LOGAN, Utah -- Former Utah State track and field athlete Chari Hawkins fared well at the 2019 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar this week, finishing 12^th overall in the heptathlon with 6,073 points.
 
The first four events of the heptathlon were held Wednesday morning, with the long jump, javelin and the 800-meter run taking place on Thursday.
 
In the 100-meter hurdles, Hawkins placed fifth in Heat 3 with a time of 13.23. She then placed second in Group B of the high jump with a mark of 1.77 meters, and placed fourth in Group B of the shot put, throwing for a career-best 13.59 meters. In the final event of the day, Hawkins finished seventh in Heat 2 of the 200-meter run with a time of 24.81. In total, Hawkins earned 3,702 points on Wednesday to finish day one ranking 11th overall.
 
On Thursday, Hawkins began the day by earning a fourth-place finish in Group B of the long jump with a mark of 5.95 meters. She then placed 13^th overall in the javelin, throwing 40.07 meters. The heptathlon concluded with the 800-meter run, as Hawkins finished fifth in Heat 1 with a season-best mark of 2:16.78.
 
Hawkins' 6,073 points placed 12^th overall, and third among American competitors. Great Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson won the heptathlon with 6,981 points, the highest score earned worldwide during this season.
 
Hawkins, a Rexburg, Idaho native, concluded her stellar Aggie career by being selected as the 2015 Mountain West Women's Outdoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Year. She was tabbed the Women's Outstanding Performer of the Meet at the 2015 MW Outdoor Track & Field Championships in San Diego, Calif., where she won the heptathlon (5,622 points) and high jump (1.76 meters/5-9.25) titles, while taking second in the long jump (5.92 meters/19-5.25) and fifth in the 100-meter hurdles (13.75).

Hawkins competed in the heptathlon at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Finals and earned her third-straight second-team All-America honor with a 14th-place finish in the event. Her point total of 5,750 points broke her own school record and was the fourth-highest total in MW history.
 
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