Tamara Burns Season 2006-07

Tamara BurnsEvent: Throws
Class: r-Senior
High School: Cloud County C.C.
Hometown: Elm Creek, Neb.2006 Outdoor: Redshirted.

2006 Indoor: Earned All-America honors for her sixth-place performance in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Had a throw of 20.55m (67'5.25") ... Won the weight throw at the ACC Championships with a toss of 21.38m (70'1.75") ... Won the Clemson Invitational with an NCAA qualifying mark of 22.33m (73'3.25") ... The throw was a personal best and a school record ... Won the Virginia Tech Invitational weight-throw event with an effort of 21.76m (71'4.75") ... Finished second in the 20-lb. weight throw with a toss of 21.94m (71'11.75") at the Penn State National ... Won the weight throw with an NCAA automatic qualifying toss of 21.80m (71'6.25") at the Husker Invitational.

2005 Outdoor: Threw the shot put, discus and hammer ... Was an NCAA regional qualifier in the hammer and discus throw ... Placed 12^th in the hammer at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 169'2" (51.56m) ... Finished third in the hammer with a personal-best mark of 195'6" (59.59m) at the ACC Championships ... Earned All-ACC honors for finishing third at the conference championships ... Was seventh in the discus throw and 13^th in the shot put at the ACC championships ... Had season-best throws in the shot (45'5.25"; 13.85m) and discus (162'6"; 49.53m) at the Charlotte Invitational.

2005 Indoor: Threw the 20 lb. weight 66'5.25" (20.25m) for 12^th place at the NCAA Championships ... Earned first NCAA division I All-American honor of her career ... All-ACC honor for placing third in the weight throw event ... Won the weight throw and set the school record at 68'7.25" (20.91m) at the Carolina Classic ... Finished seventh in the women's shot put with a mark of 44'11.50" (13.70m) at the ACC Championships ... Threw a season-best 45'10.50" (13.98m) in the shot put for a seventh-place finish at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Awarded Virginia Tech's Track and Field Female Rookie of the Year.

Prior to Tech: Was a thrower at Cloud County Community College in Concordia, Kansas for coach Ted Schmitz ... National Junior College runner-up in the weight throw ... A four-time junior college All-American ... 2004 NJCAA All-American for the discus, hammer and weight ... Finished second at nationals in the discus and hammer ... Holds the school record in the weight, discus and hammer ... Had bests of 45'11' (14.00m) in the shot put, 164' (50.00m) in the discus throw and 170' (51.82m) for the hammer throw.

High School: A four-year letterman in track at Elm Creek High School under coaches Mark Stone and Don Richmond ... Senior year, Class D state champion in the shot put and discus ... Named All-Class Gold in shot put ... Broke the Class D state record in the shot put five times (46'11.5") ... Won the shot put (46'8") and discus (159'3 - a personal best) competing against three other states at a senior All-Star meet ... Named Outstanding Female Performer for Nebraska at the Senior All-Star Meet ... Outstanding Thrower at the 2001 Down Under International Games in Australia ... Was first in the shot put, second in the hammer and third in the discus at the meet ... Was second in the shot put and third in the discus at the Junior Olympic Nationals ... Holds Nebraska's sixth-best all-time shot put throw ... First in the shot put at the 2002 Adidas Indoor Midwest Classic ... Also played middle hitter two years for the volleyball team ... Was team captain ... Named first-team all-region and honorable mention all-state ... Was sophomore class president and two-time class vice president ... Two-time recipient of the Citizenship Award ... 2001 and 2002 Class D State Powerlifting champion and state-record holder in the deadlift with 400 lbs.

Personal: Born on December 21, 1983 in Eureka, Calif. ... Daughter of Timothy and Natalie Burns ... Human development major ... Has one brother, Michael.

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