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2024 Track and Field

Ainsley Wiesner

Ainsley Wiesner

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Lake Forest, Ill.
  • High School:
    Lake Forest
  • Major:
    Undeclared

Summary

Biography

CSC Academic All-America® Third Team … CSC Academic All-District®  selection for the 2023-24 academic year … College’s 2024 Manges Athletics Prize winner … Named CSC Academic All-District® for the 2022-23 academic year … Three-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll … Member of the AD Honor Roll for the fall 2023 semester … One-time USTFCCCA All-Academic qualifier …

2024 Outdoor: USTFCCCA second-team All-American thanks to a 12th-place finish in the hammer throw at NCAA Division III Championships (May 22-24), tossing 170 feet, 2 inches … … Qualified to second consecutive national meet … USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honoree in hammer throw … Broke hammer throw school record at the Jesse Owens Track & Field Classic (Apr. 19) with a mark of 176 feet, 2 inches … NCAC hammer throw runner-up with a mark of 156 feet, 5 inches at NCAC Championships (May 3-4) … All-Ohio hammer throw champion, tossing 168 feet, 6 inches … Also placed fifth in shot put and javelin throw at NCACs with a collegiate-best 39 feet, 7 inches and season-best 103 feet, 10 inches, respectively … Shot put mark was good enough for fourth-longest in school history … Won the hammer throw at three additional meets – Bob Kahn Invitational (March 30), Denison Invitational (Apr. 26) and Mount Union Last Chance (May 16) … Tossed 95 feet, 6 inches in discus at Bob Kahn meet … Overall made 10 starts …

2024 Indoor: Division III All-American in the weight throw, placing fifth overall at the NCAA Division III Championships (March 8-9) with a school-record mark of 60 feet, 9.25 inches … Qualified to first career national meet … USTFCCCA All-Great Lakes Region honoree in weight throw … All-NCAC and All-Ohio champion in weight throw … Tossed 56 feet, 7.25 inches at NCAC Championships (Feb. 23-24) and 55 feet, 11.75 inches at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) … Narrowly missed out on a second All-NCAC honor of the meet with a fourth-place finish in shot put and a mark of 36 feet, 11 inches … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on Feb. 13 after improving on already held weight throw school record for the second time … Won weight throw at two other meets – Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 20) and Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 16) … Overall made seven starts …

2023 Outdoor: Broke the school hammer throw record three separate times on the season, finishing with a mark of 159 feet, 10 inches at the dual meet against Denison (April 12) … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on March 20 following a hammer toss of 136 feet, 2 inches, which was a school record at the time … Made both hammer and javelin finals at NCAC Championships (May 5-6), placing fifth in hammer (149 feet even) and eighth in javelin (81 feet even) … Won javelin against Denison with a collegiate-best toss of 121 feet, 1 inch … Had pair of collegiate bests during dual meet with Oberlin (April 8), hitting marks of 36 feet, 7.5 inches in shot put and 101 feet, 1 inch in discus … Shot put mark against Oberlin was good for 10th in program history in the event … Also won javelin against Oberlin with a throw of 94 feet, 9 inches … Overall, competed in nine meets …

2023 Indoor: Broke the school record in the weight throw six separate times on the season, eventually finishing with a top mark of 51 feet, 3 inches at the Polar Bear Final Qualifier (March 4) … Final school record mark was good for a runner-up finish at ONU’s last chance meet … Made finals of both shot put and weight throw at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) … Finished fourth overall in weight throw (50 feet, 9.25 inches) and ninth in shot put (36 feet, 0.75 inches) at NCACs … Won weight throw twice on the season, at the Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) with a mark of 50 feet, 4.5 inches and in the dual meet against Denison (Jan. 26) with a mark of 50 feet, 0.75 inches … Both wins marked school records at the time … Overall, competed in eight meets …

2022 Volleyball: Missed season due to injury …

2022 Outdoor: Competed in eight meets … Capped year with collegiate-best mark of 122 feet, 7 inches in the hammer throw at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Also competed in the shot put and javelin at NCAC meet … NCAC shot put best of 33 feet, 4.5 inches marked a season-long … Opened outdoor slate with new javelin collegiate-best of 102 feet, 8 inches at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19) …

2022 Indoor: Competed in five meets … Ended year with new collegiate-best of 42 feet, 4.25 inches in the weight throw, with that mark coming at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Placed 10th in the conference in the weight throw … Won the shot put at Kenyon (Feb. 18) with collegiate-best toss of 33 feet, 5.25 inches …

2021 Volleyball: Did not log any game action …

2021 Outdoor: Competed in the preliminary flights of the javelin at the NCAC Championships (May 9) … Logged a collegiate-best of 93 feet, 11 inches in the javelin at the Marty Goldberg Gator Invitational (April 23) … Competed in four meets …

2021 Indoor: Competed in both meets … Opened collegiate career with fourth-place finishes in the high jump (4 feet, 9.75 inches) and long jump (13 feet, 11.5 inches) at Wittenberg (Feb. 26) …

2020-21 Volleyball: Did not compete …

Prior to Wooster: Prepped for Tia Rupnik in volleyball and Steve Clegg in track and field at Lake Forest High School … Helped volleyball team to a regional appearance as a senior and was part of a conference championship track and field team as a first-year ... Two-time all-conference performer in track & field …

Personal: Parents are Bryan and Tiffany Wiesner … Geology major … Keck Geology Consortium intern … Stream commentator for volleyball.

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