2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Krishna Jayasankar

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Prev School UTEP

Biography

Awards
- USTFCCCA Outdoor Track & Field Honorable Mention (2025)
- Indoor Track & Field All-Mountain West (2025)
- 3x UNLV Dean's List honoree (Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2025)
- Academic All-MW (Spring 2025)

UNLV (2024-25): Became the first Indian thrower to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as she did so in the discus throw with a program-record toss of 55.61m (182' 5") at the NCAA West Regionals, finishing first in her heat and seventh overall ... Captured USTFCCCA Honorable Mention accolades in the discus throw at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a 18th-place mark of 52.99m (173' 10") ... Earned the fourth-best shot put mark in indoor program history with a mark of 16.03m (52' 7.25") at the MW Indoor Championships, placing third overall, and became the first Indian woman to surpass 16 meters in indoor shot put ... Also recorded the fifth-best outdoor shot put throw in program history with a distance of 15.87m (52' 1") at the Texas Relays, finishing sixth overall ... Earned seven top-five performances this season ... Opened the indoor season with a runner-up showing in the shot put (14.86m/48' 9") at the Lumberjack Team Challenge ... Began the outdoor campaign with a second-place finish in the discus throw (51.65m/169' 5") at the Jim Bush Legends Meet ... Earned a runner-up performance at the Bryan Clay Invitational (15.35m/50' 4.5') in the shot put ... One of two Rebels to be named a nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year.

UNLV (2023-24): Entered the Rebels' top-five all-time finishers in the women's discus at the Desert Heat Classic, reaching a distance of 49.68m (163' 0") mark for the third-best distance in program history ... Picked up a personal-best mark in the women's shot put at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, finishing seventh overall on an attempt of 14.40m (47' 3").

UTEP (2022-23): The first female thrower from India to receive an NCAA division one scholarship … Won the discus throw with a mark of (50.02) meters at the 2022 Conference USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Took second in shot put with a mark of (15.00) meters at the 2022 Conference USA Indoor Track & Field Championships … C-USA 2022 Commissioner’s Academic Medal Recipient.

High School: Attended SBOA School and Junior College from (2006-2019) … Won Gold and bronze in shot put (12.73mts) and discus (33.86mts) at the CBSE Athletics Nationals in 2017.

Personal: Krishna Jayasankar Menon was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu … Daughter of C.Jayasankar Menon and Prasanna Jayasankar … Father played basketball for Indian Men's National Basketball Team from (1987-1997) … Mother played basketball for Indian Women's National Basketball Team from 1984-1994) … Has one sibling, Archana … Speaks seven languages … Majoring in management with a 3.47 GPA.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Shot Put/Discus
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Shot Put/Discus
  • 2024-25Junior

    Throws
  • 2025-26Senior

    Throws