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2021-22 Women's Track and Field

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Mayyi Mahama

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Pullman
  • Hometown Pullman, Wash.

Biography

ALL-TIME MARKS AND CAREER RECORDS

PERSONAL RECORDS

Hammer: 65.66 (215-5)
Weight: 21.76m (71-4.75)

CAREER ACCOLADES
NCAA Indoor Qualifier (Weight Throw)
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2020 Indoor Heps Champion (Weight Throw)
2020 Indoor First-Team All-Ivy (Weight Throw)
2019 U20 Pan American Games Runner-up (Hammer)
2019 USATF U20 Champion (Hammer)
2019 Honorable Mention All-America (Hammer)
2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (Hammer)
2019 NCAA Outdoor Qualifier (Hammer)
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (Weight)

PROGRAM RECORD BOOK
Indoor Weight Throw: 1st ... 2020 ... 21.76m (71-4.75)
Outdoor Hammer Throw: 1st ... 2019 ... 65.66m (215-5)

OUTDOOR 2021

  • Competed in the hammer throw at three different meets, taking first place in all three with her best throw coming at the Penn Challenge on March 27 with a distance of 64.79m
INDOOR 2021
  • All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

OUTDOOR 2020

  • All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
  • Competed in seven meets during the indoor season, including capturing an Ivy title in the weight throw at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships (March 1). 
  • Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the weight throw; the meet was canceled due to COVID-19.
  • Broke the Ivy League and program record in the weight throw at Ivy Heps, throwing for 21.76m (71-4.75) to earn first-team All-Ivy honors.
  • Won five of her seven meets in the weight throw, winning at the Princeton Indoor Invitational (21.43m), Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (19.85m), Penn 8-Team Select (19.89m), and Navy Invitational (19.48m), in addition the Heps.
OUTDOOR 2019
  • Competed in eight meets, including the U20 Pan American Games (July 21), USATF U20 Championships (June 23), NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 8) and Ivy League Outdoor Heps (May 5).
  • Took silver at the U20 Pan American Games (July 21) with a mark of 61.61m in the hammer throw.
  • Qualified for the Pan Am Games after winning the USATF U20 Championships with a PR of 65.66m.
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships with a mark of 62.23m at the NCAA East Regional (May 25) to earn honorable mention All-America status.
  • Scored with a third-place finish at Ivy League Indoor Heps.
INDOOR 2019
  • Competed in eight meets during the indoor season, including Ivy League Indoor Heps (Feb. 24).
  • Earned Indoor First-Team All-Ivy honors with a runner-up finish at Heps, posting a mark of 19.59m.
  • Launched a PR of 19.86m to finish second at the Princeton Invitational (Feb. 16).
  • Scored second-place finishes at the TCNJ Indoor Open (Dec. 1), Harvard-Penn Dual (Dec. 9), Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 12), Penn 8-Team Select (Jan. 19), Villanova Invitational (Feb. 2), Princeton Invitational and Heps.
High School: U.S. No. 7 in the hammer throw ... Washington No. 2 in the discus and hammer throw ... 2018 Washington state champion in the discus, hammer throw and shot put.

Personal: Daughter of Ramatou Mawanak and Andani Mahama ... Brother, Adam, threw at Washington State ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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