Texas State Athletics

Personal Bests:

Event	Outdoor	Indoor
Shot Put	13.24m	12.88m
Hammer Throw	47.36m
Weight Throw		15.73m

2018 Outdoor: Three top 10 finishes... Season best toss of 13.24m (43-5.25) in the shot put at the Sun Belt Conference Championships... Took home fourth in the hammer throw and eight in the shot put at the Bobcat Classic... Recorded season best mark of 47.36m (155-4) in the hammer throw at Texas Invitational... Came in seventh in the shot put with distance of 13.18m (43-3) at Bobcat Invitational.

2018 Indoor: Five top 10 finishes... Placed eighth in the weight throw and 10th in the shot put with a season best mark of 12.67m (41-7) at the New Mexico Team Invitational... Finished eight in the weight throw at the Ted Nelson Invitational... Claimed sixth in the shot put and posted season best distance of 15.73m (51-7.25) to finish seventh in the weight throw at LSU Purple Tiger.
 
2017 Outdoor: Six top 10 finishes... Placed seventh in both the hammer throw (45.81m) and shot put (12.92m) at SBC Indoor Championships... Took third in both the hammer (46.94m) and shot put (12.29m) at Bobcat Twilight... Claimed sixth in the hammer throw and eighth in the shot put at Cougar Spring Break Invitational.

2017 Indoor: One top 10 finish... Placed seventh with season best 12.88m in the shot put at Howie Ryan Invitational.

High School: Competed for Coaches Patrick Foerster and Barbra Roberson at Hendrickson High School... Named Best Field Athlete for four consecutive years from 2011-2015 ... Career best is 40-feet-7.5-inches in shot put.

Personal: Born September 9, 1996 ... Daughter of Aaron Rusch and Amy Fowler ... Has two sisters: Chelsea and Amber ... Chose Texas State because she loves the area ... Favorite hobby is reading ... Nicknamed Mel ... Major is exercise and sports science.