TEMPE – The weekly honors rolled in Tuesday for Sun Devil sophomore Beatrice Llano after her historic season-opening performance at the ASU Invitational last weekend.
Llano received her first Pac-12 honor as the Women's Field Athlete of the Week, and was also named as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Division I Women's Athlete of the Week.
She took home the honors following her record-setting series in the hammer throw Friday in Tempe.
With her fifth throw of the day, and just her fifth throw as a Sun Devil, Llano set the Norwegian record in the hammer throw with a heave of 71.43m/234-4 feet. The mark also put her into the top-10 in NCAA history, making her the second Sun Devil in two years to put themselves on the list with Maggie Ewen setting the collegiate record last season.
The mark leads the NCAA this season by nearly 11 feet, and has her at second in school history behind another mark that Ewen set outside of the collegiate season.
In the world standings, Llano's throw puts her in seventh in 2019, and qualifies her for the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, this fall.
Llano is one of three current Devils competing under throws coach Brian Blutreich with All-America honors, joining 2019 NCAA shot put champion Samantha Noennig and 2018 second-team honoree Kaylee Antill.
Llano and the Sun Devil throwers will compete at home for the final time this season April 5-6 at the Sun Angel Classic.
Llano received her first Pac-12 honor as the Women's Field Athlete of the Week, and was also named as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Division I Women's Athlete of the Week.
She took home the honors following her record-setting series in the hammer throw Friday in Tempe.
With her fifth throw of the day, and just her fifth throw as a Sun Devil, Llano set the Norwegian record in the hammer throw with a heave of 71.43m/234-4 feet. The mark also put her into the top-10 in NCAA history, making her the second Sun Devil in two years to put themselves on the list with Maggie Ewen setting the collegiate record last season.
The mark leads the NCAA this season by nearly 11 feet, and has her at second in school history behind another mark that Ewen set outside of the collegiate season.
In the world standings, Llano's throw puts her in seventh in 2019, and qualifies her for the IAAF World Championships in Doha, Qatar, this fall.
Llano is one of three current Devils competing under throws coach Brian Blutreich with All-America honors, joining 2019 NCAA shot put champion Samantha Noennig and 2018 second-team honoree Kaylee Antill.
Llano and the Sun Devil throwers will compete at home for the final time this season April 5-6 at the Sun Angel Classic.