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Denise Gilmore
Denise Gilmore

Hometown:
Manhattan, Kan.

High School:
Manhattan HS

Event:
Throws

Birthdate:
01/06/1986

Eligibility:
RS Junior


PERSONAL BESTS

as of October 25, 2007

Indoor
SP 11.93m 39-1½ Meyo '05
WT 17.15m 56-3 MoInv '06
Outdoor
SP 11.81m 38-8¾ MoRel '05
HT 54.00m 177-1¾ Botts '06

POST-SEASON HISTORY

USATF Junior Championships
Hammer Throw
2005 FR 50.28m 164-11½ 7
Big 12 Championships
Hammer Throw
2005 FR 52.63m 172-8 8
2006 SO FOUL 0-0
Big 12 Indoor Championships
Weight Throw
2005 FR 16.79m 55-1 11
2006 SO 15.62m 51-2¾ 15

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • All-Big 12
  • USATF Junior All-American
  • Academic All-Big 12

YEAR-BY-YEAR

2007:
Outdoor: Redshirt season ... took season off to study abroad. Indoor: Redshirt season.

2006:
Outdoor: Moved into Mizzou's all-time top five in the hammer throw with a winning performance of 177-2 (54.00m) at the Tom Botts Invitational. Indoor: Placed 15th at the Big 12 Indoor with the weight ... marked a career best at the Missouri Invitational with a 56-3¼ toss (17.15m) with the weight.

2005:
Outdoor: All-Big 12 in the hammer throw with an eighth-place showing, throwing 172-8, a career-best and a Missouri freshman record ... USATF Junior All- American with a seventh-place finish at junior nationals, throwing 164-11 ... placed third at the Missouri Relays and Pepsi Team Invitational ... also threw shot, 38-9, season best. Indoor: Placed 11th at the Big 12 Indoor in the weight throw (55-1) ... threw the weight over 50 feet in two meets ... winner of the Missouri All-Comers weight throw competition ... also threw the shot put, 39-1¾, season best.

High School:
Three-time All-State softball player ... was not part of the track and field team in high school ... in the summer of 2000, was a state, district, and regional shot put AAU Champion, throwing for her current personal best of 42-4½ at age 14.

Personal:
Daughter of Ronald & Susanne Gilmore ... majoring in political science ... Gilmore hasn't put on a track and field uniform since 2000 when she participated in a series of AAU meet in junior high school, played softball at Manhattan High School before coming to Mizzou ... entered Mizzou as a member of the Chancellor's Leadership Class, only one of 26 incoming freshmen in the program ... born January 6, 1986 in Nürnberg, Germany.