Hall of Fame
Tameka Jackson was a two-time All-American in the 100-meter dash during her four-year career with the Rutgers University-Camden outdoor track program.
Jackson, who also ran cross country during her freshman season in 2001, joined the track program later that scholastic year and was named the Lady Raptors’ Most Valuable Player in each of her four seasons from 2002-2005.
Jackson became the first Rutgers-Camden female to qualify for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2004 and she ended up finishing eighth nationally to earn All-American honors. She repeated that accomplishment with another eighth-place finish in 2005 to cap her career as a two-time All-American.
Jackson collected numerous Rutgers-Camden track records during her career, while adding many accomplishments in both the New Jersey Athletic Conference and ECAC Championships.
During her 2002 freshman season, Jackson finished second in both the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the NJAC meet. She also played a key role on the Lady Raptors’ conference championship 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams to earn NJAC First Team honors in both events. As a sophomore, she earned NJAC Second Team honors (second place) in the 100-meter dash and on the 4x100 relay team. She helped Rutgers-Camden finish third in the 4x100 to earn NJAC Honorable Mention in 2004 and capped her career in 2005 with NJAC Second Team honors in the 4x100-meter relay and both the 100- and 200-meter dashes. Her performance in that meet led earned her honors as the Outstanding Female Track Athlete at the NJAC Championships.
Jackson also helped Rutgers-Camden finish second in the 4x100 relay at the 2002 ECAC Championships and added a brilliant individual performance at the 2004 ECAC meet, finishing second in the 100-meter dash and third in the 200-meter dash.
A former star at Sterling High School, Jackson holds eight Rutgers-Camden track records, including individual marks in the 100-meter dash (12.04, set at the NCAA Championships on May 27, 2005), the 100-yard dash (11.49 from the Albright Invitational, April 10, 2002) and the 200-meter dash (25.02 at the ECAC Championships, May 15, 2004). Jackson also anchored five record-setting Rutgers-Camden relay teams: the 4x100 meters (48.13, Spiked and Psyched Last Chance Meet, May 18, 2005), the 4x110 yard (50.50, Albright Invitational, April 10, 20002), the 4x200 meters (1:43.59, Penn Relays, April 26, 2002), the 4x400 meters (3:59.69, NJAC Championships, May 4, 2002) and the 4x440 yards (4:24.89, Albright Invitational, April 10, 2002).
A stellar student as well, Jackson received NJAC Academic Honorable Mention in both 2004 and 2005. She graduated Rutgers-Camden in 2005 with a BA in Criminal Justice and added her Master’s in Criminal Justice in 2008.
Jackson works as a police officer for the City of Philadelphia.
