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2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Lasma Padedze

Lasma Padedze

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Ogre Secondary School No. 1
  • Hometown:
    Ogre, Latvia

Summary

Biography

2021 MAAC Outdoor Champion (Shot Put)
2021 Metropolitan Outdoor Champion (Shot Put)
2019 MAAC Indoor Champion (Shot Put)
2018 MAAC Indoor Female Field Rookie of the Meet

2021 Outdoors: 
Scored 16 points at the MAAC Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/8-5/9) … Claimed gold in the shot put with a toss of 14.39 meters, and bronze in the discus with a mark of 44.24 meters … Placed fifth in the shot put (13.96 meters) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/14-5/16) … Registered a career-best mark of 47.31 meters in winning the discus at the St. John’s Invitational (4/16) … Also was second in the shot put (13.55 meters) … At the Co-Vid Invitational (3/20), placed third in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 14.42 meters … Won the shot put (14.38 meters) and took second in the discus (45.95 meters) at the Metropolitan Championships (4/9-4/10) … Took second in the shot put (14.37 meters) and fifth in the discus (44.1 meters) at the 12th Rock Throws Series #1 (5/2) … At the Monmouth Meet (4/18), was second in the discus (45.93 meters) and shot put (14.40 meters) … CoSIDA Academic All-District Women's Track and Field/Cross Country First Team selection … MAAC All-Academic Team honoree.

2020-21 Indoors: Did not compete due to the cancellation of the season.

2020 Outdoors: Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team...Did not compete due to the cancellation of the season. 

2019-20 Indoors: Earned MAAC All-Academic Team honors...Set a weight throw PR of 13.26 meters at the Crowell Open on December 7, finishing eighth overall...Also earned second place in the shot put at the meet with a throw of 13.52 meters...Won the shot put competition on the Robert Elkin Invitational on January 10 with a distance of 13.58 meters...Also won the event the following day at the TCNJ Lions Invitational, reaching 13.67 meters...Was named the MAAC Female Field Performer of the Week on January 14 for the dual performances...Placed second in the shot at the NYC Gotham Cup on January 17, hitting a distance of 13.78 meters...Won bronze in the event at the MAAC Indoor Championships, reaching 13.84 meters...Placed sixth overall in the shot at the ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships with a season-best throw of 14.12 meters.

2019 Outdoors: Selected to the MAAC All-Academic Team...Finished third in the discus throw at the Colonial Relays, recording a distance of 38.89 meters...Also placed 11th in the shot put at the meet with a throw of 12.61 meters...Registered a season-best in the shot at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships, recording a distance of 13.72 meters and finishing second...Finished third in the discus at Mets with a 41.78-meter throw and fifth in the javelin with a PR distance of 39.27 meters...Won bronze in the shot put at the MAAC Outdoor Championships, hitting 13.71 meters...Also placed second in the discus throw at MAACs, recording a season-best mark of 43.71 meters and ninth in the javelin with a throw of 36.35 meters...Earned two top 20 finishes at the ECAC Outdoor Championships, recording a 12.73-meter shot put performance (17th overall) and a 36.13-meter discus throw (19th overall).

2018-19 Indoors: Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team...Set a PR in the shot put at the Yale Season Opener on December 8, hitting 14.81 meters and taking home first place...Named MAAC Female Field Performer of the Week on December 11 for her performance...Also won the event at the TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational on January 12 with a distance of 13.88 meters...Placed fourth overall in the shot put at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic, hitting 13.89 meters...Won third in the shot put at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships with a throw of 13.49 meters...Won gold in the event at the MAAC Indoor Championships, recording a distance of 14.33 meters...Finished 10th overall in the shot at the ECAC Indoor Championships, throwing 13.90 meters. 

2018 Outdoors: Claimed second in both the discus (39.07 meters) and the shot put (13.13 meters) at the TCNJ Invite...Took second in the shot with a personal best throw of 13.50 meters at the Metropolitan Outdoor Track and Field Championships...Also set a personal best in the javelin throw at Mets, hitting 39.07 meters (fourth)...Hit a personal best 40.46 meters in the discus at Monmouth on April 22, good for fifth place...Won bronze in the shot put at the MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a distance of 13.17 meters...Also took seventh in both the discus (37.73 meters) and the javelin (35.23 meters).

2017-18 Indoors: Opened the season with a second-place finish in the shot put at Fordham's Mike Massone Invitational, recording a distance of 12.16 meters...Set a personal best in the weight throw at the Metropolitan Indoor Track and Field Championships, hitting a distance of 11.00 meters (20th)...Took fifth in the shot put at Mets with a throw of 12.52 meters...Won bronze in the shot at the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at The Armory with a career-best throw of 13.45 meters...Was named the MAAC's Rookie of the Meet.

Before Manhattan: Was Latvia's U-20 indoor/outdoor national champion for shot put...Also earned the U-20 Baltic championships for shot put and discus. 

Personal: Daughter of Gundars and Iveta...Has two brothers, Maris and Aigars...Born on July 29, 1998.

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