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2019 Women's Track and Field Roster

Jose Juarez
Jose Juarez

Cassidy Detert

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Marion
  • Hometown Marion, Wis.

Biography

Collegiate Honors
• 2016 Horizon League Hammer Throw Champion
 

2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Finished on the podium in both hammer throw, taking fourth, and shot put, taking fifth, at the Horizon League Championships ... hammer throw of 49.27m (161-8) at the league meet is a new career best that now ranks third in MKE history ... returned from injury April 24 at Marquette, taking third in shot put, fourth in discus and sixth in hammer ... capped her four-year career at La Crosse, competing in all three throwing events.

2019 Indoor: Had her season cut short following a late injury ... started the year taking fourth in weight throw with a toss of 16.35m (57-3 3/4) and sixth in shot put at 12.35m (40-6 1/4) at the Badger Icebreaker Jan. 12 ... one week later, came in third in shot put and fourth in weight throw at the Tierney Classic ... finished ninth in weight throw at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 9 with a solid mark of 15.87m (52-1) ... swept both events with impressive marks, going 12.37m (40-7) in shot put before winning weight throw with a PR toss of 16.45m (53-11 3/4) - now ranking her fourth in program history - at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 16.


2017-18 Season
2018 Outdoor: Placed fifth in both hammer and shot put as a junior at the Horizon League Championships ... posted season-best marks in both events (13.14m in shot put, 46.79m in hammer) to earn two more podium finishes ... also competed in discus, taking 11th at the league meet ... came in ninth in hammer throw and 13th in discus in the early going at the Gibson Invite April 7 ... had a strong showing at DePaul April 21, taking fourth in shot put (12.36m), discus (38.73m) and hammer (46.20m) ... one week later, came in sixth in shot put (12.41m), sixth in discus (38.68m) and ninth in hammer (43.63m) at the Drake Alternative.

2018 Indoor: Finished on the podium in both events at the Horizon League Championships, finishing fourth in weight throw (15.56m) and seventh in shot put (12.51m) ... started the season as runner-up in both events at the Karl Schlender Invite Jan. 13 ... one week later, again took second in shot put and fourth in weight throw at the home Tierney Classic ... had a big showing at the Parkside Classic Feb. 3, winning weight throw with a PR toss of 16.36m (53-8) and taking second in shot put at 12.14m (39-10) ... weight throw mark now ranks her fourth in program history ... again took first in weight throw and second in shot put at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 17.

2016-17 Season
2017 Outdoor: Brought home two more medals after the outdoor league meet, taking fourth in hammer throw and fifth in shot put ... posted season-best marks in both events at the conference meet ... also competed in discus at the Horizon League Championships, taking 10th ... had an impressive showing at the season opener, taking second in hammer, third in shot and fourth in discus Mar. 25 ... came in fourth in shot and discus and fifth in hammer at Marquette April 7 ... turned in a season best discus throw at the Drake Alternative April 29 with a mark of 40.02m (131-3).

2017 Indoor: Finished on the podium in both events at the Horizon League Championships, taking fifth in weight throw and sixth in shot put ... toss of 16.04m (52-7 1/2) in weight throw at the league meet was a new PR that now ranks her fourth in program history ... started the season runner-up in weight throw and third in shot at Whitewater Jan. 14 ... repeated as the bronze medalist in shot and was fourth in weight throw one week later at the Tierney Classic ... finished eighth in both events at the Messersmith Invite Jan. 28 ... came in runner-up in both events at the home Panther Tune-Up Feb. 18.

2015-16 Season
2016 Outdoor: Closed out an impressive freshman campaign as league champion in hammer throw ... mark of 48.09m (157-9) in hammer at the league meet now ranks fourth in Milwaukee history ... also finished on the podium in both other events at the Horizon League Championships, placing fifth in discus and sixth in shot put ... shot put mark of 13.36m (43-10) at the league meet now ranks seventh in program history ... started the outdoor season fourth in shot put, fifth in discus and seventh in hammer at the Edmunds Invite Mar. 26 ... took second in discus, third in shot put and fifth in hammer at the Warrior Invite April 16 ... one week later, was named Horizon League Field Athlete of the Week after winning the discus, taking second in shot put and third in hammer at the St. Norbert Invite ... posted a PR throw of 40.98m (134-5) in discus at the Drake Alternative May 1, moving her into seventh place in school history in that event.

2016 Indoor: Had a strong start to her collegiate career, scoring in both events at the Horizon League Championships with a third-place finish in weight throw and a seventh-place showing in shot put ... toss of 15.91m (52-2 1/2) in weight throw at the league meet now ranks fourth in UWM history ... made her college debute Jan. 16 at the Karl Schlender Invite where she took second in shot put and sixth in weight throw ... one week later, moved into third place in program history in shot put with a mark of 13.75m (45-1 1/2) at the Tierney Quad ... swept both throwing events at the Parkside Green & White Jan. 30 ... placed fourth in both events one week later at the Parkside Classic ... finished runner-up in shot put and third in weight throw at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 19.


Personal
Daughter of Lowell and Brenda ... named academic all-conference all four years ... an active volunteer, participating in blood drives and helping the elderly in her community ... born Jan. 1, 1997.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior