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Beth Rohl
Beth Rohl

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
New Buffalo, Mich.

High School:
New Buffalo

Event:
Throws


05/14/2013

Four Spartans Earn Track & Field All-Big Ten Honors

O'Connor, Rohl, James and Franklin receive conference recognition.

05/12/2013

Women Finish Fifth, Men 10th at Big Ten Championships

O'Connor and Rohl win gold on final day of competition.



05/10/2013

Rohl Wins Bronze On Day One At Big Ten Championships

Otwell and Pugh also score points for the Spartans on the first day of competition.

05/08/2013

MSU Track & Field Head To Big Ten Championships

Spartans leading the conference look to earn wins in individual events.

05/02/2013

Rohl Named Big Ten Co-Athlete Of The Week

Senior Spartan leads Big Ten and NCAA East Region in discus.

Personal Bests:
• Weight Throw - 21.40m (70-2) (School Record)
• Shot Put - 14.34m (47-0 3/4)
• Discus Throw - 56.85m (186-6) (School Record)
• Hammer Throw - 62.87m (206-3) (School Record)

2011-12:
• 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Discus Finals Qualifier
• U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Outdoor First-Team All-American
• U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Indoor First-Team All-American
• NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier
OUTDOOR:
Competed at the NCAA Championships, finishing fourth overall in the discus throw with a personal-best mark of 56.85...Also posted a mark of 56.33 in the hammer throw to finish 23rd overall at the NCAA Championships...Finished fifth overall in the discus throw at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, recording a mark of 53.57...Threw for a mark of 60.41m in the hammer throw to place seventh at the NCAA Champions East-preliminary round ...Earned a bronze medal at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a personal-best mark of 62.87 in the hammer throw and again in the discus with a mark of 54.47 ...Competed at the Drake Relays, placing 11th in the hammer throw (54.82) and 12th in the discus throw (50.33)...Threw for a mark of 53.47 to place third in the discus and posted fifth-place mark of 13.09m in the shot put at the GVSU Al Owens Open ... Won the discus throw at the Jesse Owens Track Classic with a mark of 51.26m, while posting a mark of 57.48m in the hammer throw...Claimed a win in the discus throw with a mark of 51.78 and placed third in the hammer with a mark of 55.76m at the MSU Spartan Invitational...Earned first-place honors at the Raleigh Relays in the hammer throw with a mark of 57.16m.
INDOOR:
Placed fifth overall in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships with a mark of 20.20m...Won the weight throw with a mark of 20.99m at the Alex Wilson Invitational...Earned a bronze medal at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a mark of 20.38 in the weight throw...Won the weight throw event at the Sivlerston Invitational with a mark of 20.23m... Threw for 20.63m to finish fourth overall in the weight throw at the Indiana Relays... Claimed a win in the weight throw with a mark of 20.39 at the Notre Dame Invitational... Earned first-place honors in the weight throw with a mark of 19.83 and threw for 13.68m to place fifth overall in the shot put at the GVSU Bob Eubanks Open.

2010-11:
• U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Outdoor First-Team All-American
• U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Indoor First-Team All-American
• U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Great Lakes Field Athlete of the Year
• Big Ten Field Athlete of the Year
• Big Ten Field Athlete of the Championships
• NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier
OUTDOOR: Recorded first-place finishes in the discus and hammer throws with distances of 53.24m and 52.32m respectively at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational ... Placed fourth in the hammer throw with a distance of 59.94m as well as fourth in the discus throw with a distance of 49.81m at the Sun Angel Track Classic ... Finished first with a throw of 54.34m in discus and fourth in the hammer throw with a throw of 52.24m at the Indiana University Outdoor Invitational ... Threw for a distance of 52.69m in the hammer throw and 53.74m in the discus throw for a third-place finish at the Drake Relays ... Placed second with a throw of 51.74 in the discus throw and first in the hammer throw with a throw of 58.14m at the Paddock Invitational ... Recorded two more first-place finishes at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw after throwing a facility- and school-record 60.28m and the discus throw with a facility- and school-record 55.94m ... At the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round she finished sixth in the discus throw with a distance of 55.39m and also threw for a distance of 58.49m in the hammer throw ... Finished the season with a 58.67m throw in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Championships.
INDOOR: Placed second in the weight throw at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational with a throw of 19.89m ... Recorded a first-place finish in the weight throw with a distance of 19.62m at the Findlay Indoor Track & Field Open ... Threw a distance of 13.30m in the shot put and finished fourth in the weight throw with a school-record throw of 20.44m at the GVSU Big Meet ... At the Big Ten Indoor Championships she placed second in the weight throw with a distance of 20.33m and also threw shot put for a distance of 13.86m ... Finished eighth in the weight throw with a throw of 19.80m at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships.

2009-10:
OUTDOOR: Earned USTFCCCA All-America honors after placing fifth in the discus throw with a toss of 53.44m (175-4) at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the hammer and discus throws with marks of 57.44m (188-5) and a school-record 54.48m (178-9), respectively, at the NCAA Division I East Region preliminaries ... Finished fifth in the hammer throw at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with toss of 53.82m (176-7) ... Threw a distance of 47.31m (155-2 ¾) in the discus throw at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships ... Recorded a season-best toss of 14.34m (47-0 ¾) in the shot put at the Sun Angel Track Classic ... Posted a discus throw of 50.30m (165-0) at the Sun Angel Track Classic ... Posted a hammer throw distance of 56.13m (184-2) at the Purdue Open Outdoor Invitational.

2008-09:
OUTDOOR: Competed in the discus throw ... Captured the bronze medal as a member of the United States Junior National Team at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships with a distance of 54.24m (177-11) in the hammer throw; Rohl was the top American finisher ... Recorded a personal-best throw of 49.31m (161-9) at the Spartan Invite.
INDOOR: Named Big Ten Indoor Freshman of the Year after winning the weight throw with a toss of 19.06m (62-6 ½); the mark is also a new school record ... Became the first Spartan since Susan Francis in 1991 to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... Named to All-Big Ten first team, becoming the first freshman in school history to earn All-Big Ten Indoor honors ... Set a personal-best of 14.00m (45-11 ¼) at the at the Meyo Invitational in the shot put ... Saw her weight throw marks improve from 17.46m (57-3 ½) at the season-opening MSU Open to 19.06m (62-6 ½) throughout the indoor season and saw similar progression in the shot put, throwing 12.68m (41-7 ¼) at the MSU Open until her season-best toss of 14.00m (45-11 ¼) at the Meyo.

Personal:
Daughter of Kim and Jeff Rohl ... Undecided on her intended major ... Born Nov. 7, 1990.

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