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Northeastern Huskies

2013-14 Women's Track and Field Roster

Julia Westover

  • Position Thrower
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Lebanon
  • Hometown Lebanon, N.H.

Biography

Westover's CAA Scoring
Westover's Personal Bests
2014 CAA Outdoor Hammer Throw: 1st, 51.84Shot put - 11.79
2012 CAA Outdoor Hammer Throw: 1st, 54.27Discus - 36.20
2011 CAA Outdoor Hammer Throw: 3rd, 50.58Hammer throw - 54.27
2010 CAA Outdoor Hammer Throw: 5th, 44.71Weight throw - 18.21
 
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Ranks fourth all-time at Northeastern in the hammer throw (54.25-meters) and third all-time in the weight throw (18.21-meters)
• 2014 New England Outdoor Silver Medalist: hammer throw
• 2014 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: hammer throw
• 2014 New England Indoor Gold Medalist: weight throw
• 2012 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: hammer throw
• 2011 CAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist: hammer throw
 
2013-14
OUTDOOR
• Competed in the hammer throw at the ECAC Championship, tossing 49.38 meters (May 16).
• Claimed silver in the hammer throw at the New England Championship with an ECAC qualifying mark of 52.32 meters (May 8).
• Took home gold in the hammer throw at the CAA Championship after leading the field with a 51.84-meter toss. Also placed 14th overall in the discus with a 31.97-meter throw (May 2-3).
• Finished 18th overall in the hammer throw at the Penn Relays with a mark of 48.48 (April 24).
• Threw a distance of 45.91 meters in the hammer throw at the Mark Young Yale Invitational (April 19).
• Claimed first place in the hammer throw at the Minuteman Invitational with a 46.75-meter toss (April 12).
• Took silver in the hammer throw (51.18) and bronze in the discus (33.99) at New Hampshire (April 5).
• Placed sixth overall in the hammer throw at the North Florida Invitational, tossing a length of 49.61 meters (March 28).

INDOOR
• Finished seventh in the weight throw at the ECAC Championship after tossing 17.25 meters (March 7).
• Took home the individual crown in the weight throw at the New England Championship after leading the field with a 17.1-meter toss (Feb. 28).
• Claimed gold in the weight throw at the Scarlet & White Invitational with an ECAC mark of 17.66 meters (Feb. 15).
• Placed second in the weight throw at the Valentine Invitational with an ECAC qualifying mark of 16.92 meters (Feb. 7).
• Finished first in the weight throw (15.83) at the Jay Carisella Invitational (Dec. 14).
• Claimed first place in the weight throw at the BU Opener after tossing an ECAC qualifying mark of 16.85 (Dec. 7).
 
2011-12
OUTDOOR
• Placed fourth in the hammer throw at the Shamrock Invitational with a distance of 54.12m.
• Finished third in the hammer throw with a 52.07m throw at the Northeastern Spring Open
• Won the hammer throw at the George Davis Invitational with a toss of 53.08m .
• Won the hammer throw with a toss of 54.21m and finished fourth in the shot put at the Solomon Invitational with a mark of 10.39m.
• Came in third in the hammer throw with a toss of 53.26m at the Brown Springtime Invitational.
• Won the hammer throw at the CAA Championship with a mark of 54.27m.

INDOOR
• Placed second in the weight throw and eighth in the shot put with respective throws of 18.02m (59’ 1.50) and 11.00m (36’ 1.25) at the Jay Carisella Invite.
• Placed third in the weight throw with a mark of 17.93m (58' 10) at the Harvard Open.
• Won the weight throw at the Tiger Open with a distance of 18.19m.
• Finished fourth in the weight throw at the Great Dane Classic with a mark of 16.97m.
• Won the weight throw with a score of 18.17m at the Joe Donahue Games.
• Won the weight throw with a distance of 17.43m and placed seventh in the shot put with a mark of 11.11m at the Battle of Beantown.
• Finished fourth in the weight throw at the BU Valentine Invitational with a distance of 17.53m.
• Placed third in the weight throw at the New England Indoor Championships with a mark of 18.21m.
• Finished seventh in the weight throw at the ECAC Indoor Championship with a distance of 17.08m.
 
