Patience Turkson
Patience Turkson
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Ellington, Conn.
  • High School:
    Ellington

Bio

Career Statistics (TFRRS)

As a Senior in 2016-17

Top Outdoor Performances
Shot Put - 10.64m (4/21 at ECSU Invitational)
Discus - 30.22m (4/9 at Panther Spring Invitational)

Top Indoor Performances
Shot Put - 10.06m (1/8 at Dartmouth Relays)

As a Junior in 2015-16

Top Outdoor Performances
Shot Put - 8.40m (3/26 at Wesleyan Spring Break Invitational)
Discus - 27.71m (5/6 at Northeast-10 Championships

Top Indoor Performances
Shot Put - 8.96m (1/16 at Panther Invitational) 

As a Sophomore 2014-15

Top Outdoor Performances
Shot Put- 8.97m (4/18 MIT Sean Collier Invitational)
Discus- 26.24m (4/26 Regis Pride Classic)

Top Indoor Performances
Shot Put- 9.34m (12/11 Elm City Classic) 

As a Freshman in 2013-14: Did not compete.

Before Franklin Pierce: Four-year letterwinner at Ellington (Conn.) High School...League champion in the shot put as a junior...All-League selection in both indoor and outdoor seasons as a junior...All-League selection (outdoor) as a senior...Team captain for both indoor and outdoor squads as a junior...Team captain (indoor) as a senior...Graduated as school's record-holder in the hammer.

Personal: Daughter of Priscilla and Samuel Turkson...Undecided on a major...Has a brother, Henry, and a sister, Precious.

News Mentions

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Women’s Track & Field Places Second at ECSU

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (April 21, 2017) – Four event wins and a pair of school records added up to a second-place finish for the Franklin Pierce...

April 21, 2017