Brooke Pleger

Position:
Throws
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
Saline
Hometown:
Saline, Mich.

2014-15: (Indoor) Academic All-MAC … Competed in the weight throw for the Falcons, breaking her own school record and placing fourth at the MAC Championships … Finished the year ranked No. 17 in the country, missing a trip to the NCAA National Championships by less than three inches … Broke her own school record with a toss of 68-feet-2.5 at the Akron Invitational … Won the weight throw at the Tom Wright Classic with a toss of 66-0.5 … Threw at least 65-feet each time she competed, easily surpassing the MAC automatic qualifying mark of 56-8. (Outdoor) Named First Team All-American after placing third in the country in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field National Championships … Became the first female in BGSU Athletics history to be a three-time first team All-American … USTFCCCA Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive season … Named the MAC’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete for the second time in her career … First team all-conference … Capital One Academic All-District … Academic All-MAC … Three-time MAC Field Athlete of the Week … Two-time MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week … Nominee for the NCAA Woman of the Year … Led the country for much of the year after opening the season with a throw of 222-feet-4.5 to win the Toledo Dual … Broke the school record and her personal best to win the Ashland Alumni Invite at 225-11 … Followed that up by throwing 228-0 to win the Jesse Owens Classic … At the MAC Championships, again broke her own school record and set MAC and meet records at 228-9 … Placed first at the NCAA East Regional preliminary round with a toss of 222-2 … Finished third at the NCAA National Championships with a throw of 219-11, the longest throw in her three career appearances at the meet … Owns all of the top 10 hammer throw performances in BGSU history.

2013-14: (Indoor) Academic All-MAC ... Placed fourth in the weight throw at the MAC Championships with a distance of 66-feet-5.25 … Finished the year ranked No. 23 in the country in the weight throw … Set the school record at the GVSU Big Meet, tossing the weight 67-10.25 to place second … Won the Kent State Tune-Up (66-5.75) and the Tom Wright Open (61-10.25) … Named MAC Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 18 after breaking the school record at the GVSU Big Meet. (Outdoors) First Team All-American after placing third at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field National Championships with a throw of 211-feet-6 … Only second two-time All-American in BGSU history and first in 25 years … Also named Great Lakes Region Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) … Capital One Third Team Academic All-American and Academic All-District … First team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC … Three-time MAC Field Athlete of the Week … Won the hammer throw at the MAC Championships for the second year in a row, breaking her own meet record with a toss of 218-9 … Was undefeated throughout the regular season in the event … Set facility records in the hammer throw at Bowling Green, Cincinnati and Kentucky … Won the All-Ohio Championship, the Ashland Alumni Open, the Kentucky Relays and the Toledo Dual … Advanced to the NCAA Regional Preliminary round as the No. 2 seed, finishing second with a throw of 216-2 … Was the No. 2 seed at the NCAA National Championships … Threw a personal best 223-0 at the Toledo Invitational, a mark that moved her into 10^th place all-time among American collegiate hammer throwers … Owns each of the top 10 hammer throws in BGSU history.

2012-13: (Indoor) Academic All-MAC … Competed in the weight throw, winning the event three times during the year … Opened the season with a first-place finish at the EMU Holiday Eagle Meet with a personal-best toss of 59-feet-8.25 … Improved her PR to 61-7 to win the Bowling Green Opener … Followed that up with another personal best toss of 61-10.25 to win the Simmons-Harvey Invitational … Bumped her personal best to 62-1.25 at the GVSU Big Meet … Placed fifth at the MAC Indoor Championships with a throw of 61-11.5. (Outdoor) Posted one of the greatest seasons in BGSU women’s track and field history, earning first team All-American honors after placing seventh in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field National Championships ... Threw 209 feet at the national championships to qualify for the finals and score two points for the Falcons ... First BGSU athlete to score at the national championship since 2001 ... Broke the MAC Championship record in the hammer throw and was named the league’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete … First Team All-MAC and Academic All-MAC … Three-time MAC Field Athlete of the Week and was also a MAC Scholar-Athlete of the Week … Won five of the seven meets she competed in … Set a personal best and broke the school record in the hammer throw in the first meet of the year, tossing the hammer 212-6 to win the Raleigh Relays … Improved to 219-9, the fifth-best throw in the country this year, at the Northeast Ohio Invitational to win the meet … Placed seventh at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays, but second among collegiate throwers … Won the Ashland Alumni Open with a throw of 215-7 … Broke the MAC Championship record in the hammer throw with a toss of 216-3 to win the event … Became the first BGSU athlete to win an event at a regional championship, throwing 210-1 to place first at the NCAA East Region Preliminary and qualify for the NCAA National Championship.

2012: Redshirted both the indoor and outdoor track and field seasons.

2011: (Indoor) Finished fifth with season-best 33-03 throw in the shot put at the Tom Wright Classic ... Placed seventh at MAC Championships in the weight throw with personal-best toss of 53-11 ... Also finished third in weight throw at Tom Wright Classic. (Outdoor) Finished seventh in hammer throw at MAC Championships with season-best 174-10 toss ... Throw of 162-02 earned fifth place at Toledo Invite ... Also threw the discus and shot put during the year.

High School: Is a 2010 graduate of Saline High School ... Coached by Mike Smith and Jack Crabtree ... Earned all-conference in discus as a sophomore ... Placed first at regionals as a junior and senior in the discus ... Was team’s field MVP in 2010 ... Set the state record in the hammer throw (155-02) as a senior.

Personal: Full name -- Brooke Emma Pleger ... Born June 21, 1992 ... Daughter of Kyle and Denise Pleger ... Has one brother and one sister ... Majoring in nursing.

PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor Track and Field
Shot put: 33-3, Tom Wright Classic (1/29/11)
Weight throw: 68-2.5, Akron Invitational (2/7/15)
Outdoor Track and Field
Hammer: 228-9, MAC Championships (5/14/15)
Discus: 127-02, All-Ohio Championships (4/15/11)
Shot put: 34-06, Ohio Team Challenge (4/9/11)