2017 Women's Track & Field
Biography
2017 (Senior)
• Big West runner-up in the javelin
• Registered a career-best 144-00 at the conference meet, improving on her No. 3 mark in school history
• Won the event at the All-UC Challenge with a then season-best 134-10
• Added top-five showings at the Ben Brown Invitational, UCI Spring Break Collegiate Classic, Mondo Team Challenge and Big West Challenge
• Hit a personal-record 44-10.75 to finish ninth in the shot put at the Big West Championships
• Ranks fifth among UCI’s all-time top-10 in that event
• Took second at the UCR Spring Classic Invitational (44-09.5)
2016 (Junior)
• Placed 13th overall in the heptathlon at the Big West Championships
• Won the shot put and took second in the javelin, while clearing a lifetime-best 4-09 in the high jump
• One week later in the main events of the conference meet, she finished 12th in the shot put with a season-best 44-01.25
• Compiled a season-best point total of 4,257 in the heptathlon at the UC Riverside Spring Break Invitational
• Tallied a season-best 143-08 in the javelin to rank third in program history
2015 (Redshirt)
• Did not compete
2014 (Sophomore)
• Scored in the heptathlon at the Big West Championships with a fifth-place finish
• Posted a personal-record 4,672 points
• Took first in the shot put (41-08.5), second in the javelin (114-07), third in the 200m (26.05) and sixth in the long jump (17-09.75)
• Also had top-five showings in the javelin (130-03), shot put (39-01.75) and long jump (18-00.25) at the UC Riverside Spring Break Invitational
2013 (Freshman)
• Placed first in the javelin (125-00) and shot put (41-00), and fourth in the 200m (25.81) in the Big West Heptathlon
• Ended up coming in 10th with 4,395 points
• Finished fourth in the 100m at the All-UC Challenge with a time of 12.38
High School
• Graduated from Lowell High School in 2012
• Four-year letterwinner in track & field
• Earned Most Outstanding Athlete of the Year honors
• Three-time league champion in the 100m, 200m and long jump in the San Francisco AAA Section
• Three-time State Meet qualifier
• Two-time Athlete of the Meet for the CIF San Francisco Section
• Helped extend her school's streak of consecutive SF Section Team Championships to 23 years
• Honor roll student
Personal
• Double majoring in criminology and political science
• Mother is Michelle Speech
• Has two siblings, Michael and Makayla
TOP MARKS AT UCI
100m = 12.36 (2013 Cal-Nevada Track & Field Championships)
200m = 25.64 (2014 Big West Challenge)
800m = 2:37.05 (2014 Big West Heptathlon)
100m Hurdles = 15.11 (2014 UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational)
High Jump = 4-09 (2016 Big West Heptathlon)
Long Jump = 18-00.75 (2014 UC Riverside Spring Break Invitational)
Shot Put = 44-10.75 (2017 Big West Championships)
Javelin = 144-00 (2017 Big West Championships)
Heptathlon = 4,672 (2014 Big West Championships)
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