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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Erik Schelkun
Amber Searls

Jillian Yates

  • Event Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Highschool Oak Hills High School

Biography

Event Personal Record Date
Shot Put 13.30m 2/28/2025
Weight Throw 16.49m 3/1/2025
Discus 41.03m 4/27/2024
Hammer Throw 51.52m 3/29/2024
Javelin 31.36m 4/28/2023

2025 (Junior)
Outdoor
  • Finished 11th in the hammer throw (47.52m), 12th in the shot put (12.23m), and 13th in the discuss throw (38.15m) at the A-10 Outdoor Championships
  • Posted 51.22m in the hammer throw and finished second at the Gibson Invitational hosted by Indiana State
  • Threw 49.13m in the hammer throw to finish fifth at the Tennessee Invite
  • Finished fourth in the hammer throw (49.96m) at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational hosted by Indiana State
  • Started the outdoor season with a second place finish in the shot put (12.73m), second place finish in the discuss throw (39.84m), and fifth place finish in the hammer throw (46.08) at the EKU Spring Invitational
  • Named to the 2024-25 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll
Indoor
  • Recorded a PR in both the shot put (13.30m) and weight throw (16.49m) to finish seventh and ninth at the A-10 Indoor Championships
  • Posted 15.30m and finished third in the weight throw at the Gem City Invitational
  • Finished fourth (15.29m) in the weight throw at the Bellarmine Classic

2024 (Sophomore)
Outdoor
  • Finished 7th in the Hammer Throw (48.79m) at the A-10 Championships hosted by George Mason University 
  • Finished 2nd in the Shot Put with an outdoor best (12.87m) at the Miami RedHawk Invitational
  • PR and finished 7th in the Dicsuss (41.03m) at the Miami RedHawk Invitational
  • PR and finished 6th in the Hammer Throw (51.52m) at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational hosted by the University of Cincinnati
  • PR and finished 10th in the Discuss (38.73m) at the Oliver Nikoloff Invitational hosted by the University of Cincinnati
Indoor
  • Finished 11th in the Shot Put (12.78m) at the A-10 Championships
  • Threw 14.97m in the Weight Throw and Finished 12th at the A-10 Championships
  • PR in the Shot Put (12.90m) and finished 6th at the Flag City Tune-Up
  • Finished 4th in the Shot Put (12.77m) at the Marshall Invitational
  • PR in the Weight Throw (15.94m) and finished 7th at the Marshall Invitational
  • Threw 15.77m and finished 4th at the IUPUI Invitational in the Weight Throw
2023 (Freshman)
Outdoor
  • Finished 8th in the Hammer Throw (46.49m) at the A-10 Championships
  • PR in the Javelin (31.36m) and finished 3rd at the RedHawk Invitational
  • PR in the Hamer Throw (47.63m) and finished 11th at the Tennessee Invite
  • PR in the Discus Throw (37.44m) and finished 15th at the EIU Big Blue
Indoor
  • Threw 11.25m in the Shot Put and finished 18th at the A-10 Championships
  • Finished 8th in the Shot Put (11.35m) at the Tiffin University Invitational
High School
  • First-Team Women's Discus (2021)
  • Third-Team Women's Shot Put (2021)
  • GMC Field Event Athlete of the Year (2021)
  • Part of the Varsity Team (2019-2021)
Personal High School Records
  • Discuss  – 113'6
  • Shot Put – 38'6 
Personal
  • Daughter of Sherri Yates and Jason Yates
  • Has two siblings Jonah Yates and Joel Yates
  • Majoring in Business Economics 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Senior