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Ames Burton

  • Class Senior
  • Major Psychology
  • Hometown Manhattan, Kan.
  • High School Riley County High School
  • Event Throws

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS 

2023 NCAA West Regional Preliminaries qualifier – Women’s Discus Throw

No. 6 Women’s Discus (54.17m) at Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 18, 2023)

Missouri (2022-25)

2025: Indoor – Placed 16th in weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships (17.73m)…first at the Missouri Invitational (18.46m)...Placed third at the Alexis Jarrett Invitational (17.60m)...seventh place in the Bob Teel Invitational (17.26m)

2024: Indoor -- Finished sixth in the weight throw, throwing a 16.05 at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 19)...Took eighth in the weight throw with a PR 16.80m at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational (Feb. 2)...Tossed a 15.58m weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23)

Outdoor -- Notched a personal-best hammer throw mark of 45.46m and finished sixth in the discus throw with a 53.55m mark at the Pepsi Florida Relays (March 29-30)...Hit a mark of 43.71m in the discus throw at the Pacific Coast Invitational (April 11)...Finished seventh in the discus throw at the Beach Invitational, posting a mark of 53.11m (April 12)...Closed out the regular season with a bronze-medal finish in the discus throw, scoring a 52.38m mark (April 26)

2023: Indoor -- Placed 12th in shot put (12.08m/39-7.75) at the Hawkeye Invitational (Jan. 14)...Placed fourth in shot put with a throw of 13.98m at the Mark Colligan Memorial (Jan. 21)...Competed in shot put with a throw of 12.57m at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 11)...Threw 12.44m in shot put at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25)

Outdoor -- Placed seventh in shot put with a throw of 11.74m at Yellow Jacket Invitational (Mar. 17)...Won first place in discus with a throw of 54.17m at Yellow Jacket Invitational (Mar. 17)...Competed in the discus throw, logging a distance of 37.09m at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational (Apr. 1)...Logged a distance of 47.33m in the discus throw at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (Apr. 1)...Took third with a discus throw of 51.23m at the KT Woodman Classic (April 8)...Logged a shot put throw of 12.22m at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 14)...Logged a discus throw of 49.31m at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 14)

High School: 2021 Kansas Discus State Champion and Shot Put State Champion at Riley County High School

Personal: Born March 18, 2003 in Manhattan, Kansas...Daughter of Amber and Zach...Has two brothers, Will Burton and Hank Burton...Father played football at Kansas State University...Majoring in psychology

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