Valarie Allman Season 2015-16

TFRRS Performance Profile

* 2017 U.S. World Championships Team *
* Six-Time All-America *
* Two-Time Pac-12 Discus Champion *
* School-Record Holder, 20-Pound Weight Throw *

Personal bests (thru 2018):

• Discus: 212-3 (64.69m)
• Hammer: 208-10 (63.65m)
• 20-pound weight throw: 70-3 1/2 (21.42m)

As a fifth-year senior (2018):
Outdoors

• U.S. discus champion.
• The longest discus throw by an American in 2018 (208-6, 63.55m).
• First-team All-America (discus), placing third at the NCAA Championships.
• First-team All-America (hammer), placing eighth at NCAA's.
• Broke school discus record held by Carol Cady from 1983.
• Four-time NCAA discus qualifier.
• Highest hammer finish by a Stanford woman in NCAA meet history.
• Pac-12 runner-up in the discus.
• Fourth in Pac-12 in the hammer at 208-10 (63.65m), her third lifetime best in consecutive meets.
• Placed second in the discus and 11th in the hammer at the NCAA West Prelims.
• Four-time Big Meet discus winner.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• U.S. national team for Athletics World Cup.
• Moved to No. 2 on Stanford's all-time list in the hammer.
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.

Indoors

• Became Stanford's first NCAA finalist in the 20-pound weight throw, placing eighth to earn her fifth All-America honor.
• In danger of not making the final, had her best throw of the competition on her third attempt (69-5 ½, 21.17m) to advance and earn first-team honors.
• Broke Stanford weight throw record for the seventh time with a toss of 70-3 1/2 (21.42m) to win the Husky Classic.
• Twice broke the meet weight throw record at the UW Indoor Preview.
• MPSF All-Academic team.
• First-team All-America (weight throw).
• Eighth in NCAA weight throw.
• First Stanford NCAA qualifier in weight throw.
• Broke UW Indoor meet record in weight throw.

As a senior (2017):
Outdoors

• Third in discus at U.S. Championships, at 190-0 (57.93m).
• Represented U.S. national team at IAAF World Championships.
• First Stanford athlete in 12 years to make a U.S. Olympic or World Championships team and have eligibility left since Erica McLain in 2005.
• Moved to No. 12 on U.S. all-time performers' list in the discus (212-3, 64.69m), at Cardinal Classic.
• Broke Angell Field and Cobb Track record, at Cardinal Classic.
• Captured silver medal at the World University Games in Taipei, Taiwan (191-5, 58.34m).
• Exceeded 60 meters in four of nine meets in discus.
• Won hammer at Stanford Invitational with season best of 199-6 (60.82m).
• Stanford's Arthur F. Dauer Memorial Sports Performance Award.
• Redshirted during the collegiate season.

Indoors

• Broke own school record in the 20-pound weight throw five times during the season, and six times altogether.
• Broke school record by 3 1/2 feet to place third at the MPSF Championships with a throw of 68-5 3/4.
• Broke record twice at the NAU Tune-Up on Feb. 17 with throws of 64-3 1/4 and 64-10 (19.76m) to place third.
• Missed NCAA qualifying by five spots, and 9 1/2 inches (0.24m).
• USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.
• MPSF All-Academic selection.

As a junior (2016):
Outdoors

• Set three personal records in the NCAA discus finals, finally placing third at 201-6 (61.42m).
• Threw 195-6 and 201-1 on her first two throws.
• It was Stanford's highest NCAA women's discus finish since 1986.
• Earned two All-America honors: first-team discus and second-team hammer.
• Won her second consecutive Pac-12 discus title with a throw of 188-11.
• Placed 11th in NCAA hammer, with a personal record 200-11 (61.25m).
• Second in the Pac-12 in the hammer (194-7)
• Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Week four times.
• Sixth at U.S. Olympic Trials in the discus (193-8).
• Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
• Big Meet discus and hammer winner.
• Completed season No. 2 on Stanford's all-time lists in the discus and hammer.
• No. 6 in the discus in Track & Field News' annual U.S. rankings.
• USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

Indoors

• Set a school record in the 20-pound weight throw of 62-8 1/2 at the MPSF Championships, placing fifth.
• First season of indoor track.
• Improved in each of her three meets.

