2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2016 Outdoor: Competed in six outdoor meets ... Did not finish outside of the top-10 in Hammer Throw all season ... All-OVC honoree ... Took eighth in deep field at Alabama Relays to open season ... At Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational placed eighth in field of 30 ... Snagged fourth-place finish at Bellarmine Invitational ... Placed 10th at Georgia Tech Invitational ... At highly competitive Billy Hayes Invitational took ninth place ... At OVC Outdoor Championships won Hammer Throw with a season-best mark of 52.33m.
2016 Indoor: Competed in four indoor meets ... Cracked the top-10 in the Weight Throw to open the season at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener ... Placed 12th in the Weight Throw at the Commodore Indoor Invitational with a toss of 14.71m ... Finished fourth in the Weight Throw at the MT Invitational ... At the highly competitive Music City Challenge took 21st in the Weight Throw ... At the OVC Indoor Championship finished 14th in the Weight Throw with a season-best toss of 15.05m.
2015 Outdoor: Competed in seven outdoor meets ... Tallied eight top-12 finishes ... Took third in the Hammer Throw (45.14m) at the Belmont-Lipscomb Dual Meet ... Also threw Discus at same meet ... Placed 11th (48.56m) in large Hammer Throw field at Alabama Relays ... Notched fourth-place finish in Hammer Throw at Vanderbilt Black and Gold ... Won the Hammer Throw at the Tennessee Relays powered by Sea Ray with a mark of 49.79m ... Recorded a PR in the Discus (30.81m) at the Austin Peay Govs Invitational to take 11th ... Also finished fourth in the Hammer (49.01m) at the same meet ... Recorded a PR in the Hammer (51.59m) to take 11th in a deep field at the Tennessee Challenge ... At the OVC Championship took ninth in the Hammer.
2014 Indoor: Competed in the weight throw in five indoor meets ... Recorded a top ten finish at the Music City Invitational ... Recorded a top ten finish at the Commordore Indoor Invitational (15.05m) ... Recorded a top-15 performance at the Gladstein Invitational ... Recorded a top-25 performance in a large field of performers at the Samford Multi & Invitational ... Placed 11th at the OVC Indoor Championships (15.15m).
2013-14: Competed in all six indoor meets ... Opened collegiate career taking ninth with season-best toss of 13.82m in Weight Throw at the Music City Challenge ... Finished 12th in Weight Throw (13.00m) at Saluki Open ... Took 24th in Weight Throw at Gladstein Invitational ... At TSU Invitational finished 10th (12.80m) in Weight Throw ... In the deep field at Cupid Classic finished 33rd (13.09m) ... At OVC Indoor Championships took 16th in Weight Throw (13.45m) ... Competed in five outdoor meets ... At Alabama Relays opened season with Belmont record-setting mark of 44.61m in the Hammer Throw to take 11th place ... Finished 14th in the Hammer Throw at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational setting new program Mark at 47.37m ... Finished third in Hammer Throw at Boston-Moon Classic (39.65m) ... At OVC Outdoor Championships finished 12th in Hammer Throw (45.84m) ... OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Prior to Belmont: Prepped at Harrison High under coach Mike Judge ... Three-time All-American in the hammer throw ... Placed sixth at state in the discus throw.
Personal: Born Josette Catherine Hardin on August 4, 1995 ... Daughter of Jeff and Angela Hardin ... Has two siblings - Bret, who throws hammer at Marquette, and Evan ... Hobbies include throwing, lifting, eating, sleeping and shopping ... Lists favorite athlete as Olympic hammer thrower Britney Henry ... Favorite movies are Mulan and unger Games ... Lists favorite singer as Adam Levine ... Favorite TV shows are Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead.
Personal Records
Weight Throw (Indoor): 15.20m
Hammer (Outdoor): 52.33m
Discus (Outdoor): 30.81m
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