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2014-15 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Ashley Wheeler

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Milford, N.H.
  • High School Milford
  • Event Throws
  • Major Environmental Engineering

Biography

2015: NCAA Qualifier (hammer throw) ... CoSIDA Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... NEWMAC Athlete of the Week (4/20).

2014: NEWMAC All-Conference (hammer throw) … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … (Outdoor): wrapped up season with 22nd place finish in the hammer throw with a final distance of 143-07 at the NEICAAA Championships (5/10) … won the hammer throw at the NEWMAC Championships (4/26) to earn All-Conference honors with a season record of 157-00, also recorded a season best in the shot put of 31-02.00 to finish tenth, rounded out the meet with a seventh place finish in the discus throw by clearing 101-00 … season best discus throw of 102-11 came in a fifth place finish at the Westmont Collegiate Championships (3/29) … (Indoor): competed in the weight throw … concluded season at the ECAC Championships (3/8) earning a 13th place finish with a final distance of 48-00.75 … posted a season best 48-02.00 at the New England Division III Championships (2/22) for a seventh place finish … placed fourth at the Tufts Invitational (2/15) by clearing 48-01.25 … came in third at the Art Farnham Invitational (1/25) by marking 46-04.00. 

2013: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … NEWMAC All-Conference (Hammer Throw) … (indoor): finished 12th in the weight throw with a throw of 42-05.25 at the Tufts Stampede (2/01) … improved to a throw of 44-10.75 at the New England Division III Championships (2/16), finishing in 11th place … (outdoor): came in second place in the hammer throw in 42.92m at the Engineer’s Cup (4/06) … was fourth in the discus with a throw of 32.35m and third in hammer throw in 43.54m at the meet against Bates, Colby and USM (4/13) … finished in second in hammer throw in 46.41m and sixth in discus throw in 34.08m at the NEWMAC Championships (4/27).

2012: Ranked first on the team for indoor weight throw (40-02 ¾) … came fifth in the hammer throw (136-00) at the NEWMAC Championship (outdoor) … holds the freshman record in the outdoor hammer throw (138-01) … ranked second on the team in discus throw (101-03) and javelin (93-03).

Off the Track: Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science with a concentration in French … held an internship working in risk reduction for advanced LIGO at Caltech … Society of Women Engineers.

High School: A 2013 graduate of Mayfield Senior School … Most Valuable Field Athlete … three-time varsity letterwinner … also did USAG competitive gymnastics … California Scholarship Federation … French Club … Classic Film Club … valedictorian … Mayfield Award of Merit for Science and Mathematics … Mayfield Academic Award for French … National Merit Scholar … Mr. & Mrs. Thomas P. Pike Award for Highest Academic Average.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12First Year

    Throws
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Throws
    5'6"
  • 2013-14Junior

    Throws
    5'6"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Throws
    5'7"