2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster
Biography
CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS
Has won three straight BIG EAST gold medals in the high jump, starting at the 2025 outdoor conference championships and going on to include a sweep of the 2026 indoor and outdoor titles ... Five-time All-BIG EAST performer overall who was previously a two-time runner-up to her own teammate and fellow Jamaican native Roschell Clayton ... Cunningham is the latest in a growing pipeline of Villanova high jump stars who have developed into BIG EAST champions and made an impact nationally during their careers ... Three-time qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary in the high jump whose best finish at the meet is a tie for 17th place in 2025 ... Her PR of 1.77 meters has been achieved both indoors and outdoors, and she ranks sixth in school history in the event ... Two-time member of both the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the BIG EAST All-Academic Team ... Has earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in all four of her semesters on campus.Â
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| PERSONAL BESTS |
| High Jump |
1.77Â Meters |
Eagle Elite Invitational (2.10.2024) |
| Long Jump |
5.18 Meters |
High School |
| Triple Jump |
11.30 Meters |
High School |
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| CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS |
| 2026 OUTDOOR |
| BIG EAST Champion |
High Jump |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| 2026 INDOOR |
| BIG EAST Champion |
High Jump |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| 2025 OUTDOOR |
| BIG EAST Champion |
High Jump |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| 2025 INDOOR |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| 2024 OUTDOOR |
| All-BIG EAST |
High Jump |
| ACADEMIC HONORS |
| USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track) |
2023-24, 2024-25 |
| BIG EAST All-Academic Team |
2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Athletic Director's Honor Roll |
Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025 |
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| CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS |
| 2026Â OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| May 16 |
High Jump |
1.76m |
1st |
| 2026Â INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| February 28 |
High Jump |
1.73m |
1st |
| 2025 OUTDOOR (STORRS, CONN. | GEORGE J. SHERMAN FAMILY SPORTS COMPLEX) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| May 17 |
High Jump |
1.75m |
1st |
| 2025 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| March 1 |
High Jump |
1.76m |
2nd |
| 2024 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| May 9 |
High Jump |
1.73m |
2nd |
| 2024 INDOOR (CHICAGO, ILL. | DR. CONRAD WORRILL TRACK AND FIELD CENTER AT GATELY PARK) |
| Date |
Event |
Mark |
Place |
| February 24 |
High Jump |
1.65m |
5th |
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Wolmers Girls High School: Specialized in the high jump and has experience in the long jump and the triple jump … Her personal best mark of 1.76 meters in the high jump came at the 2022 ISSA Boys and Girls Championships … Competed at the ISSA championships in both 2022 and 2023, and previously in the U18 events at the championships one year earlier … Has competed at the CARIFTA Games and at multiple CARIFTA Trials.
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Personal: Born 7/29/04 … One of three children of Vaughn Cunningham and Elaine Hayden … Has two siblings, Malik and Cairo … Father played basketball at NYIT … Brother, Malik, competed for Villanova in the high jump from 2019-23 and was a two-time All-American, four-time BIG EAST champion and the second-ranked high jumper in school history … Chose to attend Villanova because she knew that the school’s values aligned well with her own and because she wanted to be a part of the school’s culture … Mechanical Engineering major.
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