2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Caira Pettway
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Sunnyvale HS
- Hometown:
- Sunnyvale, Texas
• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (track)
• 2019 All-Big 12 Outdoors (4x100m relay)
Indoor PB: 60m - 7.52 | LJ - 5.92m (19' 5.25")
Outdoor PB: 100m - 11.88 | LJ - 6.01m (19' 8.75") | 200m - 25.46
2020 Indoor: Opened the season with a third-place finish at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa, recording a long jump of 19-3.5 (5.88m)... Had the 13th-best time of the 60 meters prelims at Iowa (7.65)... Won the long jump title at the Texas A&M Invitational with a mark of 19-4.25 (5.90m)... Placed sixth in the 60 meters at Texas A&M with a time of 7.70... Finished 10th in the long jump at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis with a mark of 18-10.5 (5.75m)... Recorded a personal-best time of 7.52 in the prelims of the 60 meters at Texas Tech before eventually placing third in the finals with a time of 7.54... Placed 10th in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of 19-1.25 (5.82m)... Finished 22nd in the prelims (7.75) and 11th in the qualifying round (7.65) of the 60 meters at Tyson... Placed 12th in the long jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, recording an indoor personal-best mark of 19-5.25 (5.92m)... Had the 12th-best time in the 60 meters prelims at Big 12 Indoors (7.59).
2019 Outdoor: All-Big 12 as a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed sixth at the conference championships with a time of 45.50... Finished 12th in the long jump at Big 12s with a mark of 19-4.75 (5.91m)... Placed 20th in the prelims of the 100 meters at conference (12.16)... Took seventh in the long jump at the USC Trojan Invitational with a mark of 18-6.5 (5.65m)... Finished 16th in the 100 meters at USC with a time of 12.26... Third-place finisher in the long jump at the Baylor Invitational, recording a mark of 19-0 (5.79m)... Placed 11th in the 200 meters at the Baylor Invite (25.52)... Finished 12th in the long jump at "The Reveille" meet with a mark of 19-0.5 (5.80m)... Registered a personal-best 200-meter time of 25.46 to take 35th at "The Reveille"... Placed 21st in the 100 meters at "The Reveille" with a time of 12.25... Recorded a personal-best long jump of 19-10.75 (6.06m) to finish as the runner-up at the Michael Johnson Invitational and move into the No. 9 all-time outdoor performer spot at Baylor... Finished 19th in the 100 meters (11.93) and 21st in the 200 meters (24.88) at the MJ... Placed ninth in the long jump at the National Relay Championships with a mark of 18-9.25 (5.72m)... Finished 18th in the 100 meters at the National Relay Championships (12.08).
2019 Indoor: Finished ninth in the long jump at the Ted Nelson Invitational, recording a mark of 17-8.75 (5.40m)... Placed 22nd in the long jump at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a jump of 17-2 (5.23m)... Recorded a career-best 60-meter time of 7.70 in the prelims at the Texas Tech Classic, good for 18th overall... Took 18th in the long jump at Texas Tech with a mark of 18-1.5 (5.52m)... Placed 23rd in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of 17-11.5 (5.47m).
2018 Outdoor: Third-place finisher in the long jump at the TCU Invitational, recording a mark of 18-10.75 (5.76m)... Placed 20th in the 100 meters at TCU (11.92)... Finished fifth in the long jump at the Roadrunner Invitational with a jump of 18-9.25 (5.72m)... Took fifth in the long jump at the Baylor Invitational with a mark of 17-8.25 (5.39m)... Placed 11th in the 200 meters at the Baylor Invitational with a time of 25.97... Finished eighth in the long jump at the Michael Johnson Invitational with a mark of 18-7.25 (5.67m)... Took 13th in the 100 meters at the MJ (12.04)... Recorded a career-best time of 11.88 in the 100 meters prelims at the BIg 12 Championships to finish 16th... Placed 18th in the long jump at Big 12s with a mark of 18-8.5 (5.70m).
2018 Indoor: Placed 10th in both the long jump (17-11.75, 5.48m) and 60 meters (7.72) at the Corky Classic... Recorded eighth-place finishes in both the 60 meters (7.79) and long jump (17-7, 5.36m) at the Texas A&M Quadrangular... Finished 10th in the long jump at the Michigan Power 5 Invitational with a mark of 18-3 (5.56m)... Took 20th in the long jump at the Tyson Invitational (17-4, 5.28m).
High School: Attended Sunnyvale HS…Named a Dallas Morning News first team jumper…Earned the Texas Girls Coaches Association Certification of Honor…Named the 2017 Girls Field Athlete of the Year…Was a 2016 state champion in long jump and 100m dash…Won the 2017 state title in long jump for back-to-back titles…Won the 4x100-meter relay at Junior Olympics.
Personal: Daughter to Marshall and Charmaine Pettway…Mother attended Southern University and father attended Decry University…Has three siblings: Courtney, Marshall and Matthew…Pre-business major.
