Watkins matched the meet record at last year's NEC Indoor Championships, and the high jumper's first performance of the 2012-13 season suggests she may take sole possession of that record come February. The fourth-year Hawk opened the new campaign by clearing 1.78 (5' 10") at the Monmouth MAC Classic. The height, which stands two centimeters better than the mark that landed her the 2012 conference crown, ranks Watkins second on the early season NCAA Division I leader board. Only Vanderbilt?s Brionne Williams (1.82m) has jumped higher thus far.