Tickets** NCAA CHAMPION – WEIGHT THROW (INDOOR) – 2017 **
** Named to The Bowerman Watch List – 2018 **
** USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Female Field Athlete of the Year – 2018 **
** USTFCCCA All-America First Team – Weight Throw (Indoor) – 2016 & 2017 & 2018 **
** USTFCCCA All-America First Team – Hammer Throw (Outdoor) – 2016 **
** American Athletic Conference Champion – Weight Throw (Indoor) – 2016 & 2017 & 2018 **
** American Athletic Conference Champion – Hammer Throw (Outdoor) – 2016 & 2017 **
** American Athletic Conference Champion – Shot Put (Outdoor) – 2017 **
** American Athletic Conference Champion – Shot Put (Indoor) – 2018 **
** American Athletic Conference Female Field Performer of the Meet – Indoor (2016 & 2017) & Outdoor (2017) **
QUICK NOTES: The program’s first national champion after capturing the 2017 NCAA Indoor Weight Throw crown… finished her indoor career in 2018 with a national runner-up finish to help UC to 12th place at the national meet, the team’s highest finish ever… ranks #2 in NCAA history in the women’s weight throw with a toss of 24.78m (81-03.75), which also is the fourth best throw ever (Brittany Riley of Southern Illinois has the Top 3)… one of only six women to throw over 24m… four-time USTFCCCA All-America honoree and seven-time AAC Champion… holds UC records in four of the five throwing events she has contested, including the weight throw (24.78m/81-03.75) and shot put (16.72m/54-10.25) indoors and the hammer (63.91m/209-08) and shot put (16.79m/55-01.00) outdoors… also ranks #6 in the discus (47.72m/155-07) as well… her mark in the weight throw also is an AAC record.
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (SR): Redshirted… earned American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (SR): NCAA runner-up in the weight throw with a toss of 23.29m (76-05.00) to earn her fourth USTFCCCA All-America accolade… opened the year throwing 23.15m (75-11.50) at the Hoosier Open for the #7 position on the all-time NCAA listing… moved up to #5 at the Indiana Relays with a heave of 23.69m (77-08.75) before tossing the ball 24.78m (81-03.75) at the Buckeye Tune-Up for the #2 mark all-time… won six of the eight meets she entered, including her third AAC crown in a row… took part in the shot put as well and threw a meet-record mark of 16.50m (54-01.75) to win the title at the AAC Championships and sweep the two throwing events… this a PR toss of 16.72m (54-10.50) at the Hoosier Open to open the year and take over the school record… for her efforts throughout the indoor season, was named to The Bowerman Watch List, becoming the first Bearcat to earn that honor… also was voted the USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Female Field Athlete of the Year… earned USTFCCCA Female Athlete of the Week honors February 20 after her record toss at the Buckeye Tune-Up, also a first for the program… three-time AAC Female Field Athlete of the Week selection.
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (JR): Named the women’s team Most Outstanding and Field MVP following the 2016-17 seasons… earned her second-consecutive AAC Female Field Athlete of the Meet after scoring 25 points in three events, including wins in the hammer and shot put and a fourth-place finish in the discus… won the hammer for the second year in a row with a toss of 60.97m (200-00)… added the win in the shot put with a toss of 16.20m (53-01.75)… recorded a PR toss of 47.72m (155-07) to finish 4th in the discus and move up to #6 in the program’s Top 10… in the hammer, broke her school record twice with wins at the Tiger Track Classic and All-Ohio Championships… finished with a best of 63.91m (209-08) at the All-Ohio meet for her best of the year… broke the school record and facility record at Gettler Stadium with a toss of 16.79m (55-01.00) to win the shot put at the All-Ohio… that mark also stands as an AAC record… finished 10th in the shot put at the NCAA East Preliminary meet to earn a berth into the NCAA Championships, where she finished 21st.
