Hokie ClubClass: r-Senior
High School: Woodbury
Hometown: Monroe, N.Y.
2007 Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached and took first place in the hammer throw with a 61.87m (203'00") mark while unattached at the UNC Elite meet ... Finished first as an unattached competitor at the Radford Collegiate with a 62.68m (205'8") effort.
2007 Indoor: Took 12th place in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships with a heave of 19.37m (63'6.75") ... Earned All-ACC recognition with a 19.81m (65'0") mark for second place in the weight throw at the conference meet, finishing just .04m behind the conference champion ... Recorded a personal-best 20.37m (66'10") effort for second place in the weight throw at the Virginia Tech Last Chance Meet ... Won Virginia Tech Challenge crown in the weight throw with a 19.94m (65'5") mark ... Weight throw runner-up at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup with a 19.86m (65'2") mark.
2006 Outdoor: Earned All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with a throw of 62.09m (203'8"), finishing seventh ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships with her fifth-place performance at the NCAA East Region meet, having a mark of 59.81m (196'3") ... Earned All-ACC honors with her second-place finish at the ACC Championships with an effort of 60.39m (198'1") ... Won the Texas Relays with a school record-setting mark of 62.94m (206'6") ... Recorded an NCAA regional qualifying standard of 60.32m (197'11") in her first-place effort in the hammer throw at the Hurricane Invitational ... Won the Florida State Relays with a throw of 62.05m (203'6") ... Won the Georgia Tech Invitational with a throw of 60.99m (200'1").
2006 Indoor: Redshirted.
2005 Outdoor: Placed 10th in the finals of the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships with a throw of 196'2" (59.79m) to earn All-America honors ... Placed second in the hammer at the ACC Championships with a then-school- and personal-best throw of 203'10" (62.13m) ... Ranked fifth in the NCAA Division I East Region performance list and 11th on the national list ... 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 59.54m (195'4") ... At the Georgia Tech Invitational, threw the hammer 60.32m (197'11") for fourth place in the event ... Won the hammer throw at Tennessee's SeaRay Relays with a 60.25m (197'8") effort.
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 a 19.39-meter (63'7.50") mark at the ACC Championships, which placed her fourth in the event ... Took fourth place at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a mark of 19.17m (62'10.75") ... 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 15th 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 a meet record of 59.11m (193'11") ... Threw 58.52m (192') and was a finalist at the NCAA East Regional Championships ... Claimed second place at the BIG EAST Conference Championships, posting a mark of 57.82m (189'8") ... Finished fourth at the Mt. SAC Relays with a mark of 56.78m (186'3") ... Took 12th place at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a toss of 56.66m (185'11") ... Won the hammer throw at the Virginia Tech Invite with 55.28m (181'4") ... Was sixth at both the Raleigh and SeaRay Relays ... Broke the school hammer throw record in her first outdoor meet, the Raleigh Relays, with 55.18m (181') ... Named BIG EAST Academic All-Star.
2004 Indoor: Finished fourth at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a throw of 18.17m (59'7.5") ... Broke the school record in her first collegiate meet and grabbed a first-place finish, throwing 18.12m (59'5.5") at the VMI Invitational ... Set the school record at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a mark of 18.36m (60'3") while claiming first place in the event ... Won the weight throw at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a throw of 18.06m (59'3") ... Grabbed first place at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a 17.89m (58'8.5") 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 17.41m (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 56.74m (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.
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