Tigers will take on archrival Kansas in annual dual meet at the Hearnes Center on Friday at 1:30 p.m.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
Weight Throw
17.29m (54-6)
Discus
49.44m (162-2)
Hammer
53.79m (176-6)
IN THE NEWS
On the same track By Jake Singleton of Lee's Summit Journal written 2/14/2008
CAREER HONORS
All-Big 12 (2010 Outdoor)
2011 Indoor: Set a personal-best in the weight throw at 17.31m, doing so at the Iowa State Bill Bergan Invitational where she placed fourth overall ... Competed in the weight throw at the Big 12 Championships and posted a mark of 16.85m, placing 14th overall. Outdoor:NCAA Championship Preliminary Round qualifier in the discus with a season-best mark of 49.36m, set at the Tom Botts Invitational in an event-winning performance ... Just missed All-Big 12 honors in the hammer throw with a throw of 53.18m at the Big 12 Championships, placing her ninth overall ... Tossed a season-best mark of 53.54m in the hammer at the Tom Botts Invitational, placing fourth overall.
2010: Indoor: Competed in the weight throw during the indoor slate and set a significant personal-best throw of 16.61m (54-6) at the ISU Classic ... Threw 16.35m (53-7 ¾) at the Bill Bergan Invitational, her second-best mark of the season, and was just under that at the season-opening Missouri Invitational when she measured in at 16.34m (53-7 ½) ... Competed in the weight throw at the Big 12 Championships where she tallied her fourth-best throw of the season at 15.92m (52-2 ¾), earning her 16th overall. Outdoor: All-Big 12 honoree in the discus after placing seventh with a throw of 47.98m (157-5) ... Qualified for the NCAA First Round with a personal-best throw of 49.44m (162-2) at the Drake Relays ... At the NCAA First Round, she measured in at 46.32m (151-11) ... Also threw in the hammer throw throughout the season and posted a season-best mark of 52.12m (171-0) at the Missouri Relays.
High School: Two-time MSHSAA Class 4 Champion, winner of the discus in 2008 for Lee's Summit North HS ... according to Track & Field News, recorded the nation's 14th best discus mark among high school girls in 2008 ... was LSN's Female Athlete of the Year ... three-time All-State performer ... also was a three-year letterwinner in basketball and two-year letterwinner in softball ... high school PRs - SP, 37-11; DISC, 156-9 ... high school coaches - Ed Brill, Jerry Skakal, Tom Coyle.
Personal: Daughter of Bill & Robin Collins ... majoring in nutrition and fitness ... was a four-year honor roll student in high school while taking honors courses ... born July 16, 1989, in Kansas City, Mo.
