Amelia Flynt Season 2023-24
Honors
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023)
Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023; Spring 2024)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2024)
2024
Indoor: Placed sixth in the shot put at the Big Ten Championships with a mark of 54-2 (16.51m)…recorded a season-best mark of 56-0 ½ (17.08m) in the shot put at the Mark Colligan Memorial, placing third and moving up to sixth in school history…won the shot put at the Nebraska Tune-Up, placed fifth at the Tyson Invitational and sixth at the Frank Sevigne.
Outdoor: Pitched in a pair of top-eight finishes at the Big Ten Championships, placing fifth in the discus with a 174-9 (53.26m) and seventh in the shot put with a 54-2 ½ (16.52m)...posted a season-best 182-6 (55.63m) in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, moving up to No. 7 all-time…went a season-best 56-1 (17.09m) in the shot put to win the Florida Relays and climb to sixth all-time…won the shot put and the discus at the Drake Relays…placed third in the shot put at the Michael Johnson Invitational and the Jim Click Shootout.
2023
Indoor: Finished eighth in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (52-1 1/4, 15.88m)...placed second in the shot put at the Nebraska Tune-Up (51-2 1/4, 15.60m) and sixth at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (49-11, 15.21m).
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Before Nebraska
Transferred from University of California Berkeley...Cal freshmen shot put record holder...attended Cinco Ranch High School...United States National Team qualifier for the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships...USA Today Sports Track and Field Athlete of the Year for Texas and Runner-Up for the Nation (2021)...VPYE High School Sports Magazine’s Texas Track and Field Athlete of 2021...Houston Chronicle’s 2021 Best Track and Field High School Athlete in All of Greater Houston...Katy Cinco Ranch record holder (shot put, discus)...UIL District 19 record holder (shot put, discus)...two-time state champion (2021).
Personal
Born on June 21, 2003 in Upland, Calif... parents are Dagmar Pesakova and Darren Flynt...major is finance.