2015-2016 Track and Field Roster
Yana Babbitt
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Position:
- Javelin
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Preston, Conn.
- Prev School:
- Norwich Free Academy
Top Efforts in a Liberty Uniform
SP - 30-0 (9.14m) (Indoor)
JAV - 144-5 (44.02m)
2015 Outdoor Track & Field (R-So.)
• Finished fourth in the Big South javelin competition for the second straight year
• Threw the javelin a personal-best 144-5 for fifth place in the Penn Relays college section and second place in Liberty history
• Duke Invitational women's javelin champion
2014-15 Indoor Track & Field (Jr.)
• Did not compete in any meets and was redshirted
2014 Outdoor Track & Field (R-Fr.)
• The Big South meet marked her first meet back since offseason Tommy John surgery, and she placed fourth in the javelin at 124-10.
• Recorded Liberty's longest javelin throw of the year (132-6) at the Roanoke/VT Twilight Qualifier
2013-14 Indoor Track & Field (So.)
• Threw the shot put at the Liberty Open for the second year in a row, reaching 29-5.5 for seventh place
2013 Outdoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Threw the javelin at two meets before sustaining a season-ending injury and receiving a medical redshirt
• Top javelin mark of 123-11 came at the Shamrock Invitational
• It was the longest javelin throw by a Liberty freshman since Lacey Cunningham reached 140-5 in 2007
2012-13 Indoor Track & Field (Fr.)
• Competed in one indoor meet, placing 27th in the shot put at the Liberty Open with a 30-0 put
Prep
• Graduated from Norwich Free Academy
• Helped her team win the Connecticut Class LL state title in 2012, placing fifth in the discus and sixth in the javelin
• In 2011, she was third in the Class LL state javelin competition.
• High school javelin personal best was 122-7
• Also played soccer
Personal
• Daughter of Glenn and Susan Babbitt
• Kinesiology major
• Birthday is on Aug. 14
