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University of Rhode Island

2012-13 Women's Track & Field

Emily Moorehead

  • Class Senior
  • High School Waverly/Alfred University
  • Hometown Waverly, N.Y.

Biography

2012-13 (Senior): Outdoor: Threw a distance of 173’5 in the hammer throw to finish second at the New England Championship… Finished third in the hammer throw (169’11) at the Atlantic 10 Championship… Won the hammer throw (165’10) and finished second in the shot put (39’7.25) at the Skyhawk Invitational… Threw a distance of 171’3 in the hammer throw and finished seventh at the Larry Ellis Invitational… Finished fifth in the hammer throw (154’2) at the Brown Invitational… Threw a distance of 36’5.75, finishing fourth at the UConn Invitational. Also finished fourth in the hammer throw (157’6)… Finished eighth in the shot put (10.50m) and ninth in the hammer throw (48.29m) at the BSU Bears Invitational.

Indoor:
Finished seventh in the weight throw (49’11.75) at the New England Championship… Placed fourth in the weight throw (50’08.75) at the Coaches Tribute Invitational… Finished 11th in the 20-pound weight throw (48’9.5) at the Terrier Invitational… Placed second in the 20-pound weight throw (49’7.75) and seventh in the shot put (35’2.5) at the Sorlien Invitational… Finished third in the weight throw (48’11) at the GoRhody Invitational on Jan. 11.

2011-12 (Junior): Outdoor: 
At the UConn All-Region Invitational, placed third in the discus throw (38.14m)... In the Brown Invitational had a personal best and New England qualifying mark of 49.64 (162'10) in the hammer and a season best in the shot of 11.25 (36'11).

Indoor:
 At the Sorlien Invitational, earned fifth in the weight throw (14.56m)... Placed third in the weight throw (13.63m) at the URI Invite... Earned personal best in the shot put (11.39m) (37'3 1/4) and a season best mark (14.57m) (47'9 3/4) in the weight throw at the Terrier Classic... At the Torpey Tribute, took sixth in the weight throw with a personal best of 14.87m (48'9 1/2) and finished 10th in the shot put with a personal best 11.76m (38'7")... At the Boston University Valentine Invitational, earned a season best 11.66m in the shot put. 

2010-11 (Sophomore): Outdoor: Finished sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 49.47m and posted a mark of 10.25m in the shot put at the Bryant Invitational... Finished seventh in the shot put and eighth in the hammer throw at the UConn All-Region Invitational... Finished fifth in the hammer throw (45.81m) and 13th in the shot put (9.91m) at the Brown Outdoor Invitational.

Indoor:
Finished sixth in the weight throw and ninth in the shot put at the Alden Invitational... Recorded a seventh place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 14.63m at the URI Sorlien Invitational... Finished fifth in the weight throw (13.83m) and sixth in the shot put (9.64m) at the URI Invitational. 

2009-10 (Freshman): Competed at Alfred University where she broke two school records (hammer throw, 43.33m and high jump, 13.06m).

High School: Lettered in basketball, soccer, softball and tennis at Waverly High School... Graduated third in her class of 125 students.

Personal: Born April 30, 1991... Daughter of Scott and Jennifer Moorehead... Has one brother, Gary and one sister, Hailey... Enjoys basketball, track, soccer and softball... Majoring in chemical engineering at URI.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Throws
  • 2011-12Junior

    Throws
  • 2012-13Senior

    Throws