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Heaston, Kristin

The Short List
  • Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Team by finishing runner-up at the Olympic Trials
  • 2003 USA Indoor & Outdoor shot put champion
  • 3rd at 2002 USA Outdoors and Indoors
Did You Know?
  • In 2003, she became the first woman to win the USA Indoor and Outdoor shot put titles in the same year since Connie Price-Smith did it in 2000
  • Her 2003 seasonal best effort of 18.33 meters, 60 feet, 1.75 inches, was the fourth-best throw by an American that season
  • Her father was the men’s water polo coach at Cal-Berkeley
  • A standout at the University of Florida, she transferred to Cal-Berkeley her junior season when she found out that her father was suffering from brain cancer… he died in July of 1999
  • She was a five-time All-American in college

Height: 6’ 0
Born: 23-Nov-75
Hometown: Walnut Creek, Calif.
Resides: Palo Alto, Calif.
Sport: Track and Field
Event: Shot Put

 
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