2015 Track and Field Roster
Melanie Samvalian
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Human Development
- Hometown:
- La Crescenta, Calif.
- High School:
- Crescenta Valley HS
- Prev School:
- Mt. SAC
Melanie Samvalian -- Career and Season Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor Shot Put (48-2 1/2)
2015 (Senior)
Outdoor: Finished ninth in the discus and 10th in the shot put at the Big West Championships ... Posted a career-best 147-11 in the discus to finish third at the California Collegiate Invitational ... Was second in the shot at the California Collegiate Invitational ... Threw the shot a season-best 46-6 3/4 at the Beach Invitational to place fifth ... Was fourth in the shot and ninth in the discus at the Trojan Invitational.
Indoor: Qualified for the shot at the MPSF Championships, finishing 25th (39-5) ... Came in seventh in the shot at the Lumberjack Team Challenge (40-3 1/2).
2014 (Junior)
Outdoor: Big West qualifier in the shot put, discus and hammer ... Scored in the shot put with an eighth-place performance ... Recorded a personal-best 48-2 1/2 at the Triton Invitational ... That mark puts her at No. 8 among the 49ers' all-time top-10 ... Notched an individual victory at the RCC Quad Meet (45-8) and took second at the Big West Challenge ... Had season bests of 156-6 in the hammer and 145-8 in the discus.
Indoor: Competed in the shot put at the Mountain T's Invitational.
Prior to LBSU: Competed on the track and field team at Mt. SAC in 2013 ... Won the shot put at the Southern California Championships and was the runner-up at the California Community College State Championships ... Named the South Coast Conference Field Event Athlete of the Meet after scoring 22 points ... Captured the shot put title, while finishing third in both the discus and hammer ... Juco-best was 44 feet in the shot put ... Also played one year of basketball at Pasadena City College (2010-11) ... Redshirted the 2012 season.
High School: Two-year letter winner in track & field at Crescenta Valley High School ... Claimed the Pacific League title in the shot put both years ... Also won four letters in basketball.
Personal: Majoring in human development.
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor Shot Put (48-2 1/2)
2015 (Senior)
Outdoor: Finished ninth in the discus and 10th in the shot put at the Big West Championships ... Posted a career-best 147-11 in the discus to finish third at the California Collegiate Invitational ... Was second in the shot at the California Collegiate Invitational ... Threw the shot a season-best 46-6 3/4 at the Beach Invitational to place fifth ... Was fourth in the shot and ninth in the discus at the Trojan Invitational.
Indoor: Qualified for the shot at the MPSF Championships, finishing 25th (39-5) ... Came in seventh in the shot at the Lumberjack Team Challenge (40-3 1/2).
2014 (Junior)
Outdoor: Big West qualifier in the shot put, discus and hammer ... Scored in the shot put with an eighth-place performance ... Recorded a personal-best 48-2 1/2 at the Triton Invitational ... That mark puts her at No. 8 among the 49ers' all-time top-10 ... Notched an individual victory at the RCC Quad Meet (45-8) and took second at the Big West Challenge ... Had season bests of 156-6 in the hammer and 145-8 in the discus.
Indoor: Competed in the shot put at the Mountain T's Invitational.
Prior to LBSU: Competed on the track and field team at Mt. SAC in 2013 ... Won the shot put at the Southern California Championships and was the runner-up at the California Community College State Championships ... Named the South Coast Conference Field Event Athlete of the Meet after scoring 22 points ... Captured the shot put title, while finishing third in both the discus and hammer ... Juco-best was 44 feet in the shot put ... Also played one year of basketball at Pasadena City College (2010-11) ... Redshirted the 2012 season.
High School: Two-year letter winner in track & field at Crescenta Valley High School ... Claimed the Pacific League title in the shot put both years ... Also won four letters in basketball.
Personal: Majoring in human development.
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