Leann Boerema Season 2003-04

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Indoors: Shot Put, 54-4

Outdoors: Shot Put, 53-0 1/4; Discus, 148-9

Honors:

Big 12 Shot Put Champion, 2000 (O); Academic All-Big 12 (2000, 2001, 2003); CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team (2003); NCAA Division I Track Coaches Association All-Academic Team (2003)

NCAA Championships:

2003 (I): Shot Put, 52-10 1/4 (10th)

2003 (O): Shot Put, 51-4 1/2 (14th)

2001 (I): Shot Put, 47-0 3/4 (14th)

2001 (O): Shot Put, 49-7 1/4 (18th)

2000 (O): Shot Put, 48-2 3/4 (16th)

Big 12 Championships:

2003 (I): Shot Put, 52-3 3/4 (3rd)

2003 (O): Shot Put, 49-7 3/4 (5th)

2001 (I): Shot Put, 52-0 (2nd)

2001 (O): Shot Put, 51-2 3/4 (4th)

2000 (I): Shot Put, 51-5 3/4 (2nd)

2000 (O): Shot Put, 51-3 3/4 (1st)

 

2003: Leann Boerema was granted an extension of her five-year clock by the NCAA after missing the 2002 season due to elbow surgery and the 1999 season because of a pinched nerve in her back.... wrapped up the 2003 season with a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the shot put (51-4 1/2) despite suffering from gallbladder attacks... in the 2003 USA Championships was 19th in the shot put (47-8 1/2) while still battling gallbladder attacks... she automatically qualified for nationals  with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships, throwing 50-5 1/2... threw a season-best outdoor mark of 52-10 at the Texas Relays, where she finished third... took fifth place at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, with a throw of 49-7 3/4... indoors, Boerema launched a lifetime-best throw of 54-4 to win the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational on Feb. 15... at the 2003 NCAA Indoor Championships, threw the shot 52-10 1/4 for a 10th-place finish, her best finish at an NCAA Championship meet... took the bronze at the Big 12 Indoor Championships with a mark of 52-3 3/4...  was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District VII Second Team for her 3.476 GPA. 2002: Boerema missed the 2002 season due to elbow surgery.  2001: Threw an indoor season-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying mark of 52-6 3/4 in the shot put at the Nebraska Last Chance meet... finished 14th in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor meet (47-0 3/4)... placed second in the shot put at the Big 12 Indoor meet (52-0)... was fourth in the shot put at the Big 12 Outdoor meet (51-2 3/4)... finished 18th in the shot put at the NCAA outdoor meet (49-7 1/4). 2000: Won the Big 12 Outdoor shot put title with a mark of 51-1 3/4, before advancing to place 16th at the NCAA meet... tossed a personal-best mark of 53-0 1/4 in the Indiana State, Kansas State and Wichita State quadrangular (then the third-longest throw in Nebraska history)... placed second at the Big 12 Indoor meet with a mark of 51-5 3/4. 1999: Received a medical hardship after competing in one meet because of a pinched nerve in her neck. High School: Was the 1998 Drake Relays shot put and discus champion... named High School Girls MVP of the Drake Relays... 1998 Iowa Class 3A state champion in the shot put and third-place finisher in the discus... named the 1997 Gatorade Iowa Girls’ Track and Field Athlete of the Year... was the 1997 Drake Relays champion in the shot put... 1997 Class 3A state champion in the shot put and placed sixth in the state in the discus. Personal: High school coaches were Bob Lueders and Dave Schutte... is a graduate student studying special education... parents are Lonny and Lori Boerema... born Aug. 25, 1980.