Erma-Gene Evans

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Erma-Gene Evans
Medal record
Athletics
Representing Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2003 Port of Spain Javelin throw
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Nassau Javelin throw
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2001 Bridgetown Javelin throw

Erma-Gene Evans (born 25 January 1984 in Castries) is a Saint Lucian javelin thrower.

Erma-Gene holds the Saint Lucia national records for women's Javelin Throw. She attended Leon Hess Comprehensive Secondary School (Same school as Julien Alfred) and Sir Arthur Lewis Community College in Castries, before pursuing undergraduate studies in marketing at the University of Texas el Paso.

Erma-Gene was a CARIFTA bronze medallist in 2001, [1] then a silver medallist in 2002 [2] and 2003, [3] her last year as a junior. But competing at the Pan American Junior Track & Field Championships that year in Bridgetown, Barbados, she set a meet record and national record of 49.67 m (163 ft 0 in) [4] to take gold. For that feat, she was named 2003 junior and senior female Athlete of the Year in St. Lucia as well as the junior and senior Sportswoman of the Year.

In 2004, Erma-Gene took up studies at UTEP, and began training with coach Mika Laaksonen. She was third in the javelin at the 2004 North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Championships on 30 July, throwing 48.86 m (160 ft 4 in). In 2005, her mark of 52.27 m (171 ft 6 in) was the top throw in her flight during the qualifying round of the NCAA Championships, but she was unable to compete in the final due to injury. She was a runner-up at the NCAA Midwest Regional, and at the WAC Championships. She reset the Saint Lucia national record winning the Spira Invitational with a season-best of 52.68 m (172 ft 10 in) on 16 April 2016 and was named the WAC Athlete of the Week. She has previously broken the national record with a mark of 52.64 m (172 ft 8 in) to take fourth at the Texas Relays on 9 April.

Her form improved in 2006, when she gained All-America honors, taking sixth at the NCAA Championships with a throw of 51.45 m (168 ft 10 in), having earlier that season won the C-USA Championship with a national record toss of 55.00 m (180 ft 5 in), a distance that ranked second in school history. She finished seventh at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. [5] She was also fourth at NACAC that season.

Her senior year at UTEP was eventful. Erma-Gene won the C-USA Conference title with a new national record of 56.45 m (185 ft 2 in), qualifying her for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. At the 2007 NCAA Championships she finished second. [6]

Leading up to the Olympics, Erma-Gene recorded her career-best throw of 57.22 m (187 ft 9 in) in March 2008 in El Paso. In Beijing she was 8th overall in qualifying. [7]

Progression

200952.03 m (170 ft 8 in)El Paso, TX11/04/2009
200857.22 m (187 ft 9 in)El Paso, TX29/03/2008
200756.45 m (185 ft 2 in)Houston, TX11/05/2007
200655.00 m (180 ft 5 in)El Paso, TX12/05/2006
200552.68 m (172 ft 10 in)El Paso, TX16/04/2005
200448.86 m (160 ft 4 in)Sherbrooke30/07/2004
200349.67 m (163 ft 0 in)Bridgetown20/07/2003
200244.26 m (145 ft 3 in)Nassau01/04/2002
200138.30 m (125 ft 8 in)Bridgetown16/04/2001

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