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Northeastern Huskies

2010-11 Women's Track and Field Roster

Heather Crocker

  • Position Thrower
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Reading
  • Hometown Reading, Mass.

Biography

2009-10: Indoors, picked up a 15th-place finish in the weight throw after clearing 11.91m at the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational…Claimed 11th place with a hurl of 12.11m in the weight throw at the Harvard Invitational…Outdoors, captured third place in the javelin throw (38.41m) and 12th-place in the hammer throw (32.70m) at the Seahawk Invitational…Earned a second-place finish in the javelin throw (37.82m) and grabbed 26th in the hammer throw (31.89m) at the Husky Spring Open…Achieved an 11th-place finish in the javelin throw with a launch of 38.73m at the Raleigh Relays…Picked up a 13th-place finish in the javelin throw with a toss of 30.33m at the George Davis Invitational…Notched second place in the javelin throw with NU’s fourth-best toss of all-time (40.02m - 131’4) at the CAA Championship…Cleared 36.05m (118’3) in the javelin throw to earn 10th place at the New England Championship...Outdoors, threw the javelin 40.69m (133’6) to place second at the Seahawk Invitational…took fourth place in the javelin at the Husky Spring Open with a mark of 37.09m (121’8)…her mark of 40.53m (133’) earned third place in the javelin throw at the FSU Relays…placed third in the javelin with a distance of 43.10m (141’5) at the Duke Invitational…won the javelin with a toss of 39.11m (128’4) at the Solomon Invitational…victorious in the javelin with a toss of 36.25m (118’11) at the Stonehill Invitational…produced a second-place pitch of 39.37m in the javelin throw at the 2011 CAA Championship…broke the school record in the javelin throw at the 2011 New England Outdoor Championship, registering a mark of 43.50m (142’8) to overthrow a four-year old benchmark set by Nancy Rowe on April 21, 2007 (142’6) to become NU’s first New England javelin throw champion

2008-09: Competed in the weight throw during the indoor season...threw the weight 37'3 to place seventh at the Battle of Beantown...outdoors, placed sixth in the javelin and seventh in the hammer at the Seahawk Invitational...fourth in the javelin (120'9) and 15th in the hammer (107'6) at the Husky Spring Invitational...at the CAA Championship, placed sixth in the javelin with a throw of 125'10 and took 16th in the hammer (112'6)...seventh in the javelin (126'5) at the New England Championship.

2007-08: Competed in the javelin during the outdoor season...placed seventh in the javelin with a throw of 119'11 at the Husky Spring Open...took seventh in the 'B' section of the javelin with a throw of 116'9 at the Florida Relays...took fourth in the javelin (113'1) at the Solomon Husky Invitational...placed 10th in the javelin (105'0) at the CAA Championship...over the winter, played five games at forward for the women's hockey team.

High School: Threw the javelin for the track team for one season at Reading High...played ice hockey for four years, softball for three and ran cross country for two seasons...in her one season throwing the javelin, threw a personal-best 123'11 at the Andover Relays, placed third in the Massachusetts Div. II Championship and placed seventh at the New England Championship...named All-League and earned the Coach's Award...team was Middlesex League champ...had 100 career points in four seasons of hockey...team went 33-3-4 record and won the Middlesex League title her senior year.

Personal: Born Dec. 13, 1988...member of the National Honor Society...Nursing major...Class of 2012.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Junior

    Thrower
  • 2010-11Senior

    Thrower