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Serene Ross
Personal information
Born (1977-10-15) October 15, 1977 (age 46)
American record
for the discipline.

Ross was both United States champion and NCAA champion in the javelin in 2002. She represented her country twice internationally: at the

IAAF World Cup
in 2002.

Career

Born in

NCAA Outdoor Championships.[1]

Ross threw at national level at the

2000 United States Olympic Trials, placing 19th in qualifying. Collegiately, she competed in both javelin and hammer throw events that year. At the NCAA Championships she was 13th in javelin and 18th in hammer. She claimed her first regional title in the hammer throw at the Big Ten Conference championships. Ross moved up the national javelin rankings with a sixth-place finish at the 2001 NCAA Championships,[1] then third place at the 2001 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[2] The latter performance earned her the chance to represent the United States at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but she did not achieve the qualifying standard within the time period.[3] Following a new personal record of 54.72 m (179 ft 6+1⁄4 in) at the USATF Midsummer Classic meet, Ross made her international debut at the 2001 Summer Universiade, where she ended seventh overall.[4] She ranked fourth in the United States that year.[1]

The 2002 season marked the high point of her career. She started the year in the

American record in the javelin at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a throw of 59.64 m (195 ft 8 in). This made her only the second Purdue female athlete to win an NCAA title (after Corissa Yasen's 1996 heptathlon win).[5][6][7] She following this up with the first and only national title of her career at the 2002 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, improving her own American record to 60.06 m (197 ft 1⁄2 in) in the process.[8][9] That record lasted only one month as Kim Kreiner (the runner-up at the national event) threw 60.68 m (199 ft 3⁄4 in) that July.[10] Ross was selected for the 2002 IAAF World Cup team and duly finished fifth at the event.[11]

Ross gained a professional sponsorship deal with

doping test in 2006 for two banned diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene). She was banned for two years from the sport, although she had not been competing during that period regardless.[13]

After retiring from competition, she went into coaching and became a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater.[14]

National titles

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
2001 Universiade Beijing, China 7th 51.21 m
2002 IAAF World Cup Madrid, Spain 5th
56.91 m

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Serene Ross. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  2. ^ Day Four Quotes. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  3. ^ USA Team for Edmonton. IAAF (2001-06-24). Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  4. ^ Bloom, Wheeler earn top marks at USATF Midsummer Classic. USATF (2001-07-23). Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  5. ^ NCAA Division I Championships (Women). GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  6. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2002-05-31). Lekote defends 800 metre title at NCAAs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  7. ^ Demus named Athlete of the Week. USATF (2002-06-04). Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  8. ^ Richards named Athlete of the Week. USATF (2002-06-25). Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  9. ^ United States Championships (Women). GBRAthletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  10. ^ Records Set in 2002. USATF (2002). Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  11. ^ a b Serene Ross Honours. IAAF. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  12. ^ Full Results. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  13. ^ U.S. Track Athlete Accepts Two-Year Suspension for Rules Violation. United States Anti-Doping Agency (2006-07-26). Retrieved on 2015-09-06.
  14. ^ Serene Ross. Purdue Sports. Retrieved on 2015-09-06.

External links

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