2019 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Had a strong showing at the Horizon League Championships, taking fifth in hammer throw and eighth in shot put with season-bests in both events ... toss of 46.23m (151-8) in hammer throw at the league meet now ranks seventh in program history ... came in fifth in shot put and seventh in discus with a season-best throw of 40.42m (131-5) at the Jack Shaw Classic April 5 ... placed sixth in hammer throw at 45.71m (150-0) at Illinois one week later ... came in fourth in hammer, fifth in discus and seventh in shot put at Marquette April 24.
2019 Indoor: Placed sixth in shot put and 11th in weight throw at the Horizon League Championships ... shot put mark of 12.17m (39-11 1/4) at the league meet tied her season best ... started the year taking seventh in both shot put and weight throw and eighth in discus at the Badger Icebreaker Jan. 12 ... followed that up with a fifth-place finish in shot put at the Tierney Classic Jan. 19 ... turned in a season-best weight throw toss of 14.48m (47-6 1/4) at Illinois one week later - now ranking her ninth in program history ... came in runner-up in shot put and sixth in weight throw at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 16.
2017-18 Season
2018 Outdoor: Finished on the podium in all three events as a freshman at the Horizon League Championships, taking seventh in both shot put and discus and eighth in hammer ... started her outdoor career Mar. 24 at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic with marks of 11.01m (shot put), 31.27m (discus) and 32.79m (hammer) ... finished 10th in discus at 38.12m (125-1) at the Gibson Invite April 7 ... had a big day at DePaul April 21 with PRs in all three events, winning discus at 40.45m (132-8), taking fifth in shot put at 12.34m (40-6) and fifth in hammer at 43.23m (141-10) ... both discus and hammer marks are ranked eighth in program history ... one week later placed fifth in discus at the Drake Alternative.
2018 Indoor: Turned in personal bests in both her throws as a freshman at the Horizon League Championships, taking fifth in shot put with a toss of 12.55m (41-2 1/4) ... also turned in a PR of 13.76m (45-1 3/4) in weight throw at the league meet, now ranking her eighth in program history ... made collegiate debut Jan. 13 at the Karl Schlender Invite, taking third in shot put (11.83m) and seventh in weight throw (12.51m) ... came in fifth in shot put one week later at the home Tierney Classic ... placed third in shot put and ninth in weight throw at the Parkside Classic Feb. 3 ... was again third in shot put and seventh in weight throw at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 17.
High School
A three-sport athlete at Badger High School ... qualified for state three times ... finished 12th at state in discus as a junior and 12th at state in shot put as a senior ... finished first in shot put six times during her senior season ... also competed in volleyball - earning Best Attitude Award  and skiing - being voted a team captain - at Badger.
Personal
Daughter of John and Karen ... chose Milwaukee because of its engineering program and track and field team ... lists most memorable sports experience as breaking her high school record in discus ... lists hot air ballooning as a hobby ... uncles, John Schmidt and Dan Schmidt, are All-Americans in high jump and throwing at UW-Platteville and UW-Eau Claire ... has earned a Gold Award for work in the community ... born May 28, 1999 in Stevens Point, Wis.
Historical Player Information
