Saunders Competes at USATF Indoor Championships

Senior high jumper, Ronea Saunders, of the Central Connecticut women's indoor track and field team competed at the 2015 USA Track & Field (USATF) Indoor Championships on Sunday afternoon. It marks the second consecutive year Saunders has qualified for the national meet. The championships were held at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, MA.

Saunders was one of seven elite athletes from across the country to compete in the high jump on Sunday. Saunders cleared 1.71 meters (5 feet, 7 1/4 inches) to earn a seventh place overall finish in the event.

USATF HIGH JUMP RESULTS

Saunders is the current CCSU record holder in the women's high jump at 1.82 meters, which she set at last year's USATF Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, NM. So far this season, Saunders' season-best clearance is 1.75 meters at the BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational. Her mark earned her a bronze medal at that meet.

Saunders and the Blue Devils will return to action this weekend at the IC4A/ECAC Championships on Mar. 7 and 8 at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center.