Francesca Chambers

Trent Zelden

Throws

/ Track & Field

STARKVILLE, MS - 2021.04.30 - Maroon and White Invite

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STARKVILLE, MS - 2021.03.26 - Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays

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Photo by: Walt Beazley/Arkansas

Photo by: Walt Beazley/Arkansas

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-8
Class (Indoor):
Sr.
Class (Outdoor):
Jr.^
Hometown:
Upper Marlboro, Md.
High School/Previous School:
Riverdale Baptist School / UAB

2022 Outdoor Season
Placed fifth in the hammer throw at the LSU Battle on the Bayou to achieve a new personal best of 53.35m (4/2).

2022 Indoor Season
Placed 17th in the weight throw at the UAB Blazer Invitational at 15.54m (1/14)... Placed sixth in the weight throw at the Samford Open at 15.35m (1/22).

2021 Outdoor Season

Finished in fourth in the hammer at the Bulldog Relays with a PR of 52.49m (3/26) ... At the Florida Relays, she fouled in the hammer (4/3) ... Had a 15th-place finish in the hammer at the War Eagle Invitational (4/16) ... Threw to a tie for 11th in the hammer at the Maroon & White Invite (4/30) ... Competed at the SEC Championships in the hammer, finishing in 18th (5/14).

2021 Indoor Season

Competed in the weight throw at the Commodore Indoor to kick off the season, finishing in 10th with a personal best of 16.48m (1/15) ... Had a new personal best at 18.05m in the weight throw at the Carolina Challenge, finishing in third and placing her at No. 3 all-time at MSU (1/23) ... Came in first place in the weight throw at the Razorback Invitational with a throw at 16.97m (1/30) ... Came in tenth in weight throw at the Music City Challenge (2/12) ... Came in fourteenth in the weight throw at SEC Championship (2/25).

2020 Outdoor Season

Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Season

Did not compete.

2019 Outdoor Season

Threw the hammer and shot put at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (3/23), recording a personal-best 12.09m throw in the shot … Broke her personal-best in the hammer at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/11) with a throw of 44.31m and also competed in the shot put … Threw the hammer 38.95m at the Southern Miss Open (4/27).

2019 Indoor Season

Threw the weight 13.33m at the Vulcan Invitational (1/12) … Competed in the weight throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18) and Music City Challenge (2/8).

2018 Outdoor Season (at UAB)

Placed 11^th in both the shot put and discus at the Jaguar Classic (3/16) … Threw the discus 32.97m for a personal best … Competed at the Bulldog Relays (3/23) in Starkville in the hammer, shot and discus … Posted a personal-best 11.70m mark in the shot put … Placed 15^th in the shot put at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/6) where she also competed in the hammer throw and discus … Competed in the shot put at the Tiger Track Classic (4/13) … Posted an 11.27m throw in the shot put at the Duke Invitational (4/20) … Threw a personal-best 35.22m in the hammer and placed 15^th in the discus at the Southern Miss Open (4/27).

2018 Indoor Season (at UAB)

Opened her career at the BSC Panther Indoor Icebreaker (12/1) where she threw the weight and shot put … Competed in the shot put and weight throw at the UAB Vulcan Invitational (1/13) and UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12) … Threw the shot 10.53m and competed in the weight throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19) … Recorded a personal best in the weight throw of 14.03m at the Jaguar Invitational (2/4) where she also competed in shot put … Threw the weight and shot put at the Samford Invitational (2/9) … Competed at the Conference USA Indoor Championships (2/17) where she threw a personal-best 12.02m in the shot put … Also competed in the weight throw.

Before the Bulldogs

Spent one year at UAB … Attended Riverdale Baptist School … Broke the school record in shot put and discus in 2017 … Also broke a school record in the weight throw.

Personal

Born Francesca Noel Chambers on May 4, 1999 to Leslie Minor and Denis Chambers … Majoring in biology.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

Shot Put - 12.02m^ (Conference USA Championships - 2/17/2018)
Weight Throw - 18.05m (Carolina Challenge - 1/23/2021)

Outdoor

Shot Put - 12.09m (Bulldog Relays - 3/23/2019)
Discus - 32.97m^ (Jaguar Classic - 3/16/2018)
Hammer Throw - 52.49m (172'2") (Bulldog Relays - 3/26/2021)

^set at prior school

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