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2009-10 Women's Track and Field Roster

Heather Wetzel

  • Position Distance
  • Height 0-0
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Waterloo
  • Hometown Waterloo, Ill.

Biography

Career Bests
Cross Country:
5K:
18:41.67 (9/14/07 Panther Open-Charleston, Ill.)
6K: 22:27.3 (11/1/08 at Summit League Championships-Macomb, Ill.)

Indoor:

55-meter dash: 7.82
60-meter hurdles: 9.98 (1/13/07 at Hawkeye Invitational-Iowa City, Iowa)
200-meter dash: 26.80 (2/10/07 at ISU Classic-Ames, Iowa)
400-meter dash: 56.86 (2/27/06 at Mid-Continent Conference Championships-Bloomington, Ill.)--fastest time of 2006 season
600-yard run: 1:25.47 (2/10/07 at ISU Classic-Ames, Iowa)--fastest time of 2007 season
600-meter run: 1:37.31 (1/28/06 at Illinois Invitational-Champaign, Ill.)
800-meter run: 2:20.09 (1/29/10-1/30/10 at Jack Jennett Invitational-Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Mile Run: 5:15.28 (1/17/09 at Iowa Open-Iowa City, Iowa)
55-meter hurdles: 9.10 (2/17/07 at Prairie Fire Invitational-Galesburg, Ill.)
Long Jump: 17’05.25” (5.31m) (2/25/07 at Mid-Continent Conference Championships-Bloomington, Ill.)
High Jump: 5’04.25” (1.63m) (2/26/07 at Mid-Continent Conference Championships-Bloomington, Ill.)--highest mark of 2007 season
Triple Jump: 34’10.75” (10.63m)
Shot Put: 10.98m (1/27/07 at UNI Invite-Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Pentathlon: 3,377 points (1/27/07 at UNI Invite-Cedar Falls, Iowa)--highest mark of 2007 season

Outdoor:
100-meter hurdles: 15.56 (5/11/06 at Mid-Continent Conference Championships-Macomb, Ill.)--fastest time of 2006 season
400-meter hurdles: 1:03.52 (4/28/06 at Simpson Open-Indianola, Iowa)--fastest time of 2006 season
200-meter dash: 25.85 (5/13/06 at Mid-Continent Conference Championships-Macomb, Ill.)
400-meter dash: 57.58n(4/15/06 at Lee Calhoun Memorial-Macomb, Ill.)
800-meter run: 2:13.67 (5/16/08 at Summit League Championships-Macomb, Ill.)--fastest time of 2008 season
1,500-meter: 4:50.79 (4/24/10 at Stan Lyons Invitational-Indianaplis, Ind.)
3,000-meter: 11:58.83 (4/09/10 at Lee Calhoun Memorial-Macomb, Ill.)
Steeplechase: 12:17.76 (5/13/10 at Summit League Championships-Toledo, Ohio)
High Jump: 5’03.25” (1.61m) (5/16/08 at Summit League Championships-Macomb, Ill.)--highest mark of 2008 season
Long Jump: 17’08.75” (5.40m) (5/13/06 at Mid-Continent Conference Championships-Macomb, Ill.)
Shot Put: 33’10.25” (10.32m) (4/10/08 at Lee Calhoun Memorial-Macomb, Ill.)
Javelin: 120’00” (35.58m) (5/17/08 at Summit League Championships-Macomb, Ill.)
Heptathlon: 4,697 points (4/14/06 at Lee Calhoun Memorial-Macomb, Ill.)--fastest time of 2006 season

Awards and Accolades
• All-Summit League outdoor honors in 2008
• NCAA Mideast Regional Qualifier in the 800 meter run outdoor in 2008
• Earned All-Summit League Academic honors in Winter/Spring 2006-07, Fall 2007, Winter/Spring 2007-08 and Fall 2008
• All-Mid-Con outdoor performer in 2005 and 2006
• All-Mid-Con indoor Performer in 2004-05
• Academic All-Mid-Con honoree in 2005 and 2006
• Named to the Mid-Con Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence in 2005-06 and 2006-07
• Named to The Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence in 2007-08 for indoor and outdoor
• Earned the 2009-10 Student-Athlete Provost Award
• Earned 2010 Summit League District Scholar Honors for a GPA of 3.60 or higher

Personal
Daughter of Ron and Mary Wetzel... born November 21, 1985... double majoring in dietetics and exercise science.