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2024 Track & Field Roster

Emerald McIntyre/Louisiana Tech

Neomy Cockett

  • Position Throws
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown North Providence, R.I.
  • Highschool Kingston College

Biography

2024: Participated in 10 meets in the weight throw ... Opened the season with a throw of 17.70m to win the KMS Invitational ... Had a season best mark of 18.56m at the Tyson Invitational ... Finished seventh at the CUSA Indoor Championship with a throw of 18.53m ... Won the hammer throw at 55.14m and finished sixth in the shot put at 12.56m at the Jim Mize Invitational ... Set a personal best 56.86m in the hammer throw at the Keyth Talley Invitational to finish seventh ... Set a personal best 57.33m in the hammer throw at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... Recorded a third place finish with a personal best 58.35m in the hammer throw at the Warhawk Classic ... Finished ninth at the CUSA Outdoor Championship with a throw of 54.04m

2023: Saw action in five indoor meets in the weight throw and shot put ... Had a distance of 18.02m in the weight throw to finish seventh at the Arkansas Invitational ... Won the KMS Invitational in the weight throw with a distance of 17.76m ... Set a personal best of 19.38m at the USA Jaguar Invitational to win the weight throw ... Placed fifth at the CUSA Indoor Championship in the weight throw with a distance of 18.78m ... Won the Jim Mize Invitational in the hammer throw with a distance of 53.02m ... Finished second at the Pelican Relays with a distance of 52.69m in the hammer throw ... Threw 53.48m in the hammer throw at the Maroon and White Invite for a sixth place finish ... Finished sixth at the CUSA Championship with a throw of 56.29m in the hammer throw

Iowa Western CC (2021-22): Opened his freshman season with a throw of 14.69m in the shot put and 14.90m in the weight throw to finish second and fourth at the Mel Tjeerdsma Classic ... Finished third at the Herschel Neil Invite in the shot put with a distance of 14.01m ... Had a distance of 14.04m in the shot put to finish fifth at the Washburn JUCO Challenge ... Finished second in the weight throw at 15.90m and sixth in the shot put at 14.24m at the Region XI Championships ... Finished fifth at the NJCAA Indoor Championship in the weight throw at 16.67m his freshman year ... Set a personal best of 15.59m in the shot put at the USD Early Bird to finish ninth ... Finished fifth in the hammer throw at 46.39m and fourth in the shot put at 15.47m at the Emporia State Midwest Classic ... Set a personal best of 44.70m in the discus to finish third at the NJCAA Region XI Championship ... Finish third in the hammer throw at 43.98m, fourth in the javelin at 41.26m, and fourth in the shot put at 13.54m at the NJCAA Region XI Championship during his freshman year ... Won the weight throw at 17.89m and finished fourth in the shot put at the 2022 NJCAA Region XI Indoor Championship ... Finished second at the NJCAA Indoor Championship in the weight throw at 18.43m ... Set a personal best of 44.69m to finish third in the javelin and finished first in the hammer throw with a distance of 54.32m at the 2022 Region XI NJCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished second in the hammer throw at 56.08m at the 2022 NJCAA Outdoor Championships

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Kingston College in Kingston, Jamaica ... Posted prep bests in the following events ... Shot Put – 16.12m ... Discuss – 50.69m ... Lettered in soccer.

PERSONAL: Son of Stacy Ann and Lewis Cockett ... Born on July 20, 2001 in Kingston, Jamaica ... Has three siblings, Stacy, Sydney, and Dwayne.