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Sports | Outdoors
May 24, 2023
Eufaula’s Macayla Needham continues success at North Texas
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR,

Eufaula graduate and track and field star Macayla Needham continues her success at the Division 1 level. Needham has made several All-Conference teams and continues to shine in collegiate action.

• 2021 All-Conference USA First Team (shot put – indoor) Personal Records INDOOR TRACK SP – 47’ 6.5” (14.49m) WT – 51’ 4.5” (15.66m) OUTDOOR TRACK SP – 48-9.5 (14.87m) HT – 145-0 (44.19m) 2022 OUTDOOR

– Finished fifth at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships with a persoanl-best shot put of 489.5 (14.87m) (5/14/22) – Recorded a personal-best hammer throw of 145-0 (44.19m) to take 17th at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/12/22) – Placed fourth in the hammer throw at the TTU Corky Classic with a career-best mark of 139’ 9” (42.60m) (4/30/22) – Runner-up in the shot put at the North Texas Classic with a throw of 45’ 11.75” (14.01m) 2022 INDOOR

– Scored in the shot put at the Conference USA Indoor Championships with a throw of 45’ 7” (13.89m), good for seventh place. (2/20/22) – Recorded a career-best weight throw of 51’ 4.5” (15.66m) to place third at the JD Martin Invitational (1/22/22) – Placed third in the shot put at the Ted Nelson Invitational with a throw of 45’ 0.25” (13.72m) (1/15/22) 2021 OUTDOOR Did not compete.

2021 INDOOR

– Earned All-Conference USA First Team accolades with a third-place finish at the indoor conference championships, recording a personal-best shot put of 47’ 6.5” (14.49m) (2/21/21) Runner-up in the shot put at the H-Town SpeedCity Series with a mark of 46’ 3.5” (14.11m) (1/16/21) 2020 OUTDOOR

No competition due to COVID-19.

2020 INDOOR

– Placed fourth in the shot put with a then-personal-best mark of 47’ 1” (14.35m) at the C-USA Championships (2/22/20) – Won the shot put title at the Red Raider Invitational with a throw of 42’ 11.5” (13.09m) (1/24/20) HIGH SCHOOL (EUFAULA)

– State champion in the shot put with a throw of 42’ 11 1/2” (2019) – State runner-up in the shot put (2017, 2018) – Meet of Champions runner-up (2018) – Meet of Champions runner-up with a personal best throw of 43’ 2” (2019) – Holds school record in shot put with a throw of 43’ 2” – OCA All-State (2019)

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