Rachel Fatherly Season 2015-16

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2015 USTFCCCA Outdoor Mid-Atlantic Region Female Field Athlete of the Year

On the National Stage... || 2016 Outdoor || Qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic in the shot put finishing 22nd with a throw of 15.44m (50'-8")...Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the shot put finishing 15th with a best mark of 15.85m (52'-0") || 2016 Indoor || Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham, Ala.... Finished as an NCAA Indoor All-American in the shot put with a best mark of 17.22 (56'-6") to finish seventh... || 2015 Outdoor || Advanced to the NCAA East Prelims in the hammer throw and the shot put … Punched her ticket to Eugene in the shot put with her second-place finish (55-9.75) … Placed 37th in the hammer throw with her mark of 172-2 … Finished 10th in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with her throw of 54-8.25 … Second team All-American … Competed at the USATF Championships and finished 17th in the shot put (54-1.25) || 2015 Indoor || Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in the shot put and the weight throw … Posted a distance of 52-10 to place 11th in the shot put … Finished 16th in the weight throw with her throw of 63-1.25 … Second team All-American || 2014 Outdoor || Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the hammer throw and the shot put ... Finished 15th in the shot put with her lifetime-best throw of 52-10 and took 35th in the hammer throw with her toss of 177-0 ... Ranks fourth all-time in the shot put (52-10) at Penn State || 2013 Outdoor || Impressive among the national junior ranks, qualifying for the USATF Junior Championships in the shot put, discus, and hammer ... Made appearances at the NCAA Eastern Preliminary Round in both the shot put and the discus ... Top finish at first round was 24th in the shot put

At the Big Ten Championships... || 2016 Outdoor ||Recorded a 14th-place finish in the discus throw with a mark of 45.92m (150'-8") || 2016 Indoor || Recorded a second-place finish in the shot put with a mark of 16.13m (52'-11")... Finished fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 20.56m (67'-5.5") || 2015 Outdoor || Recorded a pair of personal-best performances … Finished second in the shot put with her school record mark of 56-3.25 … Finished eighth in the hammer throw with her personal-best throw of 191-9 … Her throw of 191-9 ranks fourth all-time at Penn State … Second team All-Big Ten || 2015 Indoor || Finished second in the weight throw with her mark of 66-6.5 … Placed fourth in the shot put with a toss of 51-0.25 … Second team All-Big Ten || 2014 Outdoor || Tallied three top-10 finishes at the Big Ten Championships ... Posted a sixth-place finish in the discus throw (159-8), claimed seventh in the shot put (50-8.75) and finished ninth in the hammer throw (173-5) || 2014 Indoor || Finished third in the weight throw (65-0) and tallied a season-best mark of 52-1.75 to place fourth in the shot put ... Her mark of 52-1.75 ranks fourth all-time at Penn State || 2013 Outdoor || Recorded three outstanding finishes, taking 10th in the discus and 12th in both the shot put and the hammer ... Posted a lifetime-best 178-0 (54.26) in the hammer at the conference meet, as well as a toss of 49-5 (15.06) in the shot put - just six centimeters off her PR || 2013 Indoor || Scored 17th-place finishes in both the shot and the weight in her first-career conference appearance

In the Field... || 2016 Outdoor || Competed in eight meets... Recorded season best marks of 16.96m (55'-7.75") - shot put, 48.22m (158'-2") - discus, and 55.51m (182'-1") - hammer... Posted four first-place finishes including wins at Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Challenge (shot put), Pepsi Invitational (shot put, hammer throw), and Jim Thorpe Invite (shot put)... || 2016 Indoor || Competed in seven meets... Set the school record in the shot put with a mark of 17.27m (56'-8") at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup... Posted eight first-place finishes during the season || 2015 Outdoor || Began the outdoor season with a pair of runner-up finishes in the hammer throw (180-7) and the shot put (53-2.75) at the Florida Relays … Took second in the hammer throw at the LSU Alumni Gold meet with her toss of 186-1 … Finished second in the shot put at the Penn Relays with her throw of 52-4.75 … Posted a season-best mark of 154-4 in the discus throw en route to a third-place finish at the Jim Thorpe Invite || 2015 Indoor || Won the shot put event four times during the indoor season … Finished first in the weight throw four times during the indoor season … Tallied a personal-best toss of 69-2 in the weight throw at the Penn State Tune-Up … Posted an indoor season personal-best mark of 55-5.75 in the shot put at the Penn State Tune-Up … Finished the 2015 season ranked second in the shot put and weight throw all-time at Penn State || 2014 Outdoor || Competed in the discus, hammer throw and the shot put ... Won five events during the outdoor season ... At the season-opening Crimson Tide Invitational, Fatherly tallied a lifetime-best mark of 161-5 in the discus throw ... Posted a lifetime-best distance of 181-1 in the hammer throw at the Jim Thorpe Open ... Moved into seventh all-time in the discus throw (161-5) and sixth all-time in the hammer throw (181-1) in the Penn State record books || 2014 Indoor || Competed in the shot put and the weight throw ... At the season-opening Penn State Relays, Fatherly won the weight throw (59-0.75) and placed second in the shot put (47-5) ... At the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup, Fatherly won the shot put (51-5) and set a lifetime-best mark of 66-0.5 in the weight throw to place second, which ranks fourth all-time at Penn State || 2013 Outdoor || Fared extremely well at the Jim Thorpe Open, posting PRs in both the shot put (49-7.25/15.12), and the discus (160-8/48.97) ... Placed third in the "Eastern" shot put at the prestigious Penn Relays Carnival ... Finished second in the shot, discus, and hammer at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... Held her own against national-class competition at the LSU Battle on the Bayou, finishing fourth in the shot, sixth in the hammer, and seventh in the discus || 2013 Indoor || Started the year with a bang, finishing third in the weight and fourth in the shot at the Penn State Relays ... Turned in PRs in both the shot and the weight at the SPIRE D-I Invitational, posting performances of 49-0.25 (14.94) in the shot and 57-5 (17.50) in the weight ... Also earned a pair of top five finishes at the Nittany Lion Challenge, taking third in the shot and fifth in the weight

Before Penn State... || High School || Enjoyed an outstanding finish to her senior year, winning both the shot put and the discus at the PIAA Outdoor Championships, capping an undefeated outdoor season in both events ... Outdoor shot put PR of 47-11.50 was ranked first in the state and 15th in the nation in 2012 ... Was the Penn Relays Champion in the shot put as a senior with a toss of 47-5 ... Placed second at the 2012 PTFCA Indoor State Championships in the shot put and went on to place fourth in the event at New Balance Indoor Nationals ... Finished third in the shot and the discus at the PIAA State Championships as a junior ... Placed second in the "emerging elite" discus at New Balance Outdoor Nationals following her junior year

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