Rachel Jansen

Rachel Jansen

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Orange City, Iowa

High School:
MOC Floyd Valley

Event:
Throws

Honors:
3x All-American, 5x NCAA Qualifier, 5x Regional Qualifier, 5x MVC Champion, 7x All-MVC

2007: OUTDOOR - Broke her own shot put record twice and hammer throw mark once ... Set the MVC meet record in the shot put with a winning throw of 56-8.75 ... Took 7th place in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships with a throw of 54-7.25 ... Placed 19th in the hammer throw, throwing 185-03 ... 2007 Drake Relays champion in the discus with a throw of 181-02 ... Received runner-up honors in the shot put at the Drake Relays (54-00.50) ... Named MVC Outdoor Female Field Athlete of the Week, 4/3 ... Named 2007 MVC Outdoor Most Outstanding Female Field Athlete and Most Valuable Female Athlete ... Earned all-MVC honors in the shot put (1st), discus (1st) and hammer throw (2nd) at the Valley Championships ... Selected to all-Midwest region team in shot put (3rd) and hammer throw (7th) ... Competed in the shot put and discus at the USA Championships ... Won the shot put at the John Jacobs Invite (56-02.50), Musco Invite (53-04.25) and Missouri Relays (50-08.25) ... Captured the discus title at the Musco Invite (166-09.00) and Missouri Relays (164-03.00). INDOOR - Set new school records in the shot put and weight throw ... Set meet records in the shot put at the MVC Champions, ISU Open and Northwest Open ... Set the UNI-Dome record in the shot put (55-3.50) ... Named MVC Indoor Female Field Athlete of the Week, 2/20 ... Earned all-America honors in the shot put, placing fourth at the NCAA ... MVC champion in the shot put with a throw of 56-00.50.

2006: OUTDOOR - Set new school records in the shot put, discus and hammer throw ... Earned all-America honors in the shot put, placing eighth at the NCAA with a school record throw of 54-0 ... Took 13th place in the hammer throw at the Midwest Regionals, throwing a career-best length of 184-06 ... Earned all-MVC honors in the shot put (2nd), hammer throw (3rd) and discus (2nd) at the Valley Championships ... Won the discus at the Missouri Relays with a personal-best throw of 177-10 ... Finished eighth in the discus (173-9) and 14th in the shot put (51-11.75) at the USA Championships ... Won the discus, hammer throw and shot put at the UNI Messersmith. INDOOR - MVC Champion in the shot put, throwing 53-3.75 ... Placed 10th at the NCAA Championships in the shot put (52-2.50) ... Won the shot put at the Panther Open, UNI Invite and UNI-Dome Open ... Took runner-up honors in the shot put at the UNI Classic, setting a school record with a 54-1.75 throw ... Named MVC Outdoor Female Field Athlete of the Week, 4/11.

2005: Redshirted.

2004: OUTDOOR - Had one of the most successful freshman throwing seasons in Panther history ... Finished first in both the shot put and discus at the UNI Twilight, setting two school records with her discus mark (168-11) and shot put throw (48-8) ... Also finished third in the hammer throw with her 138-8.50 mark ... Placed fourth in the discus at the Stanford Invitational (158-9) ... Placed second in the UNI record books when she recorded a 160-4 mark in the hammer throw .... Named MVC-champ when she won the discus with her 157-7 mark and finished runner-up in the shot put with her 47-0.75 mark ... Earned eighth place in the discus (156-7) at the highly competitive Drake Relays. INDOOR - Began her collegiate career at the Panther Open where she took second place in the weight throw with her 50-10 mark and fifth in the shot put for her 44-4 toss ... Captured two third-place finishes at the Wisconsin Relays in both the weight throw (54-1.75) and the shot put (44-9.50)... Followed her Wisconsin performance with two more third-place finishes, throwing 52-5.50 in the weight throw and 45-9.75 in the shot ... Awarded all-conference honors when she finished third in the shot put at the MVC meet for her 45-11.75 mark ... Holds the third-best throw in both the weight throw (54-1.75) and the shot put (46-3.25) for the indoor season.

HIGH SCHOOL: State champ in shot and discus ... Placed first in discus and second in the shot at the Drake Relays as a senior ... Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2003 ... Four-year letter winner in track ... Participated in volleyball, basketball and softball ... Member of National Honor Society.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Lu and Jane Jansen ... Born July 26, 1984 in Ames, Iowa ... Majoring in physical education/exercise science.

INDOOR Shot Put 56-5.25 Weight Throw 63-11.75

OUTDOOR Shot Put 56-8.25 Hammer Throw 199-07 Discus 181-02

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