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2010-11 Women's Track and Field Roster

Althea Charles

  • Position Thrower
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool West Orange
  • Hometown West Orange, N.J.

Biography

2010-11: Indoors, began her senior year winning the weight throw at the Jay Carisella Invitational, with a winning throw of 18.13m (59’5.75); also took 2nd place in the shot put, with a toss of 12.93m (42’5.25)…won the weight throw at the Dartmouth Relays by 1.59m, posting a distance of 18.29m (60’0.25); also won the shot put with a toss of 13.58m (44’6.75), besting her nearest competition by nearly a full meter…won the weight throw at the Boston Indoor Games with a toss of 16.92m (55’6.25)…won the weight throw at the Greater Boston Track Club Invitational, her throw of 18.45m besting her nearest competition by nearly five meters; also placed fourth in the shot put with a toss of 11.79m…won the weight throw at the Battle of Beantown with a toss of 16.92m (55’6.25); also put the shot 11.73m (38’6) to place fourth…threw the weight 17.93m (58’10) to finish second at the New England Indoor Championships; also put the shot 13.08m (42’11) to finish fourth…at the ECAC Division I Championships, took another second place in the weight throw with a toss of 18.36m (60’3)…Outdoors, won the hammer throw at the Seahawk Invitational with a toss of 56.15m (184’3); also threw the weight 12.66m (41’6.50) to take second place, and placed seventh in the discus throw with a toss of 38.61m (126’8)…put the shot 12.89m (42’3.50) in a sixth-place finish at the FSU Relays…posted the second-best mark in school history to win the hammer throw with a toss of 59.28m (194’6) at the Ramapo Invitational; also won the shot put with a mark of 13.05m (42’9.75) to set a new meet record…posted the fifth-best mark in school history with a throw of 14.27m (46’10) to capture second in the shot put at the Duke Invitational; also won the hammer throw with a toss of 55.98m (183’8)…won the shot put with a toss of 13.06m (42’10.25) at the Solomon Invitational; also was victorious in the hammer throw with a mark of 58.05m (190’5) and placed ninth in the discus with a toss of 29.96m (98’3)…set the CAA conference-meet record of 58.36m in the hammer throw to top the previous CAA meet record of 57.15m set by East Carolina’s Michelle Clayton in 1999, becoming NU’s first-ever two-time winner in the hammer throw at the CAA Championship…also earned a second-place performance in the shot put (13.95m) and a fifth-place showing of 41.12m in the discus throw at the 2011 CAA Championship…earned the runner-up position in the hammer throw (55.26m) and posted back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the shot put (13.48m) and discus throw (39.98m) at the 2011 New England Outdoor Championship…concluded her historic throwing career at the NCAA East Regional Championship, posting a 33rd-place mark (16th in her flight) of 53.39m (175’2) in the hammer throw.

2009-10:
Indoors, captured the weight throw title with an ECAC-qualifying toss of 17.57m and finished fifth in the shot put with a mark of 12.09m at the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational…Won the weight throw at the Harvard Open with an ECAC-qualifying throw of 17.84m and claimed third in the shot put with a pitch of 13.11m…At the Dartmouth Relays, she secured a second-place finish in the weight throw and a fourth-place finish in the shot put, with respective hurls of 17.22m and 13.42m…Captured third place with a hurl of 13.42m in the shot put and fourth place in the weight throw with a chuck of 16.86m at the Harvard Invitational…Won the weight throw with the second longest throw in school history, hitting an NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 18.95m (62’2.25) and claimed second in the shot put with an ECAC-qualifying hurl of 13.67m (44’10.25) at the Boston Indoor Games…Earned wins in both the shot put and weight throw with respective ECAC-qualifying launches of 14.27m and 17.90m at the Battle of Beantown…Finished second in the weight throw with a lob of 18.20m and fourth in the shot put (14.01m) at the New England Championship…Outdoors, posted a pair of third-place performances in the hammer throw (50.43m) and shot put (13.24m) at the Seahawk Invitational…Finished fourth in the hammer throw with hurl of 52.28m and took fifth in the shot put (11.28m) at the Husky Spring Open…With her pitch of 13.29m, she finished eighth in the shot put and finished 13th in the hammer throw (49.87) at the Raleigh Relays…Competed in all three throwing events, finishing second, third and fifth, respectively, in the hammer throw (49.62m), shot put (12.01m) and discus throw (32.31m) at the Wildcat Invitational…Captured both the shot put (11.49m) and hammer throw (49.73m) crowns along with a fourth-place fling of 34.14m in the discus throw at the Solomon Invitational…Posted a winning heave of 53.93m in the shot put and finished second in the discus with a throw of 37.39m at the Skyhawk Invitational…Became Northeastern’s second-ever CAA women’s hammer throw champion after a heave of 54.73m (179’7), topping a career best as NU’s third-best throw of all-time, finished fourth in the shot put (13.48m) and 14th in the discus throw (35.41m) at the CAA Championship…Finished sixth in the hammer throw after a toss of 54.65m (179’3) at the New England Championship…Qualified for a post in the hammer throw at the ECAC Championship, but was not able to record a mark…Concluded her first-career NCAA Championship appearance with a 41st-place showing of 49.89m (163'8) in the hammer throw in the preliminary round of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship.