2010-11
OUTDOOR
• Took eighth in the weight throw at the Seahawk Invitational with a toss of 11.34m (37’2.50).
• Placed second in the hammer throw at the Husky Spring Open with a toss of 50.46m (165’7).
• Took another second place in the hammer throw with a toss of 51.25m (168’2) at the FSU Relays.
• Finished sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 49.05m (160’11) at the Duke Invitational.
• Secured second in the hammer throw with a distance of 50.70m (166’4) at the Stonehill Invitational.
• Earned a spot on the podium in the hammer throw after posting a mark of 50.58m for third place at the 2011 CAA Championship.
• Posted a fifth-place mark of 51.39m in the hammer throw at the 2011 New England Outdoor Championship.

INDOOR
• Earned fourth place at the Jay Carisella Invitational with a weight throw of 16.75m (54’11.50).
• Placed fifth in the weight throw at the Harvard Open with a toss of 16.07m (52’8.75).
• Threw the weight 16.13m (52’11) in a fourth place finish at the Dartmouth Relays; also took eighth place in the shot put with a toss of 11.79m (38’8.25).
• Her weight throw of 16.39m (53’9.25) earned her third place at the Battle of Beantown.
• Took fourth place in the weight throw at the New England Indoor Championships with a toss of 17.15m (56’3).
 
2009-10
OUTDOOR
• Finished fifth in the hammer throw (44.42m), sixth in the shot put (10.48m) and seventh in the discus (35.37) at the Seahawk Invitational.
• Finished seventh in the hammer throw (46.16m) at the Husky Spring Open.
• Competed in all three throwing events, finishing fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, in the hammer throw (44.33m), shot put (10.85m) and discus throw (32.18m) at the Wildcat Invitational.
• Finished second, third and fifth, respectively, with tosses of 46.73m (hammer throw), 11.17m (shot put) and 31.15m (discus throw) at the Solomon Invitational.
• Posted a third-place finish in the hammer throw after clearing 48.43m at the Skyhawk Invitational.
• Finished fifth in her first conference meet, posting a 44.71m toss in the hammer throw at the CAA Championship.

INDOOR
• Claimed seventh in the weight throw with a heave of 14.27m and 39th in the shot put with a mark of 7.40m at the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational.
• Placed fifth with a toss of 15.84m in the weight throw at the Dartmouth Relays.
• Took sixth-place in the weight throw (15.60m) and seventh-place in the shot put (11.09m) at the Harvard Invitational.
• Finished seventh with a measure of 15.25m (50’0.5) in the weight throw at the Boston Indoor Games.
• Earned fourth in the weight throw (15.25m) fifth in the shot put (10.86m) at the Battle of Beantown.
 
BEFORE NORTHEASTERN
• Three-year outdoor and two-year indoor member of the track & field team.
• Captained both the indoor and outdoor teams for one season.
• Also a member of the field hockey team for two years and the basketball team for one.
• Five-time All-State for every season of track & field.
• Won the state championship in the shot put in her junior and senior years.
• Won the discus state championship as a senior.
• Finished fifth in the weight throw at the Nike Nationals as a senior.
• Member of the Union Leader All-State indoor team as a senior.
• Holds every throwing record at Lebanon, including indoor shot put (37’10), outdoor shot put (38’0), discus (122’0) and weight throw (51’1).
• Member of the state champion indoor (2007-08) and outdoor track & field teams (2007-09).
 
PERSONAL
• Born Feb. 4, 1991
• Father, David, was a distance runner at Northeastern in 1982.
• Plans to major in Psychology
• Class of 2014

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Thrower
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Thrower
  • 2011-12Junior

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  • 2012-13Senior

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  • 2013-14Senior

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