Quiara Wheeler

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ITF Class:
Junior
OTF Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Flint, Mich.
High School:
Grand Blanc

PERSONAL RECORDS
Outdoor
Discus: 49.50 meters
Hammer throw: 64.90 meters*

Indoor
Weight throw: 21.51 meters*
*-- program record

2021 (Outdoor): Earned All-America honorable mention in placing 22^nd in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships (6/9-12) … broke her own program record in the hammer throw with a toss of 64.90 meters (212-11) at the NCAA East Preliminary (5/26-29) … captured the Mid-American Conference hammer throw title with a 63.27-meter toss (207-7) at the MAC Championships (5/7-8), breaking the previous program record of 63.01 meters which she set in 2019 … also placed seventh in the discus at the MAC Championships … won the discus with a career-best 49.50-meter toss (162-5) at the Texas State Bobcat Inv. (3/25-27) … placed second in the hammer throw and was fourth in the discus at the Notre Dame Bob Harris Open (5/1) … placed second in both the discus and the hammer throw at the Toledo Rocket Inv. (5/15) … competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials in the hammer throw at the University of Oregon in June … named All-Academic by the U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association.

2021 (Indoor): Earned second-team All-America honors by placing 10^th in the weight throw at the NCAA Championships (3/11-13) … won all five of the competitions, including the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/26-27) in which she competed leading up to the NCAA Championships … set the program record in the weight throw with a toss of 21.51 meters (70-7) at the CMU Jack Skoog Inv. (2/6).

2020 (Outdoor): Redshirted

2020 (Indoor): Finished third and set the program record with a 19.75-meter toss in the weight throw at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/28-29) in Akron, Ohio … won the weight throw (19.45 meters) at the Michigan Silverston Invitational (2/21) … placed eighth in the weight throw (19.71 meters) at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/7-8) … won the weight throw (19.65 meters) at the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/31) … placed second in the weight throw (19.74 meters) in the Eastern Michigan Can Am International (1/25) … won the weight throw (19.31 meters) in a dual meet at Akron (1/17) … placed third in the weight throw (19.62 meters) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/6).

2019 (Outdoor): Placed 44th in the hammer throw (53.67 meters) at the NCAA East Region Preliminary (5/23-25) in Jacksonville, Fla. … finished fourth in the hammer throw (56.23 meters) and 10th with a personal best in the discus (45.69 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (5/9-11) in Muncie, Ind. … won the hammer throw and set the program record with a 63.01-meter toss and placed seventh in the discus (44.88 meters) at the Ohio State Jesse Owens Classic (4/26-27) … finished third in the hammer throw (59.21 meters) at the Virginia Challenge (4/19-20) … placed seventh in the hammer throw (57.05 meters) at the North Carolina State Raleigh Relays (3/29-30).

2019 (Indoor): Placed sixth in the weight throw (18.72 meters) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (2/22-23) in Kent, Ohio … placed seventh in the weight throw (17.52 meters) at the Kent State Doug Raymond Invitational (2/9) … finished seventh in the hammer throw (18.30 meters) at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (2/1-2) … placed fourth in the weight throw (18.62 meters) at the Notre Dame Invitational (1/9) … won the weight throw (18.52 meters) in the CMU Jack Skoog Open (1/11) … finished third in the weight throw (17.97 meters) at the GVSU Holiday Open (12/7).

High School: 2016 Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 1 state champion in the discus; runner-up in 2017 … two-time regional discus champion … 2017 Kensington Lakes Activities Association discus champion … posted seven discus victories and two runner-up finishes in 10 meets in the 2017 season … earned two varsity letters in track & field.