relay with the then-No. 4 time in school history and took the sprint medley relay crown at the Bulldog Relays (3/23) … also took second in the 4x200m relay and ran the open 200m where she posted an MSU-best 24.66.

2018 Indoor Season

Ran on the third-place distance medley relay team at the SEC Championships (2/24) while also competing in the open 400m and 4x400m relay … placed 10^th in the distance medley relay at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/17) … clocked a 55.09 in the 400m at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/9) while also running on the 4x400m relay … ran on the third-fastest indoor 4x400m relay in school history at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White (2/3), finishing second in 3:39.31 … also set a personal best in the 400m with a 55.00 to place eighth … opened the year on the 4x400m relay that finished sixth at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20).

2017 Outdoor Season

Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims (5/25) in the 400m and advanced as far as the quarterfinals where she ran a personal-best 52.95 which sits fourth in school history … ran the 400m and was part of the 4x100m and 4x400m relays at the SEC Championships (5/11) … took second in the open 400m at the SEC Relays (4/28) and was part of the winning distance medley relay that posted the No. 3 time in school history at 11:20.59 … also ran on the 4x100m relay … finished 11^th in the 400m at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/22) … took fourth in both the 400m and the 4x400m relay at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/7) while also running the 4x100m relay … part of the winning distance medley relay at the Florida Relays (3/30) where she also ran the 200m and the 4x100m and 4x400m relays … won the sprint medley and the 4x400m relays at the Bulldog Relays (3/17) while taking third in the 4x100m and fourth in the 4x200m.

2017 Indoor Season

Ran on the 4x400m relay that placed ninth at the SEC Championships (2/24) where she also ran the 400m … finished sixth at the Alex Wilson Invitational (2/18) where she clocked a 56.24 in the 400m … ran a 55.90 in the 400m at the Music City Challenge (2/10) … placed fourth in the 500m at the Scarlet and White Invitational (2/4) and ran on the 4x400m relay that finished fifth … ran the 400m at the Vanderbilt Invitational … made her MSU debut at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/13) where she took third in the 500m and ran on the 4x400m relay.

2016 Outdoor Season (At Arkansas State)

Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims (5/26) in the 400m … won the Sun Belt Championship (5/13) in the 400m with a then-personal-best run of 53.70 … also set a personal-best in the 200m at 24.38 and ran on the 4x400m relay that placed fourth … placed second in the 4x400m relay at the Tiger Invitational (4/29) … ran a 54.48 in the 400m for second place at the War Eagle Invitational (4/22) while also running the 200m … took eighth in the 400m and fourth in the 4x400m relay at the Baylor Invitational (4/9).

2016 Indoor Season (At Arkansas State)

Won the Sun Belt Championship (2/22) in the 400m with a season-best run of 55.06 and was part of the fifth-place 4x400m relay … finished ninth in the 400m at the Samford Open (2/12) … ran the 400m at the Jaguar Invitational (2/7) … won the 4x400m relay at the ASU Invitational (1/22) where she also made her lone triple jump appearance, finishing sixth with a leap of 11.20m … placed sixth in the 400m at the Kentucky Invitational (1/15) … won the 400m at the ASU Kickoff Classic (12/6) to open the year.

2015 Outdoor Season (At Arkansas State)

Placed third at the Sun Belt Championships (5/8), running a 54.23 in the 400m … also ran on the fourth-place 4x400m relay … won the 400m, took second in the 4x400m relay and was fourth in the 200m at the Red Wolf Open (4/24) … finished sixth in the 400m at the Tennessee Relays (4/9) and was part of the third-place 4x100m relay … placed sixth in the 400m and fourth in the 4x100m relay at the Tiger Track Classic (4/3) … took sixth in the 400m at the UNF Spring Break Invitational (3/27) … ran on the 4x200m and 4x400m relays at the Alabama Relays (3/19) where she took third in the 4x200m to open the season.

2015 Indoor Season

Finished fourth at the Sun Belt Championships (2/23) in the 400m while running on the third-place 4x400m relay and fourth-place distance medley relay … finished sixth at the ASU Invitational (1/30) with a 59.69 in the 400m … made her collegiate debut in the 400m at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (12/6).

Personal

Born Keturah Khandace Eudora Smith on May 23, 1996 to Candace Smith Morrison and Osakwe Ajogbor ... has four brothers, Davonte, Omaya, Osakwe and Oni, and a sister, Rebecca … majoring in psychology.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

400m – 55.00 (Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational – 2/3/2018)
Triple Jump – 11.20m^ (ASU Invitational – 1/22/2016)

Outdoor

200m – 24.38^ (Sun Belt Championships – 5/13/2016)
400m – 52.95 (NCAA East Prelims – 5/26/2017)

^ set at prior school

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Thursday, March 31

Woods adds Aniecia Brewster To Track And Field Staff

Wednesday, September 03

Daniel McArthur Joins Track And Field Staff

Monday, August 11

Men’s And Women’s Track And Field Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Wednesday, July 23

Three Bulldogs Named To The CSC Academic All-District Team

Wednesday, June 25

Mississippi State University Athletics

2018 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Marco Arop

Katherine Badham

Jaylah Bailey

Blake Beavers

Logan Boss

Charles Brockman III

Shayla Broughton

Vince Castillo

Charlotte Cayton-Smith

Terryon Conwell

Benjamin Craw

Lawrence Crawford

Giacomo DeLuca

Dejon Devroe

Caitlin Donovan

McKenzie Ethridge

Brian Evans

Shannon Fair

Alexis Farley

Tiffany Flynn

Caden Foos

Faith Gilbert

Antonia Hehr

Audrey Honiotes

Freddie Jackson III

Stephan James

Tiffaney Johnson

Gralyn Jones

Stephen Jones

Karson Kowalchuk

Madelyn Lee

Alon Lewis

JT Mackay

Mia Meydrich

Lester Miller

Reggie Miller

Derrick Monroe

Monica Mosley

Daniel Nixon

Lisa Oed

Tristan Orman

Anderson Peters

Stephanie Peterson

Aaron Phelps

Rhianwedd Price-Weimer

Nicolas Quijera

Willie-Lionel Reed

Quintin Reiser

John Dalton Rohr

Sylvia Russell

Micah Ryan

Justice Sims

Kenya Small

Brianna Smith

Keturah Smith

Ro'Derick Spears

Lake Spradling

Alyssa Staubach

Ava Strenge

Rasheed Tatham

Malcum Tatum

Carly Terp

Kristy Terp

Curtis Thompson

Zaria Tillman

Chardae Tryon

Emma Tucker

Chandler Underwood

Adrienn Veisz

Alicia Viveros

Alex Wallace

Juston Waters

Zach Weaver

Riley White

Kayla Williams

Joshua Willingham

Herbert Wise III