Kristen Callan Season 2005-06

Kristen CallanEvent: Throws
Class: Junior
High School: Woodbury
Hometown: Monroe, N.Y.2005 Outdoor: Placed 10^th in the finals of the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships with her throw of 196'2" (59.79m) ... Earned All-America honors for being the eighth American finisher in the finals of the hammer throw at the outdoor national meet ... Threw six NCAA regional qualifying marks in the hammer ... Placed second in the hammer at the ACC Championships with a new school- and personal-best throw of 203'10" (62.13m) ... Ranked fifth in the NCAA Division I East Region performance list and 11^th on the national list with her personal-best mark ... Earned All-ACC honors for finishing second at the conference championships ... An NCAA Championships automatic qualifier after finishing fourth in the hammer at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 195'4" (59.54m) ... At the Georgia Tech Invitational, threw the hammer 197'11" (60.32m) for fourth place in the event ... Won the hammer throw at Tennessee's SeaRay Relays with 197'8" (60.25m) ... Had six top-five finishes during the season.

2005 Indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the weight with seven provisional throws during the season ... Set a personal best in the weight throw with 63'7.50" (19.39m) at the ACC Championships, which placed her fourth in the event ... Had five top-five performances ... Threw over 60' in six competitions ... Took fourth place at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a mark of 62'10.75" (19.17m) ... Improved her throw by three feet from the 2004 season.

2004 Outdoor: Broke her own school hammer throw record five times during the season ... Was 15^th in the women's hammer at the IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships in Italy ... Won the hammer throw at the USA Junior National Championships in College Station, Texas with her personal-best and meet record of 193'11" (59.11m) ... Threw 192' (58.52m) and was a finalist at the NCAA East Regional Championships ... Claimed second place at the BIG EAST Championships, posting a mark of 189'8" (57.82m) ... Finished fourth at the Mt. SAC Relays with a mark of 186'3" (56.78m) ... Took 12^th at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a toss of 185'11" (56.66m) ... Won the hammer throw at the Virginia Tech Invite with 181'4" (55.28m) ... Was sixth at both the Raleigh and SeaRay Relays ... Broke the four-year school hammer throw record in her first outdoor meet, the Raleigh Relays, with 181' ... Named BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

2004 Indoor: Finished fourth at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a throw of 59'7.5" (18.17m) ... Broke the two-year school record in her first collegiate meet and grabbed her first-place finish, throwing 59'5.5" (18.12m) at the VMI Invitational ... Set the school record at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a mark of 60'3" (18.36m) while claiming first place in the event ... Won the weight throw at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a throw of 59'3" (18.06m) ... Grabbed first place at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a 58'8.5" (17.89m) performance.

High School: Named to the Track & Field News High School All-American Team in 2002 and 2003 ... Was the National Scholastic Indoor Champion and the NIKE Indoor Classic Champion in the 20-pound weight throw ... Her best mark of 57'1.75" ranked as the best high school performance in the nation ... Outdoors, was the nation's top scholastic hammer thrower with a personal-best throw of 186'2", ranking her fifth on the all-time U.S. high school performance list ... Was a two-time national champion in the weight throw and a seven-time All-American in the weight and hammer throw ... New York state record holder in the hammer and weight throw.

Personal: Born April 5, 1985 in Goshen, N.Y. ... Daughter of Rich and Fran Callan ... History major.

- INTEGRITY - SERVICE - HONOR - EXCELLENCE - STRONG TOGETHER