2023-24 Track and Field Roster
Biography
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2023-2024 | Track & Field
- Indoor:
- Set a personal best in the Weight Throw at the Riverfront Invitational, finishing 15th with a throw of 49-11.
- Represented EWU at the Big Sky Indoor Championship, competing in the Weight Throw, finishing 24th with a throw of 44-11 ¾.
- Winter Big Sky All-Academic Team.
- Outdoor:
- Competed in eight meets during the season.
- Set a personal best in the Hammer Throw at the Oregon Preview, finishing 3rd with a throw of 161-10.
- Represented EWU at the Big Sky Outdoor Championship, competing in the Hammer Throw, finishing 20th with a throw of 140-7.
- Spring Big Sky All-Academic Team.
2022-2023 | Track & Field
- Indoor:
- Big Sky All-Academic Team (Winter).
- Set a personal best in the weight throw at the Whitworth Invitational where she placed 7th with a throw of 46-9 1/2.
- Outdoor:
- Represented EWU at the 2023 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track Meeting.
- At the 2023 Buc Scoring Invite she set a personal best in the hammer throw with a toss of 150-7 where she placed 8th.
2021-2022 Track & Field
- Indoor:
- At the Lauren McCluskey Memorial Open she set a personal record in the weight throw where she placed 18th with a distance of 41-5 3/4.
- Outdoor:
- Competed at the Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
- Had her farthest career discus throw at the Tom Gage Classic where she placed 4th with a distance of 144-1.
- At the OSU High Performance Meet she set a personal best in the hammer throw where she placed 24th with a distance of 132-1.
2020-2021 Track & Field
- Outdoor:
- Had a personal best in the hammer at the Whitworth Twilight with a mark of 127-7.
- Had a PR in the discus at the OSU High Performance Meet (133-10).
- Recorded a PR in the shot put (35-3 3/4) at the Oregon State PNW Team Clash.
High School
- Graduated from Davis HS in 2020.
- Advanced to the State 4A Championships in the discus three times in high school, and had a best of fifth as a junior in 2019 and a personal-best of 127-0 as a sophomore in 2018.
- During her junior season in 2019, she had a throw of 124-11 to place 5th in the state after winning the Columbia Basin Big Nine District title with a 124-6 throw.
- Placed 12th in 2018 (112-4) and 13th in 2017 (108-5), finishing as the district champion as a sophomore (122-4) and placing 4th as a freshman (117-5).
- Competed in the shot put and javelin, with career bests of 37-1 and 112-10.
- Was coached at Davis by Kevin St. Martin.
- Also competed in basketball and was an honorable mention all-league selection as a senior.
Personal
- Born 3/11/02 in Sunnyside, Wash.
- Mother is Dana Garza.
- Nickname is “Lani.”
- She is a first generation member of her family to attend college.
- Enjoys the outdoors, hiking, being a lifeguard and teaching children to swim.
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