Junior Year:Competed in the long jump at the ACC Indoor Championships • Helped women's 4x100 team to fifth-place finish and competed in the long jump at the ACC Outdoor Championships • Jumped 19-8 3/4 at the UNC Kent Taylor Texas Roadhouse Invitational
Sophomore Year: Led team in long jump during Indoor season with winning jump of 20-8.5 at Virginia Tech Invite • Competed at ACC Indoor Championships in long jump and 60m • Won long jump at the Tar Heel Indoor Invite with distance of 19-9.75, took third in the 60 with season best of 7.65 • Redshirted during outdoor season
Freshman Year: Ran the 60-meters and the 200-meters and competed in the long jump during the indoor season • Competed in the long jump for the outdoor season • Set a Regional Mark of 20-3 3/4 at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the long jump • Earned a spot to compete in the long jump at the NCAA East Regional where she jumped 19-7.00.
Prep: Named to Track & Field News All-America Team in long jump • Top long jumper in the nation during the 2008 high school season with a jump of 20-3 • Current record holder in the 100m, 200m, triple jump, and long jump at Southern High School • Captained her track team for four years as well as with the Durham Striders • A member of the USA team chosen to participate in the Bank of Scotland Cup • Named NCHSAA 4A state MVP • 2008 State Indoor Champion in the Long Jump • 2008 State Record Holder • 2008 outdoor state champion in long jump, triple jump, 100m, and 200m • North Carolina Gatorade Player of the year in 2008 • Nike indoor and outdoor long jump champion • Youth national long jump champion • Placed third in the triple jump in USATF Youth Nationals • A member of the 4x100m team that placed third at the USATF Junior Olympic Nationals in 2008 • A member of the National Honor Society, National Achievers Society • Sports medicine student and athletic trainer all four years.
Personal: Psychology Major • Plans to become an adolescent psychologist, and participate in the 2012 Olympics • Enjoys talking on the phone, eating, braiding, and running • Admires Allyson Felix, LeBron James and Dwayne Wade • Names Frank Davis, her high school and club coach, as having the most influence on her athletic career • Her favorite books are "Native Son" by Richard Wright, and "Blindness" by Jose Saramago • Favorite food is catfish • Favorite movie is "Love and Basketball" • Favorite TV shows are "My Wife and Kids" and "Family Guy" • Jacinda NaTasha Evans is the daughter of Sylvia and Johnny Evans, Sr. • Born June 18, 1990 in Durham, N.C.
