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Track and Field

2019-20 Track and Field Roster

Molly Sheppard
Rachel Bellwood
Aaron C Packard/USD

Emilee Shostrom

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lincoln, Neb.
  • Highschool East HS
  • Major Master's of Business Administration

Biography

Career Bests

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Finished 10th in the weight throw with a mark of 57-3 at the Summit League Championships … launched the weight throw a personal best of 63-3 ½ to take fourth in the elite competition at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … moved to third on the Coyote top-10 list for the weight throw with the mark of 63-3 ½ … took fourth at the Adidas Classic with a weight throw of 59-2 … placed fourth in the weight throw at the Iowa State Classic with a mark of 58-10 … took 10th in the indoor discus toss with a throw of 134-6 at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … tallied seven top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … 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
Sent the weight throw a personal best 56-4 at the Jack Johnson Classic … the mark ranks seventh in South Dakota program history for the weight throw … placed sixth in the weight throw at the Nebraska Tune-Up with a throw of 55-7 … launched the weight 55-3 at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … tallied four top-10 finishes indoors.

Outdoor Track & Field
Launched the hammer throw a personal best of 172-8 at the Wildcat Classic to place third … posted seventh-best mark in hammer throw on Coyote top-10 with mark of 172-8 … won the open section of the hammer throw at the Ashland Alumni Open with a throw of 171-11 … placed third in the hammer at the Sioux City Relays … sent the discus a season best 138-3 at the Wildcat Classic … tallied 13 top-10 finishes during the 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 personal best of 54-2 in the weight throw, placing 10th at the Nebraska Tune-Up … the throw ranks ninth in USD program history for the weight throw … placed fourth in the weight throw at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a distance of 53-5 ½ … sent the weight 51-3 ¾ at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … tallied a pair of top-10 finishes during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the discus with a throw of 150-7 at the Summit League Championships … the personal best throw ranks ninth in USD program history for the discus … also took 10th in the hammer throw in 166-0 and 11th in the javelin in 117-5 at the Summit meet … launched the hammer a personal best of 172-7 to win the Red Raider Open … the mark ranks seventh in USD program history for the hammer throw … won both the discus in 144-5 and the hammer in 168-7 at the USD Twilight … captured the hammer at the Kip Janvrin Open with a throw of 164-4 … recorded a season best of 124-0 in the javelin for 14th place at the Drake Relays … placed third in the hammer throw at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays, launching it just shy of a lifetime best with a mark of 172-5 ... recorded 18 top-10 finishes, including four event wins, during the season … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.

2016-17
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the weight throw with a season best of 50-2 at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … also took fourth in the weight throw at the USD Last Chance Meet … launched the weight 49-7 ¼ to take 12th at the Jack Johnson Classic.

Outdoor Track & Field
Took 13th in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships with a throw of 155-5 … launched the hammer a season best 156-9 at the USD vs. SDSU Dual … posted a season best of 115-1 in the javelin to place fourth at the Sioux City Relays … notched a season best of 141-8 in the discus at the UNK Loper Invitational … took third in the hammer throw at the USD Twilight … tallied 11 top-10 finishes during the season … made the Summit League honor roll.

Prep
A three-time Nebraska Class A state medalist in the discus ... placed third in 2016 after taking sixth the two years prior ... also qualified for the 2013 state meet ... ranks third in Lincoln East High School record books with a discus throw of 138-4 ... with the Lincoln Community Track Club in the summer, recorded personal bests of 135-5 in the discus, 118-11 in the javelin and 128-11 in the hammer throw ... three-time academic letterwinner, member of the National Honor Society and four-time academic all-Heartland Athletic Conference honoree ... earned academic all-state honors as a senior.

Personal
Daughter of Valerie Shostrom and Jon Carey ... graduated with bachelor's degree in operational analytics in May of 2019 ... pursuing Master of Business Administration.

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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