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Track and Field

2020-21 Track and Field Roster

Molly Sheppard
Molly Sheppard
Mike Byrnes

Leah Dusterhoft

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Coralville, Iowa
  • Highschool Iowa City West HS
  • Major Graphic Design

Biography

Career Bests

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Did not compete.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Took ninth place in the discus at the Summit League Championships with a throw of 149-6 (45.57m) … recorded a personal best discus throw of 155-6 (47.40m) at the South Dakota Challenge and placed third in the competition … the mark moved her to eighth in USD program history for the discus … launched the discus 148-8 (45.32m) for 11th place at the Drake Relays … tallied six top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Threw the indoor discus at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … placed seventh in the field with a throw of 140-3 for one top-10 finish during the season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Competed in the weight throw at five meets during the indoor season … launched the weight a season-best 43-11 ¼ at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … recorded a distance of 43-7 ¼ in the weight throw at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational.

Outdoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the discus at the Summit League Championships with a season-best throw of 146-0 … finished runner-up at the Sioux City Relays with a discus throw of 143-11 … recorded a discus throw of 145-4 at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … sent the hammer a season-best 126-10 at the Wildcat Classic … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the outdoor season … made the Summit League honor roll … named to the Summit League Commissioner’s List of Academic Excellence.

2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
Recorded a season best of 44-1 ½ in the weight throw at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet, placing 14th … posted a season best of 35-9 ½ in the shot put at the SDSU Holiday Open.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the discus with a throw of 142-7 at the Summit League Championships … also took 15th in the hammer throw at the Summit meet with a season best of 135-2 … finished fifth in the discus with a season-best throw of 148-0 at the South Dakota Invitational … took fifth in the discus and eighth in the hammer at the ORU Invitational … placed fifth in the discus at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in 137-1 … launched the hammer 133-4 for 15th at the South Dakota Invitational … recorded five top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
A four-time medalist at the Iowa Class 4A Track and Field Championship in the discus ... finished runner-up as a senior ... launched the discus a personal best 134-8 ... captured the 2017 Drake Relays title in the discus ... also qualified for the Drake Relays as a sophomore and junior ... two-time Mississippi Valley Conference champion in the discus and three-time all-MVC honoree ... a three-time regional champion ... a National Honor Society member and Quill and Scroll Honor Society member.

Personal
Daughter of Brian and Twila Dusterhoft ... graphic design major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

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  • 2018-19Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Junior

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  • 2020-21Senior

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