Career: Three-time All-American, collecting two hammer throw honors (2017, 2019) and a weight throw accolade (2019) ... Became first UND Athlete in the Division I era to collect All-America honors in both indoor and outdoor seasons in the same year ... First Team All-America in 2019 after finishing sixth at the NCAA Championship ... Training for the 2020 Olympic Trials ... Two-time award winner of UND's Grace Rhonemus Female Athlete of the Year ... Ended her career as the only athlete in University of North Dakota history - man or woman - to surpass 70-feet in the weight throw and 200-feet in the hammer throw ... Graduated in Spring 2019 with a degree in Rehabilitation and Human Services ... Began volunteering as an assistant coach upon graduation while training for the 2020 Olympic Trials.
2018-19
Indoor (Senior): Along with teammate Kyley Foster, became the first athletes in the Division I era to qualify for NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship ... Earned Second Team All-America at the NCAA Indoor Championship ... Finished 11th in the weight throw at the national championship in Birmingham, Ala. ... Summit League Runner-up in the weight throw with a personal-record 72-1.75 (21.99m) (Feb. 22-23) ... Surpassed 70-feet for the first time in the weight throw at the SDSU Jim Emmerich/Alumni Invitational, finishing second with a 70-7.25 mark (21.52m) (Jan. 19) ... Threw at least 67-feet in all seven meets she competed in.
Outdoor (Senior): Earned First Team All-America honors in the hammer throw, finishing sixth at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship in Austin, Texas ... Set new school-record at the national championship with a mark of 222-11 (June 6) ... Collected her third USTFCCCA All-Academic award following the season ... Recorded North Dakota's top discus mark of the season at the UIW Cardinal Spring Break Classic, tossing 170-8 (52.03m) to win the event (March 14-15) ... Threw over 200-feet in the hammer throw in six of seven meets she competed in ... Finished runner-up at The Summit League Outdoor Track & Field Championship in both the discus and hammer throw (May 8-10) ... Qualified for the NCAA Championship on her final throw of the NCAA West Region Preliminary Round, finishing fourth in the hammer throw (May 23-25) ... Qualified for the West Regional in the discus as well but did not compete ... Heaved the hammer 216-11 (66.11m) at the Beach Invitational over spring break to finish third against nation's top throwers (April 19-20).
2017-18
Named UND’s Grace Rhonemus Female Athlete of the Year.
Indoor (Junior): Named to 2018 Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team … Earned All-Big Sky honors in the weight throw when she was the runner-up with the second-best mark in conference history … Her throw of 68 feet, 3.75 inches (20.82 meters) broke her own school record … Placed fourth in the shot put at the conference championship … Won the weight throw at the South Dakota State Indoor Classic with a mark of 64-10.75 (19.78m) … Set a weight throw facility record of 64-07.25 (19.69m) at the UND Indoor Open … Won the weight throw at the Thundering Herd Classic … Broke her own school record with a throw of 66-4.50 (20.23) that she broke again later in the season.
Outdoor (Junior): Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors for the second time in her career … Named to 2018 Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team … Placed 10th in the hammer throw at the 2018 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships … Hit a high mark of 208 feet, 5 inches (63.53 meters) … Became UND’s first student-athlete in the Division I era to qualify for the event and was the school’s first female qualifier, regardless of division … Advanced to the 2018 NCAA Division I West Preliminary for the third straight year, competing in the discus and the hammer … Placed 31st in the discus with a mark of 162-11 (49.66m) … Named Big Sky Conference Outdoor MVP for the second consecutive year … Won her second straight conference title in the discus, was the runner-up in the hammer and placed sixth in the shot put … Hit a season-best mark of 164 feet (54.00m) in the discus … Finished second in the hammer with a throw of 210-10 (64.28m) … Broke her own school record in the hammer throw on back-to-back days at the Beach Invitational … Opened the meet with a throw of 219 feet that qualified her for the USATF Outdoor Championships … One date later shattered that mark with a throw of 219-6 … Also hit a season-best discus of 176-7 (53.83) at the Beach Invitational to qualify her for regionals … Named Big Sky Conference Women’s Field Athlete of the Week on April 17 after winning the hammer throw and placing second in the discus at the Sioux City Relays … Her hammer throw of 205-10 (62.73m) was the No. 2 mark in the Big Sky all season at that time … Won both the hammer and discus throws at Sacramento State’s Mondo Team Challenge … Earned third letter.
