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2013 Track and Field Media Guide
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Throws Bios
Josh Freeman, continued
Personal:
Born on August 22, 1994 in Barrington, Ill... Son of Wil-
liam and Stacy Freeman...Has one sister, Nicole...Majoring in Sport
Administration.
Kim Fortney
Indoor: Senior
Outdoor: Senior
Hindsboro, Ill.
Track:
2011-12:
Competed in two events (shot put and weight throw) in
eight meets during the indoor season...Never finished worse than
ninth in any event as she notched 16 top-ten finishes, 14 of them
in the top five...Finished second five times (three times in the
shot put and twice in the weight throw)...Best marks in both the
shot put and weight throw came at the EIU Friday Night Special,
where she threw for 19.62m and 15.74m, respectively...Re-
corded 13 top-five finishes in the outdoor season in nine meets,
participating in four events (hammer throw, discus, shot put and
javelin)...Second-team All-American in the shot put...All-MVC
in the hammer throw with a third place mark of 59.40m...NCAA
West Regional qualifier in the hammer throw and shot put...
Best mark of the outdoor season came at the NCAA Divison
I Championships, where she placed 16th in the nation with a
throw of 16.20m in the shot put, the fourth best mark in Saluki
history...Named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team...Named to
the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District team.
2010-11:
Competed in the MVC Indoor Championships earning
a sixth and seventh place finish in the shot put and weight throw,
respectively...notched 13 top-ten finishes at seven other meets
in the indoor season...Earned a spot in the NCAAWest Region-
als in the shot put, hammer throw, and discus throw...Recorded
a personal best in the javelin throw with a distance of 40.34 at
the Vanderbilt Invitational...Competed in five events at the MVC
Outdoor Championships.
2009-10:
Qualified for the USATF Junior Championships in the
shot put, hammer throw and discus, finishing sixth, seventh and
16th, respectively, in those events...Claimed a spot in the NCAA
West Regionals in the shot put, where she finished 42nd...Regis-
tered four top three finishes at the Illinois State Redbird Invita-
tional, placing second in the discus and hammer throw, while
claiming third in the javelin and shot put...Set a personal record
in the javelin with a distance of 131-05 (40.06m) at the MVC
Outdoor Championships...Overall, notched ten top five finishes
between four events.
Personal Bests
Indoor
Outdoor
SP - 16.28m
SP - 16.20m
WT - 19.62m
DS - 49.23m
HT - 59.50m
JV - 40.34m
Kim Fortney, continued
High School:
Qualified for the Illinois state high school cham-
pionships her junior and senior seasons at Arcola High School...
Captured the Little Okaw Valley Conference shot put champion-
ship with the Lady Riders her senior season...Named an all-area
player by the Champaign News Gazette in softball...Earned
unanimous first-team all conference honors in softball, volley-
ball, and basketball...Member of National Honor Society.
Personal:
Born on Aug. 15, 1991...Daughter of Joseph and
Marsha Fortney...Father is a dairy farmer, while mother is a
office manager with Rural King...Has one older sister, Jenifer,
who played volleyball at Illinois College, and a younger sister,
Christine, who is a sophomore at Illinois College.
D’Monami
Gardner
Indoor: Freshman
Outdoor: Freshman
Cincinnati, Ohio.
High School:
Junior year recorded the longest toss in the state of
Ohio at 46-08.75, earning All-American accolades...Ranked third
in the state freshman year also being named an All-American.
Personal:
Full name is D’Monamic Gardner...Born June 3, 1994
in Cincinnati, Ohio...Daughter of Darryl and Alisa Gardner...
Parents work for Cincinnati Public Schools..Has two brothers.
Kim Fortney