2016 Track and Field Roster
Marina Shelton
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Sociology
- Hometown:
- Cerritos, Calif.
- High School:
- Cerritos HS
- Prev School:
- Cerritos HS
Marina Shelton -- Career and Season Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Weight Throw (62-11 1/2, 2nd, T)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Hammer Throw (195-11, 4th)
2016 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Hammer Throw)
2015 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Hammer Throw)
2015 All-Big West Performer (Hammer Throw)
2014 All-Big West Performer (Hammer Throw)
2016 (Senior)
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the hammer throw, finishing 29th (188-3) ... Finished fourth in the hammer at the Big West Championships (190-6) ... Won the back-to-back hammer throws at the Ben Brown Invitational (181-7) and the Anteater 4-Way (a season-best 191-10) ... Was third in the hammer at the Big West Challenge (185-6) ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Posted a career-best in the weight throw, 62-11 1/2, to finish third at the MPSF Championships ... Placed third in the weight throw at the UW Invitational (59-11 3/4) and sixth (60-5) at the Husky Classic ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2015 (Junior)
Outdoor: Advanced to the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the hammer ... Earned All-Conference honors with a third-place finish at the Big West Championships (191-7) ... Won the event at the Beach Invitational with a personal-record 195-11 ... That mark ranks second in program history ... Also had an individual victory at the Cal Opener, Anteater 4-Way Meet and Big West Challenge ... Hit a then lifetime-best 193-6 to secure a runner-up finish at the Ben Brown Invitational ... Named Academic All-Conference.
Indoor: Became one of only two LBSU competitors in school history to surpass the 60-foot mark in the weight throw ... Ranks second with a toss of 60-8 1/2, which she achieved at the Lumberjack Team Challenge ... Took fifth at the MPSF Championships (60-7 1/4) ... Named to the MPSF All-Academic Team.
2014 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: All-Big West performer in the hammer throw ... Placed third with a season-best 181-1 ... Earned runner-up honors at three meets, while coming in third at the Cal-Nevada Championships
Indoor: Notched an indoor season-best 54-0 1/2 in the weight throw at the Mountain T's Invitational ... Finished 15th in the weight throw at the MPSF Championships (51-3 3/4).
2013 (Freshman)
Outdoor: A Big West qualifier in the discus and hammer ... Scored in the hammer with a seventh-place showing (163-10) ... Established a season-best 170-1 to finish fifth at the Beach Invitational ... Added a career-best 144-9 in the discus at the UC Irvine Spring Break Invitational (seventh) ... Notched a season-best 38-7 1/2 in the shot put at the Big West Challenge.
Indoor: Did not compete.
High School: Won four letters in track and field at Cerritos High School ... A four-time team MVP ... Suburban League champion in the shot put and discus as a senior ... Also qualified for the CIF Finals ... Established a prep-best 38-11 in the shot put.
Personal: Majoring in sociology.