2017 IN (JR): Capped an extremely dominant weight throw campaign by winning the national title at the NCAA Championships in the event (College Station, Texas) on March 11… threw a mark of 22.43m (73-06.75) to win the national title, her seventh mark of 22.00m+ on the year, the most of any athlete in the nation in 2017 (one other individual had three)… her title is the first in program history (men and women), the fifth in UC Athletics history and the first in AAC history… earned USTFCCCA All-America First Team accolades for the second year in a row with her national Top 8 finish… threw 22.69m (74-05.50) at the AAC Championships to repeat as conference champion… broke her own school record for the 11th time in her career and fourth time in 2017… mark also is an AAC all-time record, the AAC meet record and the Birmingham CrossPlex facility record… competed in the weight throw at eight meets, winning outright six times and placing as the top collegiate competitor (second overall) at the Music City Challenge… broke her UC record at the Hoosier Open (twice) and Gladstein Invitational before the conference meet… also took part in the shot put in six meets… finished as the AAC runner-up with a personal-best toss of 15.99m (52-05.50), just 1cm off the school record… improved her career-best three times on the year… named the AAC Female Field Performer of the Meet after scoring 18 points for the team runners-up.
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (SO): Captured the American Athletic Conference title in the hammer, winning the competition with a mark of 61.40m (201-05) to break the school record for the fourth time on the year… qualified to the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the hammer and shot put… placed fourth in the hammer to advance to the NCAA Finals, where she finished eighth overall for her first outdoor All-America honor… hit a toss of 62.01m (203-05) in the national finals to break the school record for the fifth time in 2016… hit a mark of 15.56m (51-00.75) at the Penn Relays to move up to #3 on UC’s all-time Top 10… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (SO): Won the American Athletic Conference title in the weight throw and placed eighth in the shot put to be named the American Athletic Conference Female Field Athlete of the Meet… opened the year by recording a personal-best of 20.05m (65-09.50) – a PR of over 5-feet – to take down the school record at the Kentucky Invitational… from there, she broke or tied her own record in each of the next five meets, eventually ending with a best of 21.57m (70-09.25) to win the SPIRE DI Invitational… posted a mark of 21.50m (70-02.50) to win the league crown and went 20.81m (68-03.25) to take eighth nationally… hit a toss of 15.58m (51-01.50) in the shot put at the Indiana Relays to move into the #2 position on the school’s all-time Top 10 list.
2014-15 SEASONS
2015 OUT (FR): Competed in three throwing events at the American Outdoor Championships, finishing fourth overall in the shot put with a toss of 15.26m (50-00.75) to move up to No. 3 in program history… posted a mark of 14.24m (46-08.75) in her first outdoor shot put competition, recording this school’s seventh-best mark all-time… continued to move up that list (seventh, sixth, fourth) before the conference meet… recorded Top 4 finishes in the shot put six times… hit a hammer PR at the Miami Invitational and her discus best at the conference meet… competed in the NCAA East Preliminary round in the shot put… also qualified for the USA Junior Outdoor Championships in the shot put and finished eighth.
2015 IN (FR): Team scorer in the weight throw at the American Indoor Championships by finishing third overall with a toss of 18.31m (60-01.00)… that mark stands as the second-best all-time at UC… recorded the No. 6 mark on the program’s all-time shot put list with a toss of 14.39m (47-02.50) to finish seventh at the SPIRE Invitational… opened her career with a pair of Top 4 finishes but taking third in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw at the Pole Vault Convention Invitational. Athletic Conference Indoor Championships
PRIOR TO UC: Finished third in the shot put the last two season at the Ohio D1 State Championships... won both the shot put and discus at the Ohio Capital Conference Championships and District meet.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Indoor Track & Field
Weight • 24.78m/81-03.75 (Buckeye Tune-Up • 2/16/18) • UC RECORD, NCAA #2 ALL-TIME & AAC ALL-TIME RECORD
Shot Put • 16.72m/54-10.25 (Hoosier Open • 12/8/17) • UC RECORD
Outdoor Track & Field
Hammer • 63.91m/209-08 (All-Ohio Championships • 4/14/17) • UC RECORD
Shot Put • 16.79m/55-01.00 (All-Ohio Championships • 4/15/17) • UC RECORD
Discus • 47.72m/155-07 (American Championships • 5/14/17) • UC #6