Rachel Curry

Class: Junior Hometown: Homestead, Iowa High School: Williamsburg

Event: Throws

2011 -- Indoor - won shot put at Iowa Invite with a team-leading and collegiate-best 47-9 1/4 (14.56 m), which ranks fifth all-time at Iowa... won shot put at Jack Johnson Classic (45-5 3/4) and Iowa Open (46-2 1/2)... placed 11th in shot put at Iowa State Classic (45-3 1/2), and 12th at Razorback Invite (46-6 3/4) and Big Ten Championships (45-11 1/4)... Outdoor - led team in shot put with collegiate-best 46-5 (14.03m) she recorded at Musco Twilight XII... that mark ranks eighth all-time at Iowa... placed 17th in discus with collegiate-best 145-9 (44.44m) at Big Ten Championships... placed fifth in discus (145-2, 44.24m) at Musco Twilight XII... letterwinner.

2010 -- Indoor - redshirted... Outdoor - placed third in shot put with season-best 45-1 3/4 (13.76 m) at Musco Twilight XI... threw season-best 142-1 (43.32 m) in discus at Lee Calhoun Memorial... placed third in shot put at Lee Calhoun Memorial (43-6, 13.26 m) and Iowa Invitational (43-4 1/2, 13.22m).

High School -- state champion in discus and placed second in shot put at state meet senior year... four-time Drake Relays qualifier... best marks are 44-0 1/4 in shot put and 135-11 in discus... coached by Nick Nordheim.

Personal -- born June 28, 1991... daughter of Sam and Janelle Curry... chemistry/pre-medicine major.