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Player Bio: Sandra Orsund



Arizona State: Holds two of the top marks indoors with fourth in the shot put (48-11.75) and second in the weight throw (56-4.50)...also holds three outdoor marks...second in the hammer (180-11), third in the discus (182-11) and eighth in the shot put (48-4-50)... 2003 Outdoor: Captured the 2003 Pac-10 Discus Championship...finished fourth at the NCAA West Region before taking 16th at the NCAA Championships...improved her career bests in the hammer and the discus with the discus mark winning conference gold...in the discus, also won the Bill Sawyer and Double Dual meets...captured her only other win of the season in the hammer (Double Dual)...was runner-up in the Bill Sawyer and Baldy Castillo meets...scored at the Pac-10 meet in the hammer with an eighth-place finish...runner-up in the shot at the ASU Invite and the Double Dual... 2003 Indoor: Set personal bests in the shot put and the weight throw...won the weight throw at the Double Dual with her personal best (56-4.50)...also finished runner-up at the NAU Invite...in the shot put, was runner-up at the Double Dual for her best finish of the season...placed in the Top 5 in all five competitions entered including two third-place endings... 2002 Outdoor: Recorded three of the top throws in school history, one each in the hammer, discus and shot...threw the discus in nine meets winning the event once (Double Dual) and finishing runner-up four times, the first four meets of the year...threw a provisional of 164-0, the longest on the team and the sixth-best in school history...finished eighth at the Pac-10 meet...in the hammer, she competed eight times with a runner-up finish at the ASU Invite...took 14th at the conference championships...here 171-3 toss at the Double Dual earned her third place at the meet and the second-best mark in school history...season-best 47-9.75 was good enough for third at the Baldy Castillo...also eighth in ASU annals...earned Maroon and Gold Scholar-Athlete honors... 2002 Indoor: Competed in the weight throw and shot put twice each...led the team with a weight throw of 51-1 to take ninth at the Mountain T Invite...her throw there was No. 3 all-time in school history...also took ninth at the Mountain T in the shot put with the second-best mark of the year for the team with a heave of 45-2.5...finished fourth and fifth in the weight and shot, respectively, at the Double Dual... 2001 Outdoor: Competed in the discus, shot put and hammer, setting personal bests in all three...at first collegiate outdoor meet, placed second in the discus at the Bill Sawyer Invitational (144-8)...won the discus (147-7) and recorded personal-bests in the hammer (148-1, fourth) and shot put (42-5.5, sixth) at the ASU Invitational...recorded personal-best in the discus (148-11) with third place finish at the UA/NAU Double Dual...equaled her hammer PR at the UA/NAU Double Dual, finishing eighth... 2001 Indoor: Competed in the weight throw and shot put...attained season-best weight throw mark, 45-0.5, at UA/NAU Double Dual (sixth place)...season-best shot put effort, 40-9.5 came at the MPSF Championships (16th).

High School: A 2000 graduate of Plymouth High School (Plymouth, Ind.)...earned four letters in track, three in gymnastics, two in cheerleading and one in volleyball...earned all-conference honors in 1998, 2000...set school record in the shot (41.2) and discus (144.75)...won Keizer All-Sports Award...selected to 2000 Dream Team and All-American Cheerleading squad...set school record in the balance beam (8.99)...2000 homecoming queen.

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology...parents are John Grolich and Deanna Orsund...one sibling: James...born Sept. 24, 1981, in Plymouth, Ind....full name is Sandra Denise Orsund.

Personal Bests - Discus: 182-11, Shot Put: 48-11.75, Hammer: 180-11, Weight: 56-4.50

AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
* Indicates All-America honors earned

  Sandra Orsund
Sandra Orsund
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Plymouth, Ind.

High School:
Plymouth HS

Height:
5-9

Event:
Throws

2003 NCAA Outdoor ChampionshipsDiscus prelims16th158-8