Anna Weber 2008-09 Track and Field Roster

AS A JUNIOR: Had an impressive junior campaign, crushing school records and racking up multiple all-BIG EAST honors … opened the indoor season with a toss of 13.71 meters to win the shot put at the Blue and Gold Invitational … also won the weight throw with a toss of 17.54 meters … followed that by taking the shot put (13.70m) and weight throw (17.75m) titles at the Notre Dame Indoor Opener … finished first with a throw of 13.99 meters in the shot put at the Notre Dame Invitational … also took top honors in the weight throw with a toss of 18.88 meters … smashed the school record in the weight throw with a toss of 19.39 meters during the preliminaries at the Indiana Relays … eventually finished fifth after a finals throw of 18.77 meters … also notched the third-best shot put measurement in school history with a toss of 14.51 meters during the Indiana Relays prelims … went on to finish fifth (13.83m) … earned her first all-BIG EAST indoor honor with a third-place finish (18.90m) in the weight throw … also finished 10th in the shot put with a toss of 13.36 meters … won the weight throw (19.23m) and finished fifth (13.93m) in the shot put at the Alex Wilson Invitational … kicked off the outdoor season with 14.14-meter toss and a fourth-place finish at the Arizona State Invitational … also took fifth place (55.98m) in the hammer throw … took fourth place (55.90m) in the hammer throw and fifth place (14.06m) in the shot put at the Stanford Invitational … took the shot put title at the Spartan Invitational with a toss of 13.71 meters … also finished second in the hammer throw with a throw of 53.36 meters … won the shot put (13.95m), discus (43.34m) and hammer throw (57.31m) at the Eastern Michigan Invitational … grabbed her second all-BIG EAST honor with a second-place finish in the hammer throw with a 55.26-meter toss at the BIG EAST Championship … also finished seventh in the shot put with a toss of 14.18 meters and sixth in the discus with a throw of 45.03 meters … finished fifth (46.71m) in the discus and sixth (57.06m) in the hammer throw at the Georgia Tech Invitational … topped her own school record with a throw of 58.61 meters, finishing sixth in the hammer throw at the NCAA Mideast Regional.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Had an outstanding sophomore season, picking up a school record in both the indoor and outdoor seasons … unquestionably Notre Dame[apos]s top thrower during the indoor campaign … threw the weight 16.59m (54-5 1/4) at the Notre Dame Invitational … came up big at the BIG EAST indoor meet, for which she was qualified in the shot put and weight throw … took fifth in the shot put with a career-best toss of 13.94m (45-9), then followed it up with a fourth-place mark of 17.35m (56-11 1/4) in the weight throw … the latter performance smashed the previous school record of 17.08m (56 1/2) held by Dore DeBartolo … closed the indoor season by throwing 17.25m (56-7 1/4) in the weight throw at the Alex Wilson Invitational, posting just the third 17m+ mark in school history … won the shot put competition outdoors at the Spartan Invitational, throwing 14.01m (45-11 3/4), the eighth-best mark in Notre Dame history … moved up to fifth all-time with a throw of 14.20m (46-7 1/4) in the shot put at the Central Collegiate Championship … qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional with her hammer throw of 54.31m (178-2) at the Hillsdale Gina Relays … collected her first career All-BIG EAST outdoor honors with a third-place effort in the hammer throw … her mark of 56.09m (184-0) gave her another school record, once again unseating Dore DeBartolo (old mark: 55.74m) … also scored points in the shot put, taking fifth place in 14.10m (46-3 1/4) … competed in the NCAA Mideast Regional in the hammer throw … finished a very respectable ninth and bettered her school record with a toss of 56.50m (185-4).

AS A FRESHMAN: Showed a great deal of potential in the throws, particularly in the weight throw indoors and the hammer throw outdoors … took second in the weight throw at the Notre Dame Opener with a mark of 15.44m (50-8) … posted a shot put of 13.10m (42-11 1/4) at the Notre Dame Invitational … established a season-best toss in the shot put at the BIG EAST indoor meet, placing 12th with a mark of 13.23m (43-5) … threw the weight 15.56m (51 3/4) to post another season-best effort at the league competition … had a very strong day outdoors at the Miami (Ohio) Invitational, establishing the top Irish marks in the shot put and hammer throw over the entire season … placed second in the shot with a toss of 13.79m (45-3) and took third in the hammer with a 49.08m (161-0) effort … earned BIG EAST qualifications in both events with ease … took second in the hammer and shot put at the Indy Relays … claimed first in the shot and second in the hammer at the Central Collegiate Championships … scored her first BIG EAST points at the outdoor league meet, finishing fourth in the shot put with a toss of 13.67m (44-10 1/4) … took 11th in the hammer throw, posting a mark of 48.48m (159-1) … threw the shot 13.74m (45-1) at the Georgia Tech Invitational, while throwing the hammer 48.53m (159-3).

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Four-year letterwinner in three sports (track and field, volleyball, and basketball) at Roncalli High School (Ind.) … 2004 Indiana state shot put champion … all-state selection in her junior and senior track and field seasons … received first team academic all-state accolades in her senior campaign … two-time track regional champion and team MVP … owner of Roncalli school records in the shot put and discus … personal bests of 46-1 in the shot put and 127-11 in the discus … tallied 314 kills and 177 blocks for the volleyball team and averaged 14 points and eight rebounds per game as a senior on the basketball squad … member of National Honor Society, student council, and her senior class treasurer … born May 23, 1987 in Indianapolis, Ind. … daughter of Martha and Tom Weber … oldest of two children … enrolled in the College of Science as a science/pre-professional major.