2016-17
Outdoor (Junior): Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honors ... Named to Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team ... Became the first Division I All-American in program history with a 12th-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Earned second-team honors with a throw of 206 feet, 11 inches (63.07 meters) ... She was also UND's first national qualifier of the school's Division I era (which began in 2008-09 ... Broke her own school record in the hammer throw on each of her three attempts at the NCAA West Preliminary ... Topped out with a final throw of 213-2 (64.98) ... Named Big Sky Conference Athlete of the Meet at the conference championship, the first in UND history to each such honors ... Finished the meet with a conference-high 22 points ... Won the conference championship in the discus with a throw of 168-09 (51.44) ... Also earned all-conference honors in the hammer as the runner-up with a mark of 202-05 (61.70) ... Placed fifth in the shot put ... Broke her school record at the NDSU Tune-up meet with a hammer throw of 202-06 (61.72) and was named Big Sky Conference Field Athlete of the Week ... Became UND's first thrower (male or female) to eclipse 200 feet in the hammer throw when broke her own school record with a mark of 202 feet (61.56) meters at the Seahawk Invitational ... Broke the 16-year old school record in the discus the following day, hitting a mark of 176-8 (53.86) ... Broke the discus record again the following week with a throw of 178-3 (54.33) at the Charleston Southern Spring Break Invitational ... Earned third letter.
Indoor (Junior):Â Redshirted the indoor season.
2015-16
Indoor (Sophomore): Big Sky Conference champion in the weight throw with a school-record mark of 65 feet, 5 inches (19.82 meters) … Qualified for the Big Sky Conference meet in the first meet of the indoor season with a weight throw of 60 feet, 1.75 inches (18.33) … Took a third-place finish at the Bison Classic with a throw of 59-07.75 (18.18) … At the SDSU Indoor Classic, won the weight throw, broke the meet record, and also broke the facility record … Recorded a throw of 64-01.75 (19.55) ... Earned second letter.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Named to the Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team.
2014-15
Indoor (Freshman): Broke the freshman record in the weight three times as a freshman, the final time coming at the SDSU Classic with a throw of 56-06.75 (17.24).
Outdoor (Freshman): Collected Junior All-American accolades at the 2015 USA Track & Field Junior Outdoor Championships, placing fifth in the discus with a throw of 160 feet, 1 inch (48.81 meters) … Broke the school record in the hammer at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round for the third time this season with a throw of 198-04 (60.47) … The mark placed her 18th in the West and was the top throw of any freshman in the country ... Also participated in the discus at the event, placing 38th in the West … Earned all-conference honors in the hammer, finishing third at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championship with a throw of 191-07 (58.39) … Placed fourth in the discus at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship as well, hitting a mark of 153-10 (46.88) … Won the discus at the Lyle Hokanson Classic with a personal-record throw of 170-07 (52.00) … Took second in the hammer at the Lyle Hokanson Classic, throwing for 195-05 (59.57) … Won the discus at the Marauder Open, throwing for 168-09 (51.43) … Placed second in the hammer at the Marauder Open with a throw of 175-01 (53.38) … Finished second in the discus at the Dakota Duals with a mark of 148-09 (45.35) … Claimed the hammer title at the Dakota Duals, hitting a throw of 187-06 (57.15) … Won the discus at the Shamrock Invitational with a throw of 159-02 (48.51) … Placed third in the hammer at the Shamrock Invite with a toss of 165-09 … Won the hammer at the Coastal Carolina Invitational, her first time ever competing in the event … Earned first letter.Â
Before UND
A 2014 graduate of Elk River High School ... Placed third in the discus at the 2014 state meet … Also finished third as a freshman in 2011 … Owns personal records of 142 feet, 6 inches, in the discus and 41-0 in the shot put … Also played basketball and tennis as a prep.Â
Personal
Majoring in rehabilitation and human services.Â
