Maya Bennett

Photo by: Benjamin Suddendorf

ITF Class:
Junior
OTF Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Lansing, Mich.
High School:
Waverly

PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor
Shot put: 11.75 meters
Hammer throw: 58.92 meters

Indoor
Shot put: 12.74 meters
Weight throw: 18.63 meters

2021 (Outdoor): Set a personal record with a throw of 58.92 meters (193-4) in placing third in the hammer throw at the MAC Championships (5/7-8) … placed 35^th in the hammer throw with a throw of 57.29 meters (187-11) in the NCAA East Preliminary … finished fourth in the hammer throw at the Louisville Inv. (4/2-3) … placed sixth in the hammer throw in the Gibson Inv. (4/16-17) … finished eighth in the hammer throw Louisville Clark Wood Inv. (4/23-24) … won the hammer throw with a toss of 57.66 meters (189-2) at the GVSU Last Chance Meet (5/11) … placed fifth in the hammer throw at the Toledo Rocket Inv. (5/15) ... named All-Academic by the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association.

2021 (Indoor): Placed fifth in the weight throw at 18.55 meters (61-1 ½) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/26-27) … set a personal record of 18.63 meters (61-1 ½) in placing fifth in the weight throw at the GVSU Big Meet (2/12) … placed third in the weight throw in 18.43 meters (60-5 ¾) at the Jack Skoog Inv. (2/6) … placed fifth in the weight throw in the GVSU Mike Lints Alumni Open (1/23) … finished second in the weight throw during CMU-Western Michigan dual (1/16).

2020 (Indoor): Placed sixth in the weight throw (17.98 meters) in the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/28-29) in Akron, Ohio … finished third in the weight throw (17.49 meters) at the Michigan Silverston Invitational … placed 14^th (17.67 meters) in the weight throw at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/7-8) … finished second in the weight throw with a personal-best 18.62-meter throw at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/31) … placed third in the weight throw (17.73 meters) at the Eastern Michigan Can Am International (1/25) … placed third in the weight throw (16.92 meters) in a dual meet at Akron (1/17) … finished 10^th in the weight throw (16.78 meters) in the GVSU Holiday Open … earned Academic All-MAC honors.

2019 (Outdoor): Placed ninth and set a personal best (51.77 meters) in the hammer throw at the MAC Championships (5/9-11) in Muncie, Ind. … placed 11^th in the hammer throw (51.31 meters) and 22^nd in the shot put (11.75 meters) at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Classic (4/26-27) finished seventh in the hammer throw (46.45 meters) and ninth in the shot put (10.66 meters) at the Western Michigan Jack Shaw Classic (4/5) … earned Academic All-MAC honors.

2019 (Indoor): placed second in the weight throw (16.80 meters) and was third in the shot put (12.27 meters) in the SVSU Tune-Up (2/15) … placed sixth in the weight throw (14.80 meters) in the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/11) … placed ninth in the weight throw (16.65 meters) in the GVSU Holiday Open (12/7) … earned Academic All-MAC honors.

2018 (Outdoor): finished 12^th in the hammer throw (47.09 meters) at the Ole Miss Joe Walker Invitational (4/13-14) … placed fifth in the hammer throw (48.43) at the Michigan State Spartan Invitational (4/6-7).

2018 (Indoor): placed seventh in the weight throw (15.26 meters) and eighth in the shot put (11.56 meters) in the SVSU Holiday Open (12/1-2) … finished third in the shot put (12.73 meters) in the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/12) … placed fifth in the weight throw (14.31 meters) and sixth in the shot put (11.29 meters) in the SVSU Doug Hansen Open (1/19) … threw a personal-best 12.74 meters in the placing sixth in the shot put and placed ninth in the weight throw (14.52 meters) at the SVSU Jet’s Pizza Invitational (1/26-27) … finished 11^th (14.74 meters) in the Akron-College Invitational (2/2-3) … finished 15^th in the weight throw (16.26 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/23-24) in Bowling Green, Ohio.

High School: Placed 31^st in the shot put at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals … two-time Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 State Finals qualifier in the shot put … placed fifth at the state meet in 2017 … was runner-up in the shot put and sixth in discus at the 2017 Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Division 2 State Finals … finished fourth in discus and fifth in shot put at the 2017 Greater Lansing Honor Roll Meet of Champions … placed second in both discus and shot put at the 2017 Capital Area Activities Conference Red Division Championships … three-time top-five finisher in the discus and shot put at the high school regional meet … placed second in discus and third in shot put at the 2016 CAAC Red Division Championships … placed fourth in discus and eighth in shot put at the 2016 Greater Lansing Honor Roll Meet of Champions … lettered four times in basketball and three times in track and field.