2008-09: Opened the indoor season with a runner-up finish in the weight throw (52'10) and a third-place showing in the shot put (43'4.5) at the Husky Winter Carnival...won the weight throw (50'0.75) and took third in the shot put (43'3) at the Harvard Open...placed third in the weight throw with a distance of 53'10.5 and took sixth in the shot put with a toss of 40'0.75 at the Dartmouth Relays...runner-up in the weight throw (54'7.5) at the Great Dane Classic...won the weight throw (56'3.25) and took third in the shot put (40'11.5) at the Battle of Beantown...won the shot put (43'10) and weight throw (58'3.25) at the Colonial Invitational...outdoors, placed second in the hammer (156'1) at the Seahawk Invitational...third in the hammer (166'1), sixth in the shot put (40'2) and eighth in the discus (111'0) at the USF Quad Meet...won the hammer with a throw of 167'7 and also placed fifth in the discus at 114'4 at the Skyhawk Invitational...at the CAA Championship, placed sixth in the hammer (149'4) and eighth in the shot put (42'3.75)...took fourth in the shot put (44'4.25) and 10th in the hammer (154'11) at the New England Championship.

2007-08: Debuted at NU's first indoor meet, the Husky Winter Carnival, and placed fifth in the shot put (38'11.75) and 13th in the weight throw (38'7.5)...took ninth in the weight throw (45'3) and ninth in the shot put (37'10.75) at the Dartmouth Relays...placed third in the shot put (41'1) and sixth in the weight throw (44'7) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...second in both the shot put (39'3.75) and weight throw (46'6) at the Battle of Beantown...12th in the shot put (41'3.25) and 16th in the weight throw (46'5.5) at the Valentine's Invitational...placed 14th in the shot put (40'8.25) at the New England Championship...outdoors, won the shot put (43'7.5) and fourth in the hammer (126'10) at the Seahawk Invitational...took ninth in the shot put (42'2.75) at the Florida State Relays...placed fourth in the 'B' section of the shot put with a throw of 43'4.5 at the Florida Relays...took second in the shot put (40'7.5) and third in both the discus (113'5) and hammer (146'1) at the Solomon Husky Invitational...placed fifth in the hammer (148'0) and ninth in both the shot put (41'10.75) and discus (121'10) at the CAA Championship...took fifth in the shot put (40'6.5) and eighth in the discus (113'7) at the Patriot Open Invitational.

High School: Competed in track and field for four years, captaining the team for two...captained the volleyball team for two out of three years...first team All-County and All-Conference twice in track as well as second-team All-State...first-team All-Conference twice in volleyball...set the school record for the indoor shot put (42'6) and the outdoor shot put (41'3)...state sectional champion in the shot put and the discus...won Most Outstanding Female Athlete at West Orange High in 2007...team was conference champ three times and state sectional champ in 2004.

Personal: Born Dec. 10, 1989...plans to major in History and Secondary Education...hopes to become a high school teacher and coach...Class of 2012.

Historical Player Information

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