Oklahoma State University Athletics
2016-17 Women's Cross Country/Track Roster
Roster
Zarankaite, Ieva
Ieva Zarankaite
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Utena, Lithuania
- High School:
- Utena Adolfas Sapoka Gymnasium
Bio
Personal Bests
Discus - 54.44m/178-7
Shot Put - 15.10m/49-6.50
Javelin - 44.82m/147-0
Awards and Honors:
2016 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)Â
2015 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
All Big-12 (Scored at conference meet)
2015 Outdoor Discus
2014 Outdoor Discus
2014 Outdoor Javelin
2016 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2016 Indoors: Threw the shot and weight at five meets... Grabbed ninth at the Big 12 Championships in the shot put... Won the shot put at the Steve Miller Invitational.
2015 Outdoors: Scored in the discus throw for the second straight year at the Big 12 Championships... Won her first two competitions of the season in the discus... Had six top-10 finishes in seven contests.
2015 Indoors: Finished 11th in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships... Got three top-10 finishes in four regular season appearances.
2014 Outdoors: Found immediate success in her first season with the Cowgirls, earning All-Big 12 honors in both the discus and the javelin...Took third in the discus (54.44m/178-7) at the conference championship, marking her best throw of the year...Took on the region’s elite at the NCAA West Preliminary, where she finished in 28th place, delivering a toss of 48.38m/158-8...Recorded the top discus throw at four of her five regular-season meets, grabbing first-place honors at the Tulsa Duels (50.96m/167-2), the John McDonnell Invitational (54.34m/178-3), the John Jacobs Invite (53.87m/176-9) and the Arkansas Invite (51.09m/167-7).
Prior to OSU: Attended Utena Adolfas Sapoka Gymnasium, where she also competed for the swimming team...Lithuanian champion in the discus...Coached by her mother, Vita Zarankaite.
Personal: Born on Nov. 23, 1994, in Utena, Lithuania...Daughter of Arunas and Vita Zarankaite...Her mother, Vita, was also a discus thrower.
Discus - 54.44m/178-7
Shot Put - 15.10m/49-6.50
Javelin - 44.82m/147-0
Awards and Honors:
2016 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)Â
2015 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
All Big-12 (Scored at conference meet)
2015 Outdoor Discus
2014 Outdoor Discus
2014 Outdoor Javelin
2016 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2016 Indoors: Threw the shot and weight at five meets... Grabbed ninth at the Big 12 Championships in the shot put... Won the shot put at the Steve Miller Invitational.
2015 Outdoors: Scored in the discus throw for the second straight year at the Big 12 Championships... Won her first two competitions of the season in the discus... Had six top-10 finishes in seven contests.
2015 Indoors: Finished 11th in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships... Got three top-10 finishes in four regular season appearances.
2014 Outdoors: Found immediate success in her first season with the Cowgirls, earning All-Big 12 honors in both the discus and the javelin...Took third in the discus (54.44m/178-7) at the conference championship, marking her best throw of the year...Took on the region’s elite at the NCAA West Preliminary, where she finished in 28th place, delivering a toss of 48.38m/158-8...Recorded the top discus throw at four of her five regular-season meets, grabbing first-place honors at the Tulsa Duels (50.96m/167-2), the John McDonnell Invitational (54.34m/178-3), the John Jacobs Invite (53.87m/176-9) and the Arkansas Invite (51.09m/167-7).
Prior to OSU: Attended Utena Adolfas Sapoka Gymnasium, where she also competed for the swimming team...Lithuanian champion in the discus...Coached by her mother, Vita Zarankaite.
Personal: Born on Nov. 23, 1994, in Utena, Lithuania...Daughter of Arunas and Vita Zarankaite...Her mother, Vita, was also a discus thrower.
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