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2016-17 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Alex Coyle

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Sarnia Collegiate Institute & Technical School
  • Major Exercise Science
  • Hometown Corunna, Ontario, Canada

Biography

COYLE ON TFRRS

Senior (2017): Indoor - Appeared in four meets for the Cougars, competing in the shot put and weight ... Logged two Top 10 finishes ... Established a collegiate PR in the shot put with a distance of 10.90m at the Darius Dixon Memorial to claim 26th ... Threw a season-best distance of 12.92m in the weight throw at the Mountaineer Open ... Outdoor - Competed in eight meets for the College ... Established a personal best throw of 11.12m in the shot put at the North Florida Invitational to take 23rd ... Accrued three Top 10 finishes on the season, including a fourth place effort in the discus throw at the Colonial Relays with a distance of 37.85m ... Threw a season-best hammer throw distance of 44.07m at the North Florida Invitational to take 11th place ... Finished the season ranked No. 8 on the CofC Top 10 performance list in the shot put ... Also finished out her career ranked No. 2 in discus and No. 3 in hammer

Junior (2016): Indoor - Appeared in three meets for the College, competing in the shot put and weight throw ... Accrued four top-ten finishes over the course of the season, headlined by a sixth place finish in the weight throw at the High Point Team Challenge with a distance of 12.86m ... Threw a season best distance of 13.23m in the weight throw at the Art and Linda Maillet Open ... Achieved a season-best lob in the shot put at the High Point Team Challenge with a heave of 10.27m ... Outdoor - Competed in the discus and hammer for CofC over the course of six meets ... Logged six Top 10 finishes during the year, headlined by a second overall, season-best effort of 43.25m at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational ... Threw a season-best distance of 39.58m in the duscys at the UNF Spring Break Invitational to finish ninth

Sophomore (2015): Indoor T&F - Appeared in four meets for the Cougars, competing in the shot put and weight throw ... Narrowly achieved a PR in the shot put with a toss of 10.57m at the ETSU Bucaneer Invitational, surpassing her former best by three centimeters ... Blew past her personal best throw in the weight throw at the UCS Invitational with a lob of 13.82m ... Outdoor T&F - Appeared in six meets for the Cougars, competing in the shot put, discus and hammer throw ... Accrued four top-five finishes over the course of the season, headlined by a first overall finish in the discus at the Palmetto Classic ... Improved upon her personal best in the hammer throw by over a meter, heaving for 45.31m at the XIX Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational ... Hit a PR in the discus at the same event, finishing tenth with a distance of 40.34m

Freshman (2014): Got off to a flying start in the maroon and white with a ninth place finish at the Joe Hilton Invitational, throwing the weight 13.12 meters…Set a new PR in the hammer throw at the Shamrock Invitational…Finished third and set a new PR in the hammer throw at the Weems Baskin Invitational, hitting a mark of 44.19 meters…Put in a good series at the Carolinas Cup, hitting 43.60m in the hammer… Had a good showing at the Gamecock Invitational throwing 38.35m in the discus…Finished sixth at the CAA Championships in the discus after throwing 36.09 meters…Competed at the prestigious Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships in Blainville, Canada.

High School: Team MVP all four years in Track and Field…Set Two Records in the discus…Named Female Athlete of the Year in 2009…Four sport student-athlete who also competed in Basketball, Wrestling and Two-Pitch…Basketball team MVP and team captain in 2010…Achieved academic honors all four years at Sarnia…Completed over 200 hours of community service.

Personal: Cousin Maggie was an all-American javelin thrower at Ohio State University…Grandpa Eric Mackenzie was a professional baseball player for the Kansas Athletics Association ... Majoring in exercise science

Coyle's CofC Personal Bests
Indoor
Shot Put: 10.90m - Darius Dixon Memorial (Jan 27, 2017)
Weight: 13.82m - UCS Invitational (Feb 21, 2015)
Outdoor
Shot Put: 11.12m - North Florida Invitational (Apr 8, 2017)
Discus: 40.34m - XIX Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (Mar 19, 2015)
Hammer: 45.31m - XIX Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (Mar 19, 2015)
Javelin: 28.80m - UNC Wilmington Seahawk Invitational (Mar 14, 2014)

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Throws
    5'4"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Throws
    5'9"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Throws
    5'9"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Throws
    5'9"