Completed Event: Women's Track and Field at NCAA West First Round on May 28, 2025 , , No Team Score
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FINAL
Women's Track and Field
(No Team Score)
at NCAA West First Round
South Dakota State University Athletics
2019 Women's Track and Field Roster
Astleford, Rachel
Rachel Astleford
- Hometown:
- White River, S.D.
- Prev School:
- White River High School
- Indoor:
- Sr.
- Position:
- Throws
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Class:
- Senior
Bio
CAREER RESULTS
PERSONAL BEST MARKS: (updated before the 2019 season)
SP IN: 42-00.00 (2018 - JR, Jim Emmerich - 1/20)
SP OUT: 42-05.25 (2017 - SO, Summit League - 5/11-13)
JT OUT: 132-06.00 (2018 - JR, Drake Relays - 4/25-28)
HONORS & AWARDS:
Summit League Academic Honor Roll (‘16S*, ‘17S)
* Denotes Distinguished Scholar
2017-18:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 10 events ... finished eighth (125-03.00) in the javelin and 14th (41-00.25) in the shot put at the Summit League Championships (5/10-12) ... added her best place-finishes of the season at the Howard Wood (5/4-5) in both the shot put (eighth, 41-03.25) and javelin (second, 127-08.00) ... recorded a PR in the javelin at the Drake Relays (4/25-28), finishing 10th (132-06.00) and moving up to seventh all-time on the school’s top 10 list - increasing her PR by 2-02.00 ... notched a season-best mark in the shot put at the Bryan Clay Invite (4/18-20), placing 24th (41-04.25) and beating her next-best toss by one inch and short of her outdoor PR by 1-01.00 ... led the team in all the javelin events she competed in and had the team’s best throw on the season performance list (ranked 11th in the league, 265th in the NCAA) ... finished the season with the team’s fifth-best throw in the shot put on the season performance list (ranked 19th in the league, 449th in the NCAA).
INDOOR: Competed in eight events, all of them shot put ... finished with her best place finish of the season at the last meet of the indoor season, the SDSU Last Chance (2/16) where she placed sixth (41-03.75) ... recorded an indoor PR at the Jim Emmerich (1/20) while finishing 16th (42-00.00) and beating her previous-best mark by 11.50 inches ... recorded the team’s fourth-best shot put throw of the season on the team’s performance list (ranked 17th in the league, 420th in the NCAA).
2016-17:
OUTDOOR: Competed in 10 events ... placed second (40-02.75) in the shot put at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays (5/5-6) ... threw a career-best and the school's seventh-farthest mark of 130-04.00 in the javelin at the NSU Twilight Meet (4/13), placing second ... the mark ranked seventh on SDSU’s top 10 list ... threw a career-best 42-05.25 in the shot put and posted 129-09.00 in the javelin at The Summit League Championships (5/11-13).
INDOOR: Competed in seven events ... threw a season-best 41-00.50 in the shot put at the SDSU Last Chance (2/27), placing fourth ... posted a 40-06.75 shot put throw at the Dakota Realty Alumni Track & Field Meet (2/4), landing seventh.
2015-16:
OUTDOOR: Competed in five events ... threw a season-best javelin of 96-06.00 at the Jim Duncan Invitational (4/15-16) to claim seventh place ... recorded a season-best shot put at the Lyle Hokanson Classic (4/22-23), with a distance of 38-07.50 ... placed 13th in the javelin throw at the Vance Butler Invitational (4/3) with a throw of 88-07.00.
INDOOR: Redshirted ... did not compete.
BEFORE SDSU: Three time qualifier for state track meet … placed fourth in the shot put at 2014 state track meet … claimed seventh place in shot put at the 2015 state track meet … holds White River High School women’s shot put record … National Honor Society Class Valedictorian … recognized for “Outstanding Academic Excellence” by Governor Daugaard … received National Scholar Athlete award from the U.S. Army Reserve.
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