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Laishema Hampton

Position:
Throws
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
St. Louis Park
Hometown:
St. Louis Park, Minn.

Awards & Honors:
All-Big 12: Hammer Throw (2012), Weight Throw (2011, 2010)

2012-13: OUTDOOR: Threw a toss of 165-01in the hammer throw at the Big 12 Championships ... finished third in the hammer throw with a toss of 177-08 at the Kip Janvrin Open ... placed 13th with a toss of 193-08 in the hammer throw at the Mt. SAC Relays ... earned third place in the hammer throw at the Jim Duncan Invite with a toss of 177-02 ... placed seventh in the hammer throw with a toss of 179-03 at the Sun Angel Classic ... INDOOR: Won the weight throw with a mark of 66-00.25 at the NCAA Qualifier ... finished first in the weight throw with a toss of 67-03.25 at the ISU Classic ... earned sixth place (64-09.00) in the weight throw and threw a mark of 43-01.00 in the shot put at the New Balance Invite ... placed third in the shot put with a mark of 45-09.25 at the ISU Open ... earned first place in the weight throw with a mark of 66-03.25 at the Holiday Preview ... finished 10th in the shot put with a throw of 43-08.50 at the Holiday Preview.

2011-2012: OUTDOOR: Placed third in the hammer throw at the Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a mark of 197-01 ... placed second in the hammer throw with a mark of 192-04 at the ASU Invite ... threw a mark of 190-02 in the hammer throw at the Sun Angel Classic ... INDOOR: Redshirted the indoor season ... finished sixth in the weight throw at the USA Indoor Championships ... competing unattached, won the Holiday Preview weight throw with a personal-best mark of 67-04.75 ... won the weight throw at the NCAA Qualifier and ISU Open ... threw a season-best in the shot put at the ISU Classic (46-00.00).

2010-2011: OUTDOOR: Redshirted the outdoor season … competing unattached, won the hammer throw at the Jim Duncan Invitational with a personal best mark, 179-06 … competing unattached, threw a personal best mark in the discus (148-04) at the Central Invitational ... competing unattached, won the hammer throw at the Central Invitational … competed unattached in the shot put at the Jim Duncan Invitational, Central Invitational and Kip Janvrin Open … competed unattached in the discus and hammer throw at the Kip Janvrin Open. INDOOR: Earned All-Big 12 honors after finishing second in the weight throw (64-08.50) and ninth with a personal best mark in the shot put (50-00.75) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … set the Iowa State school record in the weight throw with a personal best mark (65-04.25) at the ISU Classic … won the weight throw at the Holiday Preview (63-02), ISU Open (62-00) and Bill Bergan Invitational (61-11.50) … was runner-up in the weight throw (65-02.75) at the NCAA Qualifier ... finished fourth in the shot put (49-01.50) at the Bill Bergan Invitational … placed third in the shot put (47-07.75) at the Holiday Preview … runner-up in the shot put (47-06.50) at the ISU Open … finished eighth in the shot put (46-02.75) at the ISU Classic.

2009-2010: OUTDOOR: Competed in the shot put (48-03.50) at the NCAA West Regional Championships … 10th-place in the shot put (47-00.25) and competed in the hammer throw (162-08) at the 2010 Big 12 Outdoor Track and Field Championships ... eighth-place finish and personal record in the discus (139-11), finished fourth in the hammer throw (167-05), seventh in the shot put (46-09.50) and competed in the discus (137-11) at the Sun Angel Track Classic, setting a personal best in the hammer throw. INDOOR: Placed fourth in the weight throw (59-3 ½) and 11th in the shot put (47-1 ¾) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … finished first in the weight throw (60-10 ¾) and third in the shot put (47-7 ¼) at the Bill Bergan Invitational, setting a personal record in the weight throw … placed first in the weight throw (59-10 ½) and third in the shot put (46-5 ½) at the Holiday Preview … finished seventh in the weight throw (58-2 ½) and competed in the shot put (45-11 ¾) at the ISU Classic.

2008-2009: OUTDOOR: Seventh-place finish in the shot put (51-1) at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships ... finished 11th in the hammer throw (166-1) and 12th in the shot put (48-6 ¾) at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... fourth-place finisher in the hammer throw at the Kip Janvrin Open ... finished fourth in the shot put (47-3 ½) and 20th in the discus throw (120-7) at the Raleigh Relays ... seventh-place finish in the shot put (45-6 ¼) ... placed eighth in the shot put (45-10) at the Mount Sac Relays ... 10th-place finish in the hammer throw at the Bryan Clay Invitational ... placed 11th in the hammer throw at the Beach Invitational ... 13th-place finish in the hammer throw (153-9) at the Arkansas Twilight. INDOOR: Weight throw champion (56-3) at the ISU Open ... tenth-place finish in the ISU Classic in the weight throw (55-2) ... finished sixth in the shot put (47-3 ½) at the Husker Invitational.

Before Iowa State: Holds school shot put records, indoor and outdoor, and discus record...personal bests in 100-meter dash of 12.9, 200-meter dash of 26.0, shot put of 42-5 and discus of 139-0...earned third place at the 2005 National Junior Olympics in the shot put...all-conference in shot put and discus 2005-2008...placed third at 2008 state 2AA meet in discus and second in shot put...member of all-conference volleyball and basketball teams.

Personal: Born April 9, 1990...daughter of Lorenzo and LaQuita Hampton...business marketing major.