2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Wardsworth, Katie

Katie Wardsworth
- Position:
- Throws
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Spokane Valley, Wash.
- Prev School:
- Washington State
- High School:
- Central Valley
Bio
2018: Joined Washington as a graduate student for her final year of eligibility after completing her Bachelor’s degree at Washington State ... made the Husky top-10 lists in the hammer and weight throws in her one and only season on the squad … ended her year with a big season-best at the Pac-12 Championships as she went 184-9 in the hammer to just miss scoring for the first time as she placed ninth … that mark moved her to No. 4 in school history in the hammer … was third at the Ken Shannon Invite with a hammer toss of 172-5 … third at the UW-WSU Dual with a mark of 170-8 … a best of 174-8 at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate for 16th … third in the hammer at the Pepsi Team Invite at 169-4 … opened the outdoor season placing fifth at the Trojan Invite at 173-3 … indoors, threw the weight five times, with a best mark of 53-0 ¼ at the Husky Classic that put her No. 6 in school history … was 16th at the MPSF Championships in the weight at 52-7 ½ … earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017 (At Washington State): Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries for the first time, taking 39th at the prelim meet in Austin, Texas with a hammer mark of 181-0 … threw 171-3 to finish 12th at the Pac-12 Championships … upped her PR to 191-3 at the Beach Invitational to take 16th … won the Cougar Invitational with a throw of 186-3 … opened the season with a then-PR of 188-4 at the Trojan Invitational to finish second … indoors, scored at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place weight throw finish with a PR of 58-7 ½ … was 11th at the Husky Classic with a weight throw of 56-8 ¾.
2016 (At Washington State): Placed ninth at her first Pac-12 Championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 177-7 … a throw of 181-2 at the Mt. SAC Relays … was second in the hammer at the UW-WSU Dual with a best of 173-11 … second at the Cougar Invitational, throwing the hammer 179-9 … had a season-best toss of 182-4 at the Idaho Invitational in March for first-place … indoors, placed 17th at the MPSF Championships in the weight throw with a throw of 53-4 ½ … had a season-best weight throw of 54-0 at the UW Invitational for eighth … third at the WSU Indoor Open at 53-5 ¾.
2015: Redshirted the season.
2014 (At Idaho): Took fifth at the Western Athletic Conference Championships in the hammer throw with a season-best mark of 168-10 … second at the WSU Cougar Invitational at 164-7 … threw 153-11 at the Sun Angel Classic for 14th in the hammer … indoors, was sixth in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 51-4 ¼, a season-best … threw at the Husky Classic, finishing 22nd in the weight at 49-0 ¾.
High School and Personal: Born in Spokane, Wash. … parents are Alan and Liz Wardsworth … both parents coached track and field and father high jumped at North Idaho College … older sister Kelsey ran track at Spokane Community College … a thrower and high jumper in high school, winning the Washington State hammer throw title as a junior and a senior … set a weight throw PR indoors of 47-5 at the 2013 Simplot Games … president of Technology Student Association and Skills USA … founded the Children’s Christmas Bureau stuffed animal drive in high school.
Major Meets
2014 WAC In - 6th, Weight
2014 WAC Out - 5th, Hammer
2016 MPSF - 17th, Weight
2016 Pac-12 - 9th, Hammer
2017 MPSF - 8th, Weight
2017 Pac-12 - 12th, Hammer
2017 NCAA Prelims - 39th, Hammer
2018 MPSF - 16th, Weight
2018 Pac-12 - 9th, Hammer
Outdoor Bests
Hammer.......191-3
Indoor Bests
Weight.......58-7 1/2
2017 (At Washington State): Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries for the first time, taking 39th at the prelim meet in Austin, Texas with a hammer mark of 181-0 … threw 171-3 to finish 12th at the Pac-12 Championships … upped her PR to 191-3 at the Beach Invitational to take 16th … won the Cougar Invitational with a throw of 186-3 … opened the season with a then-PR of 188-4 at the Trojan Invitational to finish second … indoors, scored at the MPSF Championships with an eighth-place weight throw finish with a PR of 58-7 ½ … was 11th at the Husky Classic with a weight throw of 56-8 ¾.
2016 (At Washington State): Placed ninth at her first Pac-12 Championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 177-7 … a throw of 181-2 at the Mt. SAC Relays … was second in the hammer at the UW-WSU Dual with a best of 173-11 … second at the Cougar Invitational, throwing the hammer 179-9 … had a season-best toss of 182-4 at the Idaho Invitational in March for first-place … indoors, placed 17th at the MPSF Championships in the weight throw with a throw of 53-4 ½ … had a season-best weight throw of 54-0 at the UW Invitational for eighth … third at the WSU Indoor Open at 53-5 ¾.
2015: Redshirted the season.
2014 (At Idaho): Took fifth at the Western Athletic Conference Championships in the hammer throw with a season-best mark of 168-10 … second at the WSU Cougar Invitational at 164-7 … threw 153-11 at the Sun Angel Classic for 14th in the hammer … indoors, was sixth in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Championships with a mark of 51-4 ¼, a season-best … threw at the Husky Classic, finishing 22nd in the weight at 49-0 ¾.
High School and Personal: Born in Spokane, Wash. … parents are Alan and Liz Wardsworth … both parents coached track and field and father high jumped at North Idaho College … older sister Kelsey ran track at Spokane Community College … a thrower and high jumper in high school, winning the Washington State hammer throw title as a junior and a senior … set a weight throw PR indoors of 47-5 at the 2013 Simplot Games … president of Technology Student Association and Skills USA … founded the Children’s Christmas Bureau stuffed animal drive in high school.
Major Meets
2014 WAC In - 6th, Weight
2014 WAC Out - 5th, Hammer
2016 MPSF - 17th, Weight
2016 Pac-12 - 9th, Hammer
2017 MPSF - 8th, Weight
2017 Pac-12 - 12th, Hammer
2017 NCAA Prelims - 39th, Hammer
2018 MPSF - 16th, Weight
2018 Pac-12 - 9th, Hammer
Outdoor Bests
Hammer.......191-3
Indoor Bests
Weight.......58-7 1/2
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