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2016-17 Women's Track and Field

Gwen Sawyer

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Greely
  • Hometown North Yarmouth, Maine

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
Shot Put: 12.46m
Weight Throw: 14.57m

Outdoor:
Shot Put: 13.12m
Discus Throw: 35.78m
Hammer Throw: 41.62m

2017 Outdoor Track: Threw a collegiate best of 13.12m in the Shot Put, placing her third at the NE10 Champs

2016-17 Indoor Track: At the NE-10 Championship, she placed 8th in shot put with a throw of 12.10m… Had a season-best throw of 12.54m in shot put at the Spartan Regional to place 2nd… Threw a season-best in weight throw of 13.11m at the Alden Invitational to place 7th

2016 Outdoor Track: At the NEICAAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, she placed 14th in the shot put with a distance of 12.43m… Finished in first place in the shot put at the Northeast-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a distance of 13.12m… Had a season best distance of 13.12m in the shot put at the Northeast-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships… Had a career-best hammer throw of 41.62m, good for second place at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite…  Had 12 top-10 finishes during the outdoor season, including five first place finishes.

2015-16 Indoor Track: At the Northeast-10 Indoor Track & Field Championships, she placed second in the shot put (12.75m) and fourth in the weight throw (14.57m)… Finished first in the shot put at the Beynon Invitational with a distance of 11.86m… Had 13 top-10 finishes during the indoor season. 

2015 Outdoor Track: Earned the Fall 2014 and Spring 2015 Assumption College Student-Athlete Director's Citation... Finished fifth in the shot put at the NEICAAA Championship with a throw of 42 feet, nine inches... Placed second in the shot put at the Northeast-10 Championship with a school-record throw of 43 feet, one half inch... Was also 13th in the discus at 80 feet, two inches and 16th in the hammer throw with a throw of 111 feet, six inches... Won the shot put at the Stonehill Skyhawk Invite with a throw of 39 feet, 3.25 inches... Was the top Division II finisher at the Towson Invitational in both the shot put and discus.

2014-2015 Indoor Track: Finished 12th in the shot put with a throw of 40 feet, 5.5 inches at the NEICAAA Championship... Was second in the shot put at the Northeast-10 Championship with a school-record throw of 40 feet, 10.5 inches... At the USM Open III, she finished fourth in the weight throw with a school-record throw of 44 feet, one half inch... Threw 37 feet, three inches in the shot put at the NYC Gotham Cup.

2014 Outdoor Track: Northeast-10 Conference Outdoor Field Rookie Athlete of the Year... 2014 Northeast-10 Outdoor Champion in the Shot Put... Two-time Northeast-10 Conference Outdoor Field Rookie of the Week... Finished 13th in the shot put at the NEICAAA Championship with a throw of 38 feet, 10.25 inches... Won the Northeast-10 Conference shot put championship with a throw of 40 feet, 0.75 inches and was second in the discus with a throw of 117 feet, five inches... Was second in the shot put at the Yellow Jacket Invitational and the Tufts Snowflake Classic and won the shot put at the Bridgewater State Bears Invitational with a throw of 38 feet, 6.25 inches.

2013-2014 Indoor Track: Two-time Northeast-10 Conference Indoor Field Rookie of the Week... Placed 12th at the NEICAAA Championship in the shot put with a throw of 40 feet... Was second in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw at the Northeast-10 Championship with a throw of 40 feet, five inches in each event... Won the shot put at the USM Invite II with a throw of 40 feet, 2.25 inches.

Prior to Assumption: Member of the volleyball, swimming and indoor and outdoor track and field teams at Greely High School... Her swimming teams captured championships in 2010 and 2012... 2013 Western Maine Conference Female Field Performer of the Meet at the outdoor championship... 2013 Indoor and Outdoor shot put state champion... Named as an All-Academic, All-Conference and All-State selection... Placed sixth in the shot put at the New England Championship.

Personal: Daughter of Judson and Agnes. Has an older sister, Claire... Born on May 1.

Fun Facts: Favorite athlete: Rebecca O'Brien, Wes Welker and Tom Brady... Dream job: Supreme Court justice... No. 1 song on her iPod: Latch by Disclosure... If you could meet anyone: Julie Andrews Edwards... What celebrity do you get mistaken for: Liv Tyler... Favorite sports memory: 2012 States, where she did better than expected. Was the turning point in her track career and fueled her first to get better!

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Thrower
    5'8"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Thrower
    5'8"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Thrower
    5'8"