Oklahoma State University Athletics
2010-11 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Brooke Gritters
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Pella
- Hometown:
- Pella, Iowa
Personal Bests
Shot put - 14.55m/47-09.00
Discus throw - 48.91m/160-05.6
Honors and Awards
2011 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track and Field)
2011 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2012 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2013First-Team Academic All-Big 12 (Track and Field)
2013 Outdoors: Threw the discus at four meets for the Cowgirls ... Her best mark of the season came at the Arkansas Team Invite, where she threw a 45.77m/150-02 and finished fourth.
2013 Indoors: Competed once in the shot put at the KSU All-Comers Meet, where she posted a 14.19m/46-6.75, good enough for second place in the event.
2012 Cross Country: Did not compete.
2012 Outdoors: Competed in the shot put and discus on a regular basis, compiling 12 total results during the season ... Set a personal best in the shot put with a toss of 14.55 meters/47-09 at the Big 12 Championships ... That mark ranks fourth all-time at OSU ... Placed first in the shot put at the Arkansas Twilight after recording a throw of 14.19 meters/46-06.75 ... Set her season best in the discus throw of 48.38 meters/158-09 at the Arkansas Twilight, where she placed third ... Placed first in the discus at the John Jacobs Invitational after recording a heave of 45.76 meters/150-01 ... Placed in the top 10 in 10 of her 12 events during the season and placed in the top five seven times.
2012 Indoors: Earned her way into the fifth spot in the Oklahoma State record books with a shot put of 14.12 meters/46-04 at the Tyson Invitational ... Finished 14th at the Big 12 Championships with a throw of 13.77 meters/45-02.25 in the shot put ... Placed second at the JD Martin Invitational with a shot put of 13.32 meters/43-07 ... Earned a second place finish at the KSU Invitational in the shot put with a heave of 13.06 meters/42-10.25 ... Had a shot put of 13.13 meters/43-01 at the KSU All-Comers Meet to take third place in the event ... Posted a throw of 12.31 meters/40-04.75 at the OU Invitational to finish in 11th in the shot put.
2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.
2011 Outdoors: Claimed the No. 3 spot on the Oklahoma State all-time discus list when she recorded a toss of 48.91 meters at the Ward Haylett Invitational ... First-team academic all-Big 12 and USTFCCCA all-academic honoree ... Recorded a discus throw of 47.02 meters/154-03 during the Big 12 Outdoor Championships to finish in 12th place ... Finished in 43rd place of the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds after a a throw of 43.98 meters/144-03 in the first round ... Other highlighted marks in the discus included heaves of 47.06 meters/154-07 at the John Jacobs Invitational, 45.31 meters/148-08 at the Tulsa Duals and 44.55 meters/146-02 at the Tailwind Invitational ... Competed in the shot put twice, logging marks of 12.74 meters/41-09.5 at the Tailwind Invitational and 12.34 meters/40-05.75 at the Tulsa Duals.
2011 Indoors: A regular in the Cowgirl lineup who competed exclusively in the shot put at seven different meets ... Season-best mark was 13.25 meters/43-05.75 at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Placed 23rd in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships with a mark of 12.75 meters/41-09 ... Other marks were 12.48 meters/40-11.25 at the Sooner Invitational, 12.11 meters/39-08.75 at the Kansas State Invitational, 11.78 meters/38-07.75 at the Kansas State All-Comers meet, 11.27 meters/36-11.75 at the Tyson Invitational and 10.61 meters/34-09.75 at the Razorback Invitational.
2010 Cross Country: Did not compete.
2010 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2010 Indoors: Did not compete.
2009 Cross Country: Did not compete.
High School: Attended Pella HS in Pella, Iowa, where she was coached by Dak Rasmussen ... Three-time shot put state champion ... 2009 Drake Relays shot put champion ... Three-time member of the all-state team and the elite all-state team ... Two-time state discus runner-up ... Recipient of the Bernie Sagau Sports Award ... Also starred for the Pella basketball team, earning first-team all-state honors by the coaches association and second-team all-state recognition by the Des Moines Register ... A first-team all-conference, all-region and all-district basketball player was the captain of the Marion County team ... Academic all-state honoree in both track and field and basketball ... Member of the National Honor Society and the Pella HS honor roll ... Also played volleyball and soccer ... Participated with the S.W.A.T. youth group.
Personal: Brooke Ann Gritters was born Nov. 14, 1990 in Des Moines, Iowa ... Daughter of Mike and Laurie Haynes and Mark Gritters.