As a sophomore (2015):
Outdoors

• Captured the Pac-12 discus title with a throw of 187-3 on her third attempt.
• It was the first time a Stanford woman had won a conference discus crown.
• Fifth at the NCAA Championships with a throw of 184-11.
• It was Stanford's highest finish in the event since 1986.
• Placed 10th at the U.S. Championships at 184-1.
• Opened season by winning the discus at the Outdoor Opener in Berkeley, throwing 183-4.
• Set personal best in the hammer, with a throw of 172-10, a nine foot improvement.
• Fourth at the Texas Relays, with a discus throw of 177-10.
• Named Stanford Athletic Board Block ‘S’ Outstanding Female Sophomore.
• USTFCCCA All-Academic team.

Indoors

• Did not compete.

As a freshman (2014):
Outdoors

• Captured the 2014 U.S. junior national discus title with a personal best and Stanford freshman record 188-6 in Sacramento.
• Named Pac-12 women's track and field Newcomer/Freshman of the Year.
• Placed 12th in the USATF Championships at 170-1.
• Broke the Stanford freshman discus record of 177-7 (set by Patty Purpur in 1986) on her first collegiate legal throw and improved to a personal best 187-7 at the California Outdoor Opener on March 8.
• The throw vaulted her to No. 3 on Stanford's all-time list and set a school freshman record ... also threw the hammer for the first time, throwing 155-11 for fifth.
• In second meet, at the Hornet Invitational (180-4) beat 2008 Olympic gold medalist Stephanie Brown-Trafton.
• Placed second at the Pac-12 Championships (181-5) and was second at the NCAA West Prelims (184-4) in the discus.
• Placed 21st at the NCAA Championships, at 158-9.

Indoors

• Did not compete.

National/International:

• Placed third at 2017 U.S. Championships (190-0, 57.93m), earning a berth on the U.S. team for the IAAF World Championships in London.
• Placed 28th at the 2017 World Championships in London, but did not get out of the qualification round (176-8, 53.85m).
• Won silver medal at the World University Games, throwing 191-5 (58.34m).
• Placed sixth at 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials at 193-8, only 3-7 away from third place and an Olympic berth.
• Has competed in five U.S. Championships, finishing higher each year: 15th, 12th, 10th, sixth, and third.
• Placed fifth at the 2015 World University Games in the discus at 182-8, in Gwangju, South Korea.
• Won the silver medal at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships in Eugene, throwing the discus 186-2.

High School:

• The 2013 national high school leader in the discus with a best of 184-2, at the Texas Relays.
• It broke the meet record by more than 34 feet and exceeded the winning college mark.
• The throw was the 16th-longest in the U.S. in 2013, including collegians and professionals.
• It also ranked as the sixth-best in high school history and broke the Colorado state record by 19-3.
• Named as a high school All-America.
• Two-time state 4A champion.
• Set 29 meet records and 11 stadium records.
• Qualified for U.S. senior nationals, where she placed 15^th at 154-11.
• Fifth at 2013 U.S. junior nationals at 165-2.
• Won back-to-back Colorado Class 4A championships, breaking her own meet record as a senior with a throw of 167-3.
• In 2012, broke an 18-year-old state record with 164-0 on her final throw.
• Named 2012 Gatorade Colorado Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year and finished the 2012 season ranked No. 4 among all high school throwers.
• 2013 Arcadia Invitational champion with the third-best throw in meet history.
• Denver area Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
• Co-valedictorian at Silver Creek High in Longmont.

Personal:

• The daughter of David and Lisa Allman.
• Has an older brother, Kevin.
• Born in Newark, Del.
• An accomplished dancer, Allman took up track as a freshman as a jumper and sprinter.
• Began throwing the discus so she could go to the annual spaghetti dinner that the throwers had every year.
• Raised mostly in Hershey, Pa.
• Involved in Soles 4 Souls, which distributes used shoes to those in undeveloped countries.
• Carried a weighted high school GPA of 4.4.
• Majoring in product design.

Career results: