Moon Township, Pa. – Senior
Rachel Boody of the
Robert Morris University outdoor track & field capped a stellar senior season in the discus Friday by finishing 16th out of 48 participants at the NCAA East Preliminary in Lexington, Ky.
Competing in the first flight, Boody produced a toss of 51.60 meters (169'3"), breaking her own school record, a common theme for the veteran in 2017, and becoming the first female student-athlete in program history to clear 50 meters.
RESULTS: NCAA East Preliminary (5/26/17)
Boody stood atop the leaderboard after the first flight and fell to sixth after flight two before settling at No. 16. Boody became just the second member of the Colonials in program history to compete in an NCAA East Preliminary in the discus and first since Nicole Downing finished 18th in 2004 with a throw of 43.93 meters.
Gleneve Grange of Florida State claimed the individual title in the discus at the 2017 NCAA East Preliminary with a toss of 56.24 meters (184'6") as each of the top 12 finishers advance to the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
In 2017, Boody produced each of the top five marks in school history in the discus and overall during her career owns each of the top six distances in the program record book and seven of the top 10 marks.
