2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Natasha Akbarizadeh
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Maple Ridge, British Columbia
- High School:
- Garibaldi Secondary
2017-18 at Gardner-Webb:
Indoor Season: Took home a first place finish in the weight throw at the Mountaineer Open, setting a personal record with a mark of 17.27 meters.
Best Mark: Weight Throw - 17.27 meters, Mountaineer Open, 12/9/17
Outdoor Season: Redshirted
2016-17 at Gardner-Webb:
Indoor Season: Named to 2016-17 Big South Conference Indoor Track and Field All-Academic Team ...
Best Marks: Weight Throw - 16.75 meters, Big South Indoor Championships, 2/25/17, Shot Put - 10.84 meters, Clemson Indoor Invitational, 1/14/17
Outdoor Season: Big South Champion in the hammer throw with a career-best mark of 60.26 meters, breaking the GWU record in the event she had set the previous year ... Qualified for the NCAA East Region prelims, where she had a toss of 50.45 meters
Best Marks: Hammer Throw - 60.26 meters, Big South Outdoor Championships, 5/10/17
Before Gardner-Webb: Was undefeated as a prep senior ... Broke the Upper Fraser Valley Meet record with a distance of 53.86 meters ... Won the British Columbia High School Championships hammer throw with a distance of 54.02 meters.
Personal: Born April 8, 1996 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada ... The daughter of Betty and Majid Akbarizadeh ... Has one brother ... Major is undecided.
