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x/Sr./Sr.

Jamestown, N.Y.

Southwestern High School

Bethany Anderson


Career Summary: Owns indoor school records in the shot put and the weight throw ... is the school-record holder in the hammer and shot put in the outdoor circuit ... also owns the Horizon League shot put record in both indoor and outdoor ... is a 10-time Horizon League champion ... is the only thrower in league history to have five indoor titles, and she is the only one to win both throwing events in the same year.

Career-Best Marks

Indoor Outdoor
Shot Put - 47' 7 1/4" (2005) Shot Put - 46' 3 1/2"  (2005)
Weight Throw - 63' 7" (2007) Discus - 135'3" (2007)
  Hammer - 188'11" (2007)


Yearly Breakdown

2007 Outdoor (Junior): Named YSU's female athlete of the year ... is the the fourth female track and field athlete to earn the award and the first thrower ... won the shot put and hammer at the Horizon League Championships for the second straight season ... became the first three-time shot put champion in the 10-year history of the league meet ... finished eighth in the hammer at the Mideast Regional, which is the highest-ever individual finish at the meet by a YSU student-athlete ... broke the school record in the hammer at the Regional with a throw of 188-10 3/4 ... had the Horizon League's best throw in the hammer by 28 feet ... added a third-place finish in the discus at the league championships with a personal-best mark of 135-3 in the only time she competed in the event all year ... hit the Regional qualifying mark in the hammer the first week of the season and three more times during the year ... was YSU's first-ever female thrower to automatically qualify for the Regional ... did not finish lower than fourth in the hammer prior to the Regional ... finished the year ranked in the top 50 in the nation in the hammer ... named the Horizon League Athlete-of-the-Week and the U.S. Army Horizon League Scholar-Athlete of the Week twice. 

2006-07 Indoor (Junior):
Voted the Horizon League Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year by the league's coaches...joined former YSU All-America runner Kurt Michaelis as the only two athletes to earn the honor ... also named Outstanding Field Performer at the Horizon League Championship after sweeping the throws for the second straight season...won the shot put for the third straight year, becoming just the third three-time winner in the event in the league's history...won the weight throw by more than 5 1/2 feet with a mark of 56-1...edged UW-Milwaukee's Amber Curtis by 3/4 of an inch to win the shot put with a mark of 43-2 1/2...became the first female thrower in school history to provisionally qualify for the NCAA Championship...finished the year ranked 26th nationally in the weight throw...named the Horizon League Athlete of the Week three times...broke the school record in the weight throw with a mark of 63-7 at the Kent State Tune-Up...won the weight throw at the Doug Raymond Open, All-Ohio Championships and Kent State Tune-Up...posted a season-best mark of 44-4 /4 in the shot put at the Golden Flash Gala.

2006 Outdoor (Sophomore):
Earned Outstanding Field Performer honors at the Horizon League Championship after winning the shot put (44-3 1/2) and the hammer (170-10)...won the shot put by two feet and the hammer by more than five feet...also placed ninth in the javelin (87-3) and 10th in the discus (108-10) at the league meet....finished 23rd in the hammer at the NCAA Mideast Regional (162-10)...set the school record in the hammer at the Sea Ray Relays with a fourth-place throw of 175-1...earned a total of four top-six finishes in the hammer and four top-six finishes in the shot put.

2005-06 Indoor (Sophomore): Swept the throws at the Horizon League Championship...her throw of 58-4 3/4 in the weight throw was a season-best mark and almost 4 1/2 feet further than the second-place finisher...won the shot put by almost three feet  with a heave of 46-2...both of her throws were season-best marks...also won both events at Robert Morris...earned six top-five finishes in the shot put and six top-five finishes in the weight throw.

2005 Outdoor (Freshman): Was named Outstanding Field Newcomer of the Meet at the Horizon League Championship after winning the shot put and placing third in the hammer…broke the League record and the school record in the shot put at the meet with a mark of 46-3 1/2…also set the school record in the hammer with a mark of 171-10 1/2...qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the shot put and placed fifth in her flight…also placed third in the hammer and eighth in the shot put at the Sea Ray Relays...finished fifth in the shot put at the Penn Relays.

2004-05 Indoor (Freshman):
Named the Field Newcomer of the Year at the Horizon League Championship, winning the shot put and placed second in the weight throw at the conference meet...heave of 47-7 1/4 at the meet in the shot put set YSU and Horizon League records while her mark of 55-8 1/2 in the weight throw was a school record...also placed second in the weight throw and third in the shot put at the Akron Open.

High School:
Earned two letters and was named team captain once...broke the school record in the shot put (41-5 1/2)...was named the team's most valuable player in field events...helped lead Southwestern to the Division II State Championship...also competed in volleyball.

Personal:
Awarded the Lester Donnell Scholarship for the 2007-08 academic year...born 11/30/85...daughter of Timothy and Brenda Anderson...has two brothers (Tim Jr. and Bill)...major is physical education.

Team Information
Horizon League Indoor Championsip
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