2009 Track and Field Roster
Destanie Yarbrough
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Freshman
- Major:
- Pre-Criminal Justice
- Hometown:
- Fresno, Calif.
- High School:
- Clovis East HS
- Prev School:
- Clovis East HS
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Indoor Shot Put (45-2 1/4, 9th)
2010 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Threw indoor-bests of 45-9 3/4 in the weight throw and 34-6 1/4 in the shot at the NAU Team Challenge.
2009 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Won the shot put (43-4 3/4, season-best), finished second in the hammer throw (129-9), and was fifth in the discus (95-9) at the Riverside Dual ... Threw the discus a season-best 111-4 at the Trojan Invitational ... Posted a season-best in the hammer (147-1) at the Trojan Invitational.
Indoor: Won the weight throw at the Mountain T's Multis (45-6 1/4) and finished 12th in the shot put (39-5 1/4) ... Was third in the shot (45-2 1/4) and sixth in the weight throw (43-2 1/2) at the NAU Team Challenge ... Finished 17th in the weight throw at the MPSF Championships (41-6).
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Clovis East High School ... Tabbed the Timberwolves' most valuable player as a sophomore and the team's most outstanding field athlete as a junior ... Earned All-League and all-county honors in 2007 ... Established a school-record 44-7 1/2 in the shot put as a junior ... Also owns Clovis East's top mark in the discus at 128-0 ... Lettered four years in basketball and two in soccer ... Recipient of the Student of Promise Scholarship for overcoming adversities ... An Honor roll student.
Personal: Plans on majoring in pre-criminal justice.
2010 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Threw indoor-bests of 45-9 3/4 in the weight throw and 34-6 1/4 in the shot at the NAU Team Challenge.
2009 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Won the shot put (43-4 3/4, season-best), finished second in the hammer throw (129-9), and was fifth in the discus (95-9) at the Riverside Dual ... Threw the discus a season-best 111-4 at the Trojan Invitational ... Posted a season-best in the hammer (147-1) at the Trojan Invitational.
Indoor: Won the weight throw at the Mountain T's Multis (45-6 1/4) and finished 12th in the shot put (39-5 1/4) ... Was third in the shot (45-2 1/4) and sixth in the weight throw (43-2 1/2) at the NAU Team Challenge ... Finished 17th in the weight throw at the MPSF Championships (41-6).
High School: Four-year letterwinner at Clovis East High School ... Tabbed the Timberwolves' most valuable player as a sophomore and the team's most outstanding field athlete as a junior ... Earned All-League and all-county honors in 2007 ... Established a school-record 44-7 1/2 in the shot put as a junior ... Also owns Clovis East's top mark in the discus at 128-0 ... Lettered four years in basketball and two in soccer ... Recipient of the Student of Promise Scholarship for overcoming adversities ... An Honor roll student.
Personal: Plans on majoring in pre-criminal justice.
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