Jamesha Hardig Season 2019-20

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests
Indoor
Shot Put: 51-9 3/4 (15.79m) (2/1/20)
Weight Throw: 60-9 1/2 (18.53m) (2/1/19)
Outdoor
Shot Put: 51-11 1/4 (15.83m) (4/12/19)
Discus Throw: 146-6 (44.65m) (5/18/18)
Hammer Throw: 168-11 (51.49m) (5/17/18)

Big Ten Championships
2020 (I): SP - 51-4 1/2 (15.66m) (9th)
2019 (O): SP - 48-5 1/2 (14.77m) (14th)
2019 (I): SP - 49-7 (15.11m) (11th); WT - 58-9 1/2 (17.92m) (17th)

Honors
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2019, 2020)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2019; Spring 2019, 2020)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019)

2020 (Senior/COVID-19 Pandemic)
Indoor: Placed ninth in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a throw of 51-4 1/2 (15.66m)...set a personal best of 51-9 3/4 (15.79m) in the shot put to finish as the runner-up at the adidas Classic...had a season-best weight throw of 59-1 1/2 (18.02m) at the Graduate Classic.

Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.

2019 (Junior)
Indoor: Finished 11th in the shot put (49-7, 15.11m) and 17th in the weight throw (58-9 1/2, 17.92m) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships...set a season-best in the shot put (50-0 3/4, 15.26m) at the Nebraska Tune-Up and personal-best in the weight throw (60-9 1/2, 18.53m) at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.

Outdoor: Finished 14th in the shot put at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships with a toss of 48-5 1/2 (14.77m)...qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the shot put and was 35th with a mark of 49-3 1/2 (15.02m)...had a personal-best toss in the shot put of 51-11 1/4 (15.83m) at the Crimson Tide Invitational...set season-bests in the discus (141-7, 43.16m) at the Husker Invitational and hammer throw (167-6, 51.05m) at the Herm Wilson invitational...won the shot put title at the Nebraska Invitational.

Before Nebraska
Attended Vincennes Community College in Vincennes, Indiana…set personal bests of 50-0 1/2 (15.25m) in the shot put, 168-11 (51.49m) in the hammer throw, 58-4 1/2 (17.79m) in the weight throw and 146-6 (44.65m) in the discus…finished second at the NJCAA Indoor Championships in the shot put in 2017 and 2018 and was fourth at the outdoor championships in 2017…also took third place in the hammer and sixth place in the discus at the 2018 NJCAA Outdoor Championships…attended Red Hill High School in Bridgeport, Illinois…was a third-place finisher in the shot put at the Illinois 1A state meet.

Personal
Born Aug. 19, 1998...parents are James and Becky Western...major is pre-criminal justice/criminology.