It’s not the way Josie Pry wanted to end her college track and field career.
And she won’t let it.
Pry’s solid senior college track and field season recently came to a premature end when the current South Alabama University and former New Philadelphia High School standout suffered a season-ending right knee injury during practice for an indoor meet.
She had already had her senior season of high school taken away by COVID and now her senior season of college has been cut short by injury.
But the 22-year-old daughter of Joe and Carla Pry is undeterred.
Pry recently underwent surgery to repair her ACL and meniscus and has decided she will take a redshirt year and come back next year as a graduate student.
She had surgery on March 21 and will graduate in May with a Biology major with a concentration in Marine Science and will be going into Marine Science for her master’s program.
The South Alabama Track and Field program put together an impressive start to its 2024 indoor season at the LSU Purple Tiger Invitational.
Before getting hurt, the 5-foot-7 sprinter was part of the women's 4x400 meter relay that turned in a stellar performance, finishing with a time of 3:58.41 to take second place in the event.
South Alabama finished third on the women's side at the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Pry was seventh in the 400-meter hurdles with a seventh-place time of 1:02.48, a personal best.
South Alabama wrapped up competition at the Crimson Tide Invitational in Tuscaloosa as Pry set a new personal-best in the 100-meter hurdles, recording an eighth-place finish in 14.30 seconds.
At the Southern Miss Invitational Pry finished in fifth place in the women’s 400-meter hurdles, crossing the finish line in 1:06.59.
Pry (8.92 seconds) took third and fourth place in the women's 60m hurdles as South Alabama had another strong showing to start the indoor season at the Samford Invitational.
Here is a capsulized look at Pry’s other athletic accomplishments at South Alabama and at New
Philadelphia.
2022
Outdoor — Set a new PR in the 100m hurdles (14.44s) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships … Placed first in 100m hurdles at the Jaguar Opener (14.40s) … Helped 4x400 relay (3:49.00) to a sixth placed finish at the conference championships … Season-best 1:03.98 in the 400m hurdles at the 2022 Mississippi State Maroon and
White Invitational.
Indoor — Set a new PR in the 60m hurdles (8.82s) at the Sun Belt Indoor Conference Championships … Set a new PR in the 400m (1:00.88) at the USA Jaguar Invitational … Placed first at the Samford Invite 2022 60m hurdles (9.03s).
2021
Outdoor— Helped the 4 x 100 medley (47.59s) team to a first-place finish and the 4 x 400 medley (4:02.61) team to a third-place finish at the USA Invitational ... Ran with the 4 x 100 medley (47.21s) team to a runner-up finish and set a personal record in the 100m (12.37s) at the Southern Miss Invitational ... Clocked a personal-best time of 1:03.76 in the 400m hurdles at the Crimson Tide
Invitational ... Notched a PR in the 100m hurdles (14.60s) at the Sun Belt Championships.
Indoor— Recorded a personal-best time in the 300m (42.83s) at the UAB Blazer Invitational ... Set a PR in the 60m hurdles (8.89s) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships.
High School
Lettered four years in volleyball, basketball and track at New Philadelphia … Placed second in the 400m (1:02.90) at the 2020 Mount Union HS Qualifier #1 Meet … Crossed the line at 9.28s in the 60m hurdles at the 2020 OATCCC D1 Indoor State Championships … Won the 100m hurdles (14.76s) and finished second in the 300m hurdles (44.47s) at the 2019 Tuscarawas County Classic … Claimed
second in the 100m hurdles (15.62s) and in the 300m hurdles (46.75s) at the 2018 Tuscarawas County Classic.
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