Saturday, January 23, 2010

Jere' Summers (Berkeley High School, CA; Cal State Northridge; Louisville) Bio

Jere' Summers
Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Oakland, Calif.

High School:
Berkeley

Last College:
Cal State Northridge

Event:
Throws

CAREER BESTS

Indoor | Outdoor

Hammer Throw: -- | 61.13m/200-07

Weight Throw: 20.44m/67-00.00 | --

Shot Put: 16.47m/54-00.50 | 16.90m/55-05.50

Discus: -- | 57.68m/189-03

2008-09: Competed in three outdoor events for the Cardinals...Automatic qualifier for NCAA Championships in shot put and discus...Advanced to finals in discuss at NCAA Championships, but fouled...NCAA Mideast Regional Champion in discus with distance of 186-05...Finished second in shot put at NCAA Mideast Regional Championships with distance of 54-01.00...Outdoor BIG EAST Women's Most Outstanding Field Performer for second year in a row...BIG EAST Champion in the hammer throw with a distance of 197-03 and in shot put with distance of 51-09.25...Third place in BIG EAST Championships in discus with distance of 161-02...In all, she had six first place finishes, three second place finishes, and five third place finishes...Named BIG EAST Female Field Performer of the week on April 22, 2009...Made the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

2007-08: Named NCAA All-American in the shot put after a ninth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... BIG EAST Champion in the weight throw (indoor), shot put (outdoor) and the discus (outdoor) ... Named 2008 BIG EAST Women's Outdoor Field Performer of the Meet ... Finished seventh in the hammer throw at the NCAA Mideast Regionals ... Did not advance in NCAA Mideast Regional in the discus due to foul ... Had four other first-place finishes in three events ... Placed second four-times during the outdoor season.

Prior to UofL: Competed at Cal State Northridge for two indoor seasons and one outdoor season ... Qualified in the shot put and discus for the IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships in 2006 ... Big West Conference champion in shot put in 2006 ... WAC indoor champion in the shot put in 2007.

High School: Competed in shot put and discus primarily at Berkeley High School ... Named to Contra Costa Time Top 100 Prep Athletes Award list in 2003 and 2005 ... Four-time ACCAL league champion in shot put and a three-time champion in the discus ... Also lettered in golf, lacrosse, rugby, wrestling and football at Berkeley High School.

Personal: Personal: Born Jere' Chardonae Summers on May 21, 1987 in Oakland, Calif. ... Daughter of James and Carrie Summers ... Has four siblings, James T., James A., Chayla and Shekinah ... Majoring in exercise science with a minor sports administration.

Courtesy Louisville

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