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2023-24 Women's Track and Field Roster

Amber Searls
Amber Searls
Amber Searls

Grace Homan

  • Event Throws
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Botkins, Ohio
  • Highschool Botkins

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
Weight Throw (indoor) 15.62m 2/4/2023
Shot Put (indoor) 14.89m     2/17/2023
Discus (outdoor) 46.15m 3/23/2023
Hammer Throw (outdoor) 48.70m 4/16/2022
Shot Put (outdoor) 14.11m 4/16/2022

2024 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor
  • Won bronze in the discus (43.67m) at the A-10 Championships hosted by George Mason University 
  • Threw 13.86m in the shot put and finished 5th at the A-10 Championships hosted by George Mason University 
  • Finished 4th in both the shot put (14.40m) and discus (45.95m) at the Jesse Owens Classic hosted by Ohio State
  • Finished 4th in the shot put (13.69m) and 6th in the discus (44.74m) at the We Fly Challenge hosted by Ball State
  • Finished 16th in a field of over 50 at Raleigh Relays in the shot put (13.82m) 
  • Finished 2nd in the shot put (13.45m) at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University
  • Finished 3rd in the discuss (42.26m) at the Blizzard Buster hosted by Miami University
Indoor
  • Finished 8th (13.19m) in the shot put at the A-10 Championships
  • Finished 16th (13.61m) in the weight throw at the A-10 Championships
  • First Place (14.01m) in the shot put at the Marshall Invitational 
  • Third Place (13.43m) in the shot put at the Akron Invitational
  • First Place (14.30m) in the shot put at the BGSU-Falcon Early Bird Collegiate Open

2023 (Senior)
Outdoor
  • Secured fifth place at A-10 Championships in shot put (13.53m) and discus (43.92m).
  • Secured personal best at Javelin Throw at 19.43m at RedHawk Invitational.
Indoor
  • Finished second in the shot put at the Findlay Oiler Open with a PR of 14.89m
  • Finished second in the shot put at the Atlantic 10 Championships with a mark of 14.11m
2022 (Junior)
Outdoor
  • Placed 5th in the hammer throw with a PR of 48.70m at the Cherry Blossom Invitational
  • Placed first in shot put with a mark of 14.11m at the Cherry Blossom Invitational 
Indoor
  • PR in weight throw (15.10m) at the Gladstein Invitational 
  • PR in shot put (13.68m) at the Flag City Open
2021 (Sophomore)
Outdoor
  • Set PRs in hammer throw (43.55m) and shot put (12.60m) at the RedHawk Invitational 
  • PR in discus (40.90m) and placed eighth at the Atlantic 10 Championships 
  • Named to the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll

2020 (Freshman)
Outdoor
  • Canceled due to COVID-19
2020 (Freshman)
Indoor
  • Set personal records in weight throw (13.66m) and shot put (12.40m) at the Atlantic 10 Championship
  • Named to the 2019-20 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
High School
  • Four years varsity (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • 2x All-Ohio Shot Put (2017, 2018,2019)
  • All-Region Disc (2016)
  • 2x All-Region Shot Put (2016, 2017)
  • Regional Runner-Up Shot Put (2018)
  • Regional Runner-Up Disc (2018)
  • District Champion Shot Put (2016)
  • District Champion Disc (2018)
  • 2x District Runner-Up Shot Put (2017, 2018)
  • All-District Disc (2016)
  • 4x Shelby County League Champion Shot Put (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • Shelby County League Champion Disc (2018)
  • Shelby County League 2nd Team Disc (2016)
  • 4x Field MVP (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
  • 3x MVP (2017, 2018, 2019)
  • School Record Holder Shot Put - 40’11
Personal Records:
  • Shot Put - 12.80m (41’ 11.75")
  • Discus - 40.97m (134’ 5")
Personal
  • Daughter of Fred and Billie Homan
  • Has four siblings Denton, Luke, Noah, and Mae
  • Majoring in Integrative Physiology

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

  • 2020Freshman

  • 2021Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

  • 2022-23Senior

  • 2023-24Graduate Student