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.
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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.
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She took home the honors following her record-setting series in the hammer throw Friday in Tempe.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Llano and the Sun Devil throwers will compete at home for the final time this season April 5-6 at the Sun Angel Classic.
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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.
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She took home the honors following her record-setting series in the hammer throw Friday in Tempe.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Llano and the Sun Devil throwers will compete at home for the final time this season April 5-6 at the Sun Angel Classic.
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