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2011-12 Women's Track and Field Roster

Justin Thompson

Aimee Veatch

Aimee Veatch

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Roanoke, Va.
  • Highschool:
    Cave Spring
  • Prev School:
    Cave Spring

Summary

Biography

2011-12 HIGHLIGHTS
Registered a seventh-place finish at the Hokie Invitational in the weight throw (16.24m) ... Won that event at the Liberty Open with a distance of 18.17m ... Finished eighth at the Akron Invitational with a 17.80m throw ... Won her second event of the year at the VT Challenge in the weight throw with an 18.10m effort ... Hurled an 18.36m throw at the BSC Indoor Championships to capture her third title of the season ... Threw a season-best 18.70m in the weight throw at the VT Final Qualifier ... Placed seventh in the hammer throw at the Wake Forest Open (50.99m) ... Notched a fifth-place effort in the hammer throw at the Weems Baskin Relays ... Took first place at the Winthrop Invitational in the hammer throw with a 53.50m effort ... Had a 12th-place performance at the Florida Pepsi Relays ... Won the hammer throw (51.91m) at the Carolina's Cup ... Finished fourth in her last BSC Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw ... Runner-up at the Highlander Invitational ... First-place performer at the Winthrop Twilight in the hammer throw ... Wrapped up her career with a third-place showing at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Big South Indoor All-Conference performer and USTFCCA All-Academic selection.

2010-11 HIGHLIGHTS
Made season debut at Big South Indoor Championships where she placed runner-up in the weight throw … Placed in the Top 5 in all five meets and won three hammer throw events, including the Big South title with a season-best throw of 52.78m … Among ACC competition, she placed fourth at the Joe Hilton-Kent Taylor Carolina Invitational with a toss of 51.18m ... Won the hammer throw for the third consecutive year at the Big South Championships with a toss of 52.78m/173'2" ... Posted three victories during outdoor and finished fourth or better in six meets.

2009-10 HIGHLIGHTS
Collected four NCAA provisional marks in the weight throw en route to being ranked in the Top-20 in the NCAA … Tallied seven Top-5 finishes in the weight throw, including three first-place and three third-place finishes … Eclipsed 62 feet in the weight throw four different times … Set a season-best mark and held the league’s top throw with a toss of 65’0.75” (19.89m) at the Big South Championships … Topped the field at the VT Challenge with a mark of 62’4” (19m) and also at the Liberty Kick Off in the weight throw, marking 59’6.75” (18.15m) ... Held Radford’s season-best outdoor marks in the shot put, discus and hammer throw … Finished 19th in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Regional with a mark of 181’1” (55.19m) … In the hammer throw, reached a distance of 55 meters of better five times … Eclipsed Tiffany Evans’ school record hammer throw with a mark of 190’6” (58.01m) at the Big South Championships, which also bettered the next closest competitor by 18 feet … Recorded an ECAC qualifying mark with a distance of 183’4” (55.88m) at the Lou Onesty Invite … Tossed the discus 121’8” (37.09m) at the Lou Onesty Invite to record another season-best mark.

2008-09 HIGHLIGHTS
Opened the indoor season with a season-best mark of 37’6.25” in the shot put and placed 11th in the weight throw (49’7.75”) … Topped the field at the Liberty Open with a distance of 53’11.25 in the weight throw and placed eighth in the shot put (34’0.25”) … Reached an indoor season-best weight throw distance at the Akron Open at 58’07.20” and placed 11th in the shot put (33’08.70”) … Big South Indoor Conference Champion in the weight throw and a 10th place finisher in the shot put ... Selected to the All-East Region squad in the hammer throw … Finished sixth in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Regional with a distance of 181’06” … Named Big South Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year ... Hit a season-best distance of 124’09” and finished third in the discus at the Big South Outdoor Championships ... All-Big South performer in the hammer throw, with a first place finish and a mark of 180’08” … Won the Winthrop Invitational with a season-best effort of 186’02” in the hammer throw … Seventh at the Jesse Owens Classic in the hammer throw with a mark of 179’60”.

HIGH SCHOOL
2008 Outdoor Track and Field All-American … School-record holder in the discus and held the State Hammer Throw Record … Placed third in the discus her senior season at State … Multiple district and regional titles.

PERSONAL/ACADEMICS
Born on November 19, 1989 … Daughter of Dawn and Brad Veatch and has three siblings … Majoring in health and physical education.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Throws
    5'9"
  • 2010-11Junior

    Throws
    5'9"
  • 2011-12Senior

    Throws
    5'9"