Adelaide Aquilla

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Adelaide Aquilla
Personal information
Born (1999-03-03) March 3, 1999 (age 22)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event(s)Shot put

Adelaide Aquilla (pronounced ah-quill-ah) is an American athlete who specialises in the shot put.[1]

From Westlake, Ohio, she attended Magnificat High School before attending Ohio State University where she was coached by Ashley Kovacs, wife of Olympian shot putter Joe Kovacs.[2]

Aquilla was a 2019 NCAA outdoor qualifier in the shot put and finished 12th with a personal best outdoor toss of 16.59m to earn second-team All-America honors. In 2021 she was successful in defending the title of Big Ten Conference indoor shot put champion, winning at the 2020 meet with a personal best toss of 17.82 meters, and in 2021 she set another personal best with a throw of 19.12m. She was a 2020 NCAA indoor All-American in the shot with the nation’s third-longest throw. In 2021 Aquilla won both indoor and outdoor NCAA titles and she was named Ohio State’s female athlete of the year alongside Justin Fields as her male counterpart.[3][4][5]

On June 24, 2021 Aquilla finished in third place at the US Olympic trails to secure a place at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics with a throw of 18.95m in Eugene, Oregon behind Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Adelaide AQUILLA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ^ Andrew Lind (June 25, 2021). "Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Qualifies For Tokyo Olympics". si.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Adelaide Aquilla". Ohio State Buckeyes. May 21, 2018.
  4. ^ Lind, Andrew. "Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Wins NCAA Outdoor National Championship". Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More.
  5. ^ "Justin Fields, Adelaide Aquilla Named Ohio State's Athletes Of The Year | Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More". www.si.com.
  6. ^ "U.S. Track & Field Trials Day 7: Live updates, results, highlights | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com.
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