University of Hartford

2009-10 (As a Freshman):

INDOOR: Threw the weight and the shot put in her first indoor season with the Hawks … hit a personal-best mark of 11.20-meters in the shot put and took first place at the Vermont Duals … put down the weight throw school record in her first indoor meet with a hurl of 13.37-meters at the Vermont Duals … bettered her school record and saw a top finish in the weight throw recording a distance of 14.40-meters … threw the weight a school-record breaking distance of 15.32-meters at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational and placed fourth overall … saw a fourth place finish in the weight throw at the America East Championship (15.04-meters).

OUTDOOR: Threw the shot put and the hammer during the outdoor season … took first place and broke the shot put school record in her first attempt at the RPI Invitational (45.88-meters) … improved her personal record and the school record in five of the final six meets in 2010 … ended the season with a school record hurl of 50.00-meters, a personal record, at the New England Championship and finished in 11th place … threw the shot put at five meets … set the school record at the America East Championship, recording a distance of 11.45-meters and finishing in seventh place … also threw the discus at a pair of meets, seeing a season-best distance of 23.80-meters at the Holy Cross Quad Meet. 

Before Hartford: A four-year member of the indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Woonsocket High School … ranked eighth in the nation in the hammer throw … earned the Rhode Island state championship in the weight throw and hammer throw … was named all-state in the weight throw, hammer throw and shot put … won the New England Championship in the hammer throw … weight throw distance qualified her for the indoor high school national championship … qualified for the outdoor high school national championships in the hammer throw … broke the school record in the indoor shot put, outdoor shot put and hammer throw … qualified for the Junior USA Nationals in the hammer throw event … also a four-year member of the volleyball team and two-year member of the basketball team at Woonsocket.

Major: Enrolled in Hillyer College, majoring in liberal studies.

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