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Track and Field completed action this afternoon at the Silverston Invitational with several individual victories in sprinting events and a strong team effort from the men and women's throwing squad.
2010-11: OUTDOOR: Began the outdoor season with a second-place finish in the hammer throw with a throw of 49.93m and a sixth-place finish in the discus throw with a throw of 40.46m at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational ... Threw for a distance of 48.92m in the hammer throw and 40.08m in the discus throw at the Sun Angel Track Classic ... Placed seventh in the discus throw with a throw of 44.61m at the Indiana University Outdoor Invitational while also throwing a distance of 46.78m in the hammer throw ... Threw for a distance of 41.54m at the EMU Twilight ... Recorded a second-place finish in the hammer throw with a distance of 49.89m and a fourth-place finish in the discus throw with a distance of 41.05m at the Lyle Bennett Open ... At the Paddock Invitational she threw for a distance of 49.16m in the hammer throw for a seventh-place finish ... Finished the season at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships throwing for a distance of 44.51m in the discus throw and 49.99m in the hammer throw.
INDOOR: Recorded a throw of 15.27m in the weight throw at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational ... Placed ninth in the weight throw with a distance of 15.47m and eight in the shot put with a throw of 12.38m at the Simmons/Harvey Invitational ... Finished sixth in the weight throw with a throw of 16.93m at the Findlay Indoor Track & Field Open while also throwing 12.00m in the shot put for a tenth-place finish ... At the GVSU Big Meet she threw for a distance of 17.15m in the weight throw and 12.26m in the shot put ... Posted a throw of 17.40m in the weight throw at the Big Ten Indoor Championships.
2009-10: OUTDOOR: Recorded a discus throw of 45.68m (149-10) and a hammer throw of 49.43m (162-2) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships ... Had a javelin throw of 33.29m (109-2) at the Indiana State University Quad ... Posted a season-best in discus with a throw of 46.04m (151-0) at the Sun Angel Track Classic where she also recorded her season-best in the hammer throw with a distance of 50.09m (164-4). INDOOR: Posted a throw of 16.00m (52-6) in the weight throw at the Big Ten Indoor Championships ... Threw the shot put a distance of 10.54m (34-7) at the Notre Dame Invitational.
2008-09: OUTDOOR: Participated in the hammer throw and discus ... Recorded a personal-best hammer throw of 45.76m (150-1) at the Hillsdale Gina Relays ... Tallied a personal-high discus throw of 44.84m (147-1) at the Indiana Invite. INDOOR: Competed in the weight throw at five meets during the indoor season, highlighted by a season-best 15.96m (52-4 ¼) at the season-opening MSU Open ... Threw 15.07m (49-5 ½) at the Chippewa Open ... Just missed the 15.00m mark at the Grand Valley Big Meet after turning in a throw of 14.92m (48-11 ½) ... Threw 14.38m (47-2 ¼) at the Indiana Invite and 13.94m (45-9) at the Notre Dame Invite.
2007-08: INDOOR: Competed unattached ... Finished the Jack Skoog Open in both the shot put (12.32m/40-5) and the weight throw (14.29m/46-10 3/4) ... Posted a distance of 11.37m (37-3 3/4) in the shot put and 12.42m (40-9) in the weight throw at the MSU Invite.
OUTDOOR: Competed in the discus throw at the Len Paddock Open (5/9) and tallied a 41.28m, winning her flight.
High School:
Four-year letterwinner in both track and basketball ... All-state discus and shot put honoree as a senior ... All-conference selection in discus and shot put in both junior and senior years ... Finished fifth in state finals in discus and fourth in shot put as a senior ... 2007 Detroit Free Press Scholar-Athlete.
Personal:
Daughter of Christopher and Mary Kay Whalen ...No-preference major ... Born Aug. 14, 1989.