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Track and Field

2019-20 Track and Field Roster

Molly Sheppard

Eleni Knapp

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Omaha, Neb.
  • Highschool Millard South HS
  • Major Nursing

Biography

Career Bests

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Recorded a personal best weight throw mark of 54-6 at the Jim Emmerich Invitational with an eighth-place finish … took fourth in the weight throw at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a toss of 52-9 ¼ … launched the weight 50-10 ¾ at the Adidas Classic … tallied a pair of top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Threw the weight at five meets during the season … launched the weight throw a season-best 50-1 ¾ at the SDSU Indoor Classic … took 11th at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a throw of 50-0.

Outdoor Track & Field
Competed at six meets outdoors … launched the hammer throw a personal best of 152-3 to take seventh at the Sioux City Relays … also placed fifth in the discus at the Sioux City Relays with a throw of 139-4 … sent the discus a season-best 140-4 at the Red Raider Open … took seventh in the discus at the USD Twilight.

2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
Placed ninth in the weight throw at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a throw of 47-8 ½ … recorded a season best of 49-5 ½ in the weight throw at the Nebraska Tune-Up for 15th place … sent the weight 47-7 ¼ at the SDSU Classic.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Sent the discus a season best of 142-10 for eighth place at the South Dakota Invitational … placed fourth in both the discus and the hammer throw at the USD Twilight … threw the hammer a season best of 148-6 at the Sioux City Relays … placed ninth in the hammer throw at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays with a throw of 147-2 … took fourth in the hammer at the ORU Invitational in 144-11 … recorded 11 top-10 finishes during the season.

2016-17
Indoor Track & Field
Took eighth in the shot put at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a season best throw of 39-10 ¾ … recorded a season best of 44-10 ¼ for the weight throw at the Hawkeye Invitational … finished in the top-15 of six events during the season.

Outdoor Track & Field
Placed in the top-10 of seven events during the season … posted season bests of 36-10 ¼ in the shot put and 123-5 in the discus at the USD Twilight … launched the hammer a distance of 122-10 for ninth at the USD vs. SDSU Dual.

Prep
Won the discus at the 2014 Nebraska Class A State Championship ... finished runner-up in 2015 as a junior ... earned a pair of Omaha Metro Conference titles, winning the shot put in 2014 and the discus in 2015 ... the 2014 Omaha Metro Conference Field Athlete of the Meet ... placed in the top-eight the past two seasons at the USATF Junior Olympic Nationals ... holds personal bests of 142-6 in the discus and 41-5 1/2 in the shot put ... earned a spot on the Omaha Metro Conference all-academic track and field team.

Personal
Daughter of Bruce and Joy Knapp ... nursing major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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