2008 Women's Track & Field Roster
Roster
Jessica Beach
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Olympia, WA
- High School:
- Capital HS
2007 (R-JUNIOR)
OUTDOOR: Finished seventh in the hammer throw with a season-best mark of 168-6 at the Big West Championship...named Academic All-Conference and was awarded the Wolfson Scholar in 2007, the university's highest honor for a graduating senior.
INDOOR: Placed ninth at the WAC Indoor Championship in the weight throw with a career-best 53-7 which ranks eighth on the all-time Northridge indoor list.
2006 (R-SOPHOMORE)
OUTDOOR: Took third in the hammer throw at the Big West Outdoor Championship with a mark of 173-6 as the Matadors swept the top three places in the event...recorded a personal-best 177-6 in the hammer at the Northridge Spring Break Open which ranks ninth on the Matador career list...also finished eighth in the discus at the Big West Championship with a career-best throw of 132-5...named Academic All-Conference.
INDOOR: Placed 16th in the weight throw with a mark of 50-2.50 at the WAC Indoor Championship...threw a season-best 53-3 at the Albuquerque Invitational which ranked eighth on the Northridge career indoor records list.
2005 (R-FRESHMAN)
OUTDOOR: Finished ninth (162-6) in the hammer throw at the Big West Outdoor Championship...threw a season-best 175-0 in the hammer at the Meet of Champions at Azusa Pacific...also competed in the discus during the outdoor season...named Academic All-Conference.
INDOOR: Placed ninth in the indoor weight throw with a season-best 51-1 1/2 at the MPSF Championships...named Academic All-MPSF.
2004 (REDSHIRT): Redshirted the indoor and outdoor seasons.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2003 graduate of Capital High School...earned letters in track and also competed in basketball and volleyball...was the state of Washington hammer champion in 2002 and 2003...was also the 4A Washington discus champion in 2002...coached by Kevin Wright...graduated with a 3.99 grade point average.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Jeanne and Richard Beach...major is Pre-med/Biology...has one younger sister, Sierra...her uncle, Pat Beach was an NFL tight end for 11 seasons...also competed for the Barron Park Striders Track & Field Club...roots for the Seattle Mariners and lists Ichiro as her favorite player.
