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2011-12 Women's Track and Field

Kaitlyn Griffith

Kaitlyn Griffith

  • Class:
    Redshirt
  • Highschool:
    Orrville
  • Hometown:
    Orrville, Ohio

Summary

Biography

2012 Outdoor (Senior): Won the Hammer Throw at the Horizon League Championships with a heave of 55.95 meters...finished second in the shot put with a toss of 13.68 meters...was third in the discus at the Horizon League Championships with a throw of 40.75 meters...finished third in the shot put at the Northeast Ohio Invitational with a heave of 14.14m, also won the hammer title with a throw of 56.14m...won the shot put championship at the Spark Adams Invitational with a distance of 13.61m...took home second in the discus thanks to throw of 42.78m...won another championship in the hammer with a distance of 50.32m...won the hammer throw competition at the Ashland Alumni Open with a throw of 56.15m...finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 13.77m.

2012 Indoor (Senior): Won the shot put competition at the Horizon League Championship with a throw of 14.60m, also took home the weight throw title with a distance of 18.17m.

2011 Outdoor (Junior): Had four top-10 finishes at the Horizon League championships, including winning titles in the shot put (14.13m) and the hammer (54.88m)…took fourth in the discus (43.56m) and ninth in the javelin (27.18m)…her personal-best discus throw ranks 10th in school history…won the hammer throw with a personal-best 55.99m at the Ashland Last Chance Meet, which is the second-farthest throw in YSU history…qualified for Regional competition for the first time in her career, throwing the hammer 53.43m to finish 31st at the East Regional…placed third in the shot put event at the Northeast Ohio Quad with a personal-best throw of 14.38m, which ranks 10th on YSU’s top-10 charts…took third in the shot put (14.18m) and fourth in the hammer (52.36m) at the Duke Invitational…won the hammer (53.48m) and finished third in the discus (41.90m) at the Sparky Adams Invitational…earned Horizon League Female Field Athlete of the Week for her performance at the meet…had three top-10 finishes at the All-Ohio Championships, taking sixth in the hammer (54.77m), eighth in the shot put (13.88m) and 10th in the discus (42.48m).

2011 Indoor (Sophomore): Won the shot put at the Horizon League Championships with a personal-best mark of 14.29m...placed second in the weight throw with a heave of 17.33 meters.

2010 Outdoor (Sophomore): Had personal-best distances in the hammer throw and shot put at the Horizon League Championships ... finished second in the hammer throw, 54.13m (177-7), and shot put, 13.66m (44-9 ¾), at the league meet ... the hammer throw ranks second in school history and the shot put distance ranks fourth ... also threw the javelin 24.30m (79-9) to take 15th at the meet ... threw the hammer 52.40m (171-11) at the Campbell/Wright Open to finish fifth ... finished 10th in the shot put at both the All-Ohio Championships (13.44m) and the Ashland Alumni Open (12.77m) ... also finished sixth in the hammer throw with a distance of 51.66m (169-6) at Ashland ... finished 12th in the hammer throw (49.97m) and 15th in the shot put (12.50m) at the Raleigh Relays ... also threw the shot put 13.32m (43-8 ½) to finish 15th and the hammer 47.76m (156-8) to claim 19th at the Sea Ray Relays.

2010 Indoor (Sophomore): Redshirted.

2009 Outdoor (Freshman): Threw personal-best distances in the javelin (100-1) and the shot put (43-7 ¼) at the Horizon League Championships ... finished second in the javelin, third in the shot put and seventh in the hammer throw (145-6) at the event ... had a personal-best throw in the hammer throw (161-2) at the Campbell/Wright Open ... claimed second in the hammer (150-8) and third in the shot put (39-7 ¾) at the Sparky Adams Invite ... added a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw at the Detroit Titan Classic (148-1 ¼) ... also finished sixth in the shot put (40-4) at the Saint Francis Red Flash Open.

2009 Indoor (Freshman): Finished third in the shot put (42-2 ¼) and eighth in the weight throw (46-10 ¼) at the Horizon League Championships ... threw a personal-best distance of 42-6 ¾ in the shot put at the Kent State Triangular ... the distance ranks ninth in school history ... personal-best distance of 48-6 ¼ in the weight throw came at Kent State Tune-Up ... added a first-place finish in the shot put (41-5 ¾) and a fourth-place finish in the weight throw (47-2 ¼) at Baldwin-Wallace ... also finished fourth in the shot put at both the Robert Morris Sixway and the Akron Open.

High School: Earned four letters at Orrville...holds school records in the shot put, discus, high jump, and hammer throw ... three-time school field MVP...two-time OCC Field MVP... qualified for state meet three times...coach was Jason Ayers.

Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1990...parents are Brett and Sherri Griffith...major is criminal justice.

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