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Amaris Blount - Track & Field - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Amaris Blount

Position

Throws

Hometown

Virginia Beach, Va.

Previous School

Rio Rancho HS

2016-17
2017 Indoors: recording a hurl 56-11 ½ for fifth place in the weight throw at the Cherry & Silver Invitational… nabbed a PR of 59-5 in the weight throw to place fourth at the New Mexico Team Invitational… took third in the weight throw at the New Mexico Classic & Multis after recording a new personal record of 60 feet, 3 ¾ inches… placed 10th in the women’s weight throw, logging a toss of 57-9 at the Don Kirby Invitational… nabbed a school record in the weight throw, placing third with a mark of 63-6 ¾ at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships.
2017 Outdoors: Set a new personal record in the hammer throw, unleashing a toss of 178-7 ¼ to place sixth in the open section at the Sun Angel Classic… finished with a mark of 172-7 in the hammer throw at the Mt. SAC Relays … recorded a toss of 185-3 at the Cardinal Classic… placed 15th with a hurl of 175-10 at the Longhorn Invitational… became the first Lobo woman to score in the hammer throw at the MW Championships in a decade as she placed sixth with a mark of 183-10.

2015-16
2016 Indoors: Saw action at five meets … Made her New Mexico debut at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, posting a seventh-place toss of 54-4 3/4 (16.58m) in the hammer throw and a mark of 35-4 (10.77m) in the shot put … At the New Mexico Team Invitational, registered throws of 56-3 (17.14m) in the weight throw and 36-7 3/4 (11.17m) in the shot put … Added a centimeter to her weight throw PR at the New Mexico Classic, hurling the ball and chain 56-3 1/4 (17.15m) … Broke through with a big PR in the weight throw at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, posting a mark of 58-6 1/2 (17.84m) … Placed 14th in the weight throw at the Mountain West Championships (52-7 1/4 [16.03m])
2016 Outdoors: Competed at six meets, primarily in the hammer throw … Opened at the UTEP Springtime, registering a third-place toss of 170-11 (52.09m) in the hammer and a 90-7 mark in the discus throw … Posted a strong improvement in the discus at the Don Kirby Tailwind, throwing 107-4 (32.72m) for ninth place … Also eighth in the shot put at the Don Kirby Tailwind (38-0 [11.58m]) … Showed consistency in the hammer throw at the Mesa Classic (164-5 [50.11m]) and the Mt. SAC Relays (165-6 [50.45m]) … Notched a significant PR in the hammer at the UTEP Invitational, logging a third-place mark of 173-7 3/4 (52.92m) … Finished 10th in the hammer at the Mountain West Championships (167-10 [51.15m])

2014-15
2015 Indoors & Outdoors
: Redshirted both indoors and outdoors in 2015 … Did compete unattached … Registered a mark of 33-4 (10.16m) in the shot put at the Lobo Open … Placed 12th in the weight throw at the New Mexico Classic with a mark of 53-2 1/4 (16.21) … Finished 6th in the hammer throw at the Tailwind Open outdoors, finishing with a toss of 155-1 (47.28).

HIGH SCHOOL
2014 graduate of Rio Rancho High School in Rio Rancho, N.M. … Took sixth in the shot put at the New Mexico 5A State Championships her senior year with a toss of 35-8 … Captured third place in the shot put at both the APS Metro Championships (37 feet) and the New Mexico District 5A Meet (35-4) … Set her shot put PR of 38-7 at the Clovis Wildcat Relays, where she placed second … Tallied 11 straight top-four finishes in the shot put her senior year … Also had strong performances in the discus, including fifth place at the APS Metro Championships (PR of 106-1) and fourth at the New Mexico District 5A Meet (103 feet) … Took 10th in the javelin throw at the New Mexico District 5A Meet … PR of 95-11 in the javelin.