2018-19 W Track&Field Outdoor Roster

Jessica Drady

Jessica Drady

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Minot, N.D.
  • Major:
    Occupational Therapy
  • Highschool:
    Minot High School

Summary

Biography

2018-19
Indoor (Senior):
Threw in six meets, including The Summit League Championship ... Threw a personal-record 58-0.25 (17.68m) in the weight throw at the North Dakota Indoor Tune-Up (Feb. 16) ... Closed career eighth all-time in the weight throw.

Outdoor (Senior): Placed eighth at The Summit League Championship in the hammer throw (May 9) ... Hurled a season-best 180-7 (55.04m) at the Beach Invitational (April 19) ... Competed in  six meets ... Closed career second all-time in the hammer throw.

2017-18
Indoor (Junior): Named to 2018 Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team … Qualified for the conference championship in the weight throw … Hit a weight throw PR of 55-09.25 at the Thundering Herd Classic.

Outdoor (Junior): Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Division I West Preliminary in the hammer and placed 37th with a mark of 180 feet, 7 inches (55.05 meters) … Had entered the meet ranked 48th in the region … Earned All-Big Sky Conference honors in the hammer after finishing third with a throw of 179-3 (54.64m) … Hit a PR in the hammer of 187-11 (57.28m) at the Beach Invitational that was the third-best in UND history … That eclipsed the PR of 183-11 (56.07m) that she set just one day earlier at the same meet … Earned third letter.

2016-17
Indoor (Sophomore):
 Named to Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team ... Hit the ninth-best weight throw in UND history with a mark of 52 feet (15.85) meters at the Big Sky Conference Indoor Championship ... Had previously set her PR with a toss of 50-08.75 (15.46) at the Bison Open. 

Outdoor (Sophomore): Named to Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team ... Earned the fifth-place in UND history with a hammer throw of 181-09 (55.40) while competing at the NDSU Tune-Up ... Finished third in the hammer at the Al Cassell Relays … Earned a sixth-place finish in the hammer at the Mondo Team Challenge ... Earned second letter.

2015-16
Indoor (Freshman): Named to the Big Sky Conference Winter All-Academic Team … Finished fourth at the SDSU Tune-Up with a weight throw of 41-11.00 (14.60) … Earned a fifth-place finish in the hammer with a throw of 147-10.00 (45.06) … Threw for 154-04.00 (47.05) in the hammer at the NDSU tune-up … Throw earned her a new PR.

Outdoor (Freshman): Named to the Big Sky Conference Spring All-Academic Team … Advanced to the Big Sky Conference Championship in both the hammer and discus … Earned first letter. 

Before UND
A 2015 graduate of Minot High School ... Lettered three times in track & field ... Two-time state champion in the discus (2015, 2014) ... Also won the discus at the prestigious Howard Wood Relays in 2015 ... Named 2015 Minot High School Premier Female Athlete ... Earned a sixth-place state finish in the discus as a junior ... Also lettered four times in hockey as a prep. 

Personal
Majoring in occupational therapy ... Daughter of John and Julie Drady ... Grandmother, Corrine Semmen, attended UND.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

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  • 2016-17Sophomore

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  • 2017-18Junior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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