2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster
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Ashley Pryke
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Bio
Career
Indoor/Outdoor: Competes primarily in the javelin … Also has thrown the shot put (indoor/outdoor), hammer and weight throw … Two-time All-America first team … Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier … Three-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier … Two-time American Athletic Conference champion … Three-time All-American Athletic Conference (two gold/one bronze) … Twenty top-three performances … Fifteen titles … Holds school record in the event (re-set her school record four times) … Three-time U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches (USTFCCA) All-Academic … Three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic.
Outdoor
Career: Two-time All-America first team … Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier … Three-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier … Two-time American Athletic Conference champion … Three-time All-American Athletic Conference (two gold/one bronze) … Twenty top-three performances … Fifteen titles … Holds school record in the event (re-set her school record four times) … 2018: Earned All-America first team honors with her seventh-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships (176-8; 53.85m) … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries, where she was runner-up … Repeated as the American Athletic Conference champion in the javelin (176-5; 53.77m) … Had seven top-three performances, including six titles … Threw a season-best 179-0 (54.55m) at the season-opening Rhodes Invitational … 2017: Earned All-America first team honors with her third-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championships … Threw a school-record 186-9 (56.93m) at the NCAA meet … It was the fourth time that season she re-set her school record … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries and placed eighth … Took gold at the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships … Won javelin title in all seven regular-season meets … First re-set of school record came with her first-place first at the season-opening Rhodes Invitational (175-3; 53.41m) … Next re-set was at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Invitational (177-5; 54.09m) … Third re-set was her conference title-clinching throw (181-0; 55.18m) … 2016: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries, where she placed 14th… Won bronze at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championships … Had four top-three performances, including the Joey Haines Invitational title … Set her first school record in the event with a 160-10 (49.03m) effort at the Joey Haines Invitational … Also competed in the IAAF World U20 Championships in mid-July.
Indoor
Career: Competed nearly exclusively in the shot put … Had one top-three performance … Threw in two American Athletic Conference Championships … 2017-18: Threw in three shot put competitions … Posted a season-best 42-5.25 (12.93m) at the KMS Invitational … 2016-17:Threw the shot put in seven meets, including the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships … Placed 17thin the event at the league meet … Recorded career-best finish in the shot put at the Redhawks Invitational (2nd) … Set personal-best in the shot put (44-3.5; 13.50m) and weight throw (42-3.5; 12.89m) at the Arkansas State Invitational … 2015-16: Competed in the shot put in five meets, including the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championships … Placed 17thin the event at the league meet … Her 41-3 (12.57m) throw at the conference meet was a season-best.
Indoor/Outdoor: Competes primarily in the javelin … Also has thrown the shot put (indoor/outdoor), hammer and weight throw … Two-time All-America first team … Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier … Three-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier … Two-time American Athletic Conference champion … Three-time All-American Athletic Conference (two gold/one bronze) … Twenty top-three performances … Fifteen titles … Holds school record in the event (re-set her school record four times) … Three-time U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches (USTFCCA) All-Academic … Three-time American Athletic Conference All-Academic.
Outdoor
Career: Two-time All-America first team … Two-time NCAA Championships qualifier … Three-time NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier … Two-time American Athletic Conference champion … Three-time All-American Athletic Conference (two gold/one bronze) … Twenty top-three performances … Fifteen titles … Holds school record in the event (re-set her school record four times) … 2018: Earned All-America first team honors with her seventh-place finish at the 2018 NCAA Championships (176-8; 53.85m) … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries, where she was runner-up … Repeated as the American Athletic Conference champion in the javelin (176-5; 53.77m) … Had seven top-three performances, including six titles … Threw a season-best 179-0 (54.55m) at the season-opening Rhodes Invitational … 2017: Earned All-America first team honors with her third-place finish at the 2017 NCAA Championships … Threw a school-record 186-9 (56.93m) at the NCAA meet … It was the fourth time that season she re-set her school record … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries and placed eighth … Took gold at the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships … Won javelin title in all seven regular-season meets … First re-set of school record came with her first-place first at the season-opening Rhodes Invitational (175-3; 53.41m) … Next re-set was at Arkansas State’s Red Wolves Invitational (177-5; 54.09m) … Third re-set was her conference title-clinching throw (181-0; 55.18m) … 2016: Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries, where she placed 14th… Won bronze at the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championships … Had four top-three performances, including the Joey Haines Invitational title … Set her first school record in the event with a 160-10 (49.03m) effort at the Joey Haines Invitational … Also competed in the IAAF World U20 Championships in mid-July.
Indoor
Career: Competed nearly exclusively in the shot put … Had one top-three performance … Threw in two American Athletic Conference Championships … 2017-18: Threw in three shot put competitions … Posted a season-best 42-5.25 (12.93m) at the KMS Invitational … 2016-17:Threw the shot put in seven meets, including the 2017 American Athletic Conference Championships … Placed 17thin the event at the league meet … Recorded career-best finish in the shot put at the Redhawks Invitational (2nd) … Set personal-best in the shot put (44-3.5; 13.50m) and weight throw (42-3.5; 12.89m) at the Arkansas State Invitational … 2015-16: Competed in the shot put in five meets, including the 2016 American Athletic Conference Championships … Placed 17thin the event at the league meet … Her 41-3 (12.57m) throw at the conference meet was a season-best.
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