Leah Dawkins

  • Award
    Performer of the Week
  • Week Of
    1/17/2013
  • Sport
    Women's Track and Field
  • School
    City College of New York
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    New York, N.Y.
  • High School
    Brooklyn Technical High School
Leah Dawkins has been named the CUNYAC/ US Army Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Week for the week of 1/7-1/13. In last week’s Kutztown Collegiate Invitational, the junior placed second overall in the triple jump at 10.29 meters behind a Division II athlete, Katie Catania. Dawkins also competed in the long jump where she finished sixth at 4.92 meters. Both of the City native’s finishes in the triple jump and shot put qualified her for CTC’s. To top off the invitational Dawkins finished third in her heat for the 55 meter dash with a time of 7.94. In the end, the junior finished 18th overall for the invitational.