JILLIAN CAMARENA
Events: Shot Put
Height: 5-10
Weight: 250
PRs: 19.26m/63-2.25i (2006)
Born: March 2, 1982 in Woodland, Calif.
Current Residence: Tucson, Ariz.
High School: Woodland HS (Woodland, Calif.)
College: Stanford '04
Coach: Craig Carter
Agent: Valentina Fedjuscmina
Club: NYAC

Career Highlights: 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials; 2006 USA Outdoor champion; 3-time USA Indoor champion (’05, ’06, ‘07); 3rd at 2004 Olympic Trials; 2007 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2001 Pan Am Junior SP champion; 1999 Pan Am Junior DT champion; 7-time All American in the shot put

Camarena qualified for her first Olympic Team in the women’s shot put with her third-place finish at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials…At the 2006 AT&T USA Indoor Championships, Camarena made a bit of history in the women's shot put with her winning throw of 19.26m/63-2.25. The performance made her the #3 American of all time, behind only American record holder Ramona Pagel (19.83m/65-0.75 in 1987) and Tressa Thompson (19.44m/63-9.5 in 1999)…Camarena brought home her first national title at the 2005 USA Indoor Championships when she won the women’s shot put with her heave of 17.31m/56-9.5… showed promise with her third-place finish at the 2004 Olympic Trials, but did not meet the Olympic “A” qualifying standard. A multi-talented thrower, she holds the sixth best throw in the discus on Stanford’s all-time list…gained All-America honors while at Woodland High School where she won the 2000 California state discus title and the 1999 state shot put crown. Her runner-up finish in the shot put at USA Juniors earned her a berth on Team USA which competed at the 2001 Pan Am Junior Championships in Argentina, where she won the gold medal in the shot.

2008: 12th at Olympic Games (18.24m/59-10.25)…3rd at Olympic Trials (18.12m/59-5.5)
2007: USA Outdoor runner-up (18.50m/60-8.5)…10th in qual. at World Outdoors (16.95m/55-7.5)...USA Indoor champion (18.46m/60-6.75)…1st at Stanford Invitational (18.92m/62-1)…1st at Triton Invitational (18.81m/61-8.5)…4th at Fortaleza (18.32m/60-1.25)…3rd at Belem (18.37m/60-3.25)…4th at Pan Am Games (18.11m/59-5)…3rd at Bad Kostritz (18.47m/60-7.25)…1st at Provo (18.36m/60-3)...ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 18.92m/62-1.
2006: USA Outdoor champion (18.92m/62-1)…USA Indoor champion (19.26m/63-2.25i)…1st at Spokane (19.02m/62-5)…1st at Modesto (18.76m/61-6.75)…ranked #9 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN…best of 19.26m.63-2.25i.
2005: USA Indoor champion (17.31m/56-9.5i)…4th at USA Outdoors (17.72m/58-1.75)…1st at Tucson (17.94m/58-10.25)…1st at Reno (17.72m/58-1.75i)…1st at Boise (17.10m/56-1.25)…ranked #4 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 17.94m/58-10.25.
2004: 3rd in SP at U.S. Olympic Trials (17.73m/58-2)...2nd in SP at Cardinal Invitational (18.15m/59-6.75PR)...NCAA Outdoor Championships runner-up (18.11m/59-5)...Pac-10 SP champion (17.63m/57-10.25)...2nd at NCAA Indoors (17.27m/56-8)...3rd at Boise (17.44m/57-2.75i)...ranked #3 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 18.15m/59-6.75.
2003: 7th in SP at USA Outdoors (17.23m/56-6 1/2)...3rd at NCAA Outdoors (17.49m/57-4.75)...5th in DT at NCAA West Regional (52.52m/172-4)...1st at Claremont (17.03m/55-10.5)...NCAA Indoor Championships runner-up (17.44m/57-2.75i)...1st at Boise (16.93m/55-6.5i)...best of 17.49m/57-4.75.
2002: 3rd at NCAA Outdoor Championships (16.80m/55-1)...9th at USA Outdoors (17.23m/56-06.50)...Pac-10 SP champion (16.72m/54-10.25)...5th at NCAA Indoors (16.46m/54-0i)...Pac-10 Indoor champion (16.94m/55-7i)...best of 16.94m/55-7i.
2001: Pan Am Juniors SP champion...3rd in SP at Pac-10 Championships (16.38m/53-9)...16th at NCAA Outdoors (15.39m/50-06)...USA Juniors SP runner-up (16.19m/53-1.5)...best of 16.38m/53-9.

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