TaKarra Dunning

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
High School:
Central
Hometown:
Kalamazoo, MI

2008: Threw a season best of 48-11R in the shot put at the MAC Championships, finishing fourth ... Threw 48-07.25 in the shot put at the Toledo Invitational, finishing first ... Threw47-10.50 in the shot put at Len Paddock meet, finishing first ... Threw 14.25 meters in the shot put at the Tom Wright Classic, finishing first ... Threw 13.87 meters in the shot put at the All-Ohio Championships, finishing fifth. 2007: Named Most Valuale Field athlete for the team in 2007...Won the All-Ohio title in the shot put both indoors and outdoors (for the second year in a row outdoors)...Won the shot and the weight throw at the BGSU Quad...Second in the shot at the BGSU Open...Second in the shot and the weight throw at the CMU Tri-Meet...Won the shot at the Toledo Challenge....Finished third in the shot and sixth in the hammer at the Brutus Hamilton Invite...Won the shot put at the Toledo Invite. 2006: TaKarra Dunning had a breakthrough season in 2006, setting many personal-records. Indoors she finished second at the All-Ohio Championships with a toss of 46-04.00, an indoor personal-best, behind teammate Paris Bussey. Outdoors she qualified for NCAA Regionals outdoors at the All-Ohio Championships where she beat the indoor MAC champion in the shot put and set a personal-best of 48-06.00. She also won the Toledo Invite in the shot put with a toss of 45-11.75. She set personal-bests in the discus with a toss of 128-02 as well as in the hammer throw, with a distance of 136-07. High School: Dunning was a Class-A shot put state champion in 2002, 2004, & 2005, a 4 time shot-put Conference Champion, two time Regional champion in shot put, a Regional champion in the discus in 2005, and a third place in discus at the 2005 state meet. She was awarded with the 2005 Outstanding Athlete Award, All-State Academic Track and Field 2004. She also earned numerous honors as a varsity basketball player, Academic High Honors Award winner, Class Council Member, National Honor Society member, nomination for National Honor Roll, Who[apos]s Who Among American High School Students, and a member of K-Club.

Personal: She is the daughter of Kim and Steven Dunning...born January 13, 1987...majoring in Psychology.