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2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Richard Shumaker
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Ashlen Veatch

Ashlen Veatch

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

Summary

Biography

2015-16
Indoor – Season-best weight throw of 17.55m to take second at VT Invite… Won event at Marshall Opener and sixth at Big South Championship. Outdoor – Season-best hammer throw of 51.01m to place seventh at VertKlasse Meeting… Fourth in event at Virginia.

2014-15 
Indoor—Had five Top-5 finishes (all in weight throw)…Placed third at both the Chipotle Marshall Invitational and the Big South Indoor Track & Field Championships…Threw for 17.93m (PR) at the Virginia Tech Challenge…Named Big South Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 24…All-Big South in the weight throw. Outdoor—Four Top-5 finishes tossing the hammer…Won both the Phoenix Invitational and the Highlander Invitational…Threw a distance of 56.54m (PR) at the 2015 UT Challenge…Qualified for the NCAA East Prelim with the nations 44th best mark in the hammer...Finished 38th at the NCAA East Prelims with a heave of 52.15m.  

2013-14 
Successfully defended her hammer title at the Virginia Cup with a 50.52m toss ... Finished third at the Virginia Challenge behind a season-best effort (52.63m) in the hammer ... Runner-up at the Highlander Invitational with a 51.79m mark in the hammer ... Narrowly missed all-conference honors at the Big South outdoor championships by placing fourth in the hammer (49.49m) ... Logged five Top-5 performances during the outdoor season throwing the hammer ... Finished ninth at the Big South indoor championships in the weight throw (15.91m) ... Charted three Top-5 showings during the indoor season in the weight throw.

2012-13 
Placed fifth at the Big South Championships in the hammer throw with a PR distance of 53.28 ... Won the hammer at the UVA Invitational with a toss of 50.52m ... Was runner-up in the hammer at the Virginia Challenge with a toss of 48.90m ... Placed third at the Highlander Invitational (52.67m) and Liberty Invitational (51.39m) ... Took ninth in the discus at the Highlander Invitational with a toss of 29.38m ... Hurled a 14.71m toss in the weight throw at the VT Invitational to finish ninth ... Tossed a personal-best and an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) qualifying mark of 16.22 meters to finish runner-up at the Liberty Open in the weight throw ... Followed her runner-up showing with a ninth-place effort of 16.12 meters at Hilton Garden Inn-vitational ... Placed sixth at VT Challenge with a toss of 15.34 meters in weight throw.

HIGH SCHOOL
Virginia state record holder in the hammer throw (49.62m) ... 2012 High School Nationals - 6th place ... 2011 World Youth Trials Silver Medalist ... 2010 USATF Youth Championship Gold Medalist ... 2010 Hammerama High School Champion ... 2010 USA Junior Championship 9th place finish as youngest competitor ... 2009 Junior Olympics National Chamionship Silver Medalist ... Top ranked US girl from 2008 - 2010.

PERSONAL / ACADEMICS
Daughter of Brad and Dawn Veatch ... Has three siblings: Alexandra, Aimee and Aric ... Majoring in elementary education.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Throws
    5'9"

  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Throws
    5'9"

  • 2014-15Junior

    Throws
    5'9"

  • 2015-16Senior

    Throws
    5'9"