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Ohio State Overview
- USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American Second Team (discus)
- Program record holder in the discus (61.13m) – 2023 Jesse Owens Classic
- 2024 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American Honorable Mention (discus)
- 2024 Outdoor All-Big Ten Second Team
2024-25
Indoor
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Did not compete.
Outdoor
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Did not compete.
2023-24
Indoor
- Competed at the Big Ten Championships in the shot put (14.89m)
- Finished sixth in the shot put at both Clemson (15.08m) and Louisville (14.81m)
- Finished ninth in the shot put at the Rod McCravy Memorial (14.32m)
- Finished 19th in the discus (54.14m) at the NCAA Championships
- Big Ten runner-up in the discus (59.27m) and also competed in the shot put (14.58m)
- Finished fifth in the discus (57.39m) at the NCAA East First Round
- Won the discus competition (53.90m) at the Raleigh Relays
- Finished in the top-three in all five regular season meets in the discus – win at Raleigh Relays, runner-up at USF (56.49m), runner-up at Jesse Owens Classic (55.23m), third at Louisville Invite (56.93m), third at Florida Invite (56.91m)
- Had the eight-best showings for the Buckeyes in the discus this season
- Was the shot put runner-up (15.27m) at the Jesse Owens Classic
- Also threw shot put at USF (14.66m) and Florida (14.12m)
Indoor
- Finished as the runner-up in the shot put competition at the Music City Challenge (15.72m – PR)
- Finished third in the shot put at the Michigan Invite (14.59m – indoor PR at the time) and Rod McCravy Memorial (14.49m)
- Was seventh in the shot put at the Indiana Relays (14.88m – indoor PR at the time)
- Competed in the shot put at the Big Ten Championships (14.90m)
- Competed in the weight throw at the Rod McCravy Memorial (14.18m) and the Indiana Relays (13.10m)
- Broke the program’s discus record (as well as the meet and stadium records) with a best throw of 61.13m to win the event at the Jesse Owens Classic
- Finished ninth in the discus (53.87m) at the NCAA East First Round, also competing in the shot put (13.95m)
- Finished third in the discus (56.44m) at the Big Ten Championships, also throwing the shot put (15.39m)
- Finished 13th in the discus (54.11m) at the NCAA Championships
- Also won the discus throw at the Bulls Invite (56.74m), placing herself second in program history
- Finished in the top-four in the discus in all five regular-season meets, adding a runner-up finish at the Bobcat Invite (55.35m), a then-PR of 57.06m for fourth at the Texas Relays and fourth at the Tom Jones Invite (55.57m) to her pair of wins
- Also had two top-six shot put finishes – third at the Jesse Owens Classic (15.25m) and sixth at the Bulls Invite (14.52m)
- Threw hammer at the Bulls Invite (42.69m)
