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2019-20 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

Emily Birch

  • Class Sophomore
  • Height
  • Hometown Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
  • High School Lake City HS
  • Position Community Organizer

Biography

Indoor Track & Field

Fifth Year Senior (2023): Competed in seven meets for the Aggies… Opened the year with a toss of 15.77m (51-9”) in the weight throw at the TTU Corky Classic (Jan. 13-14)… Improved to a mark of 16.66m (54-8”) to take ninth at the MLK Invitational (Jan. 21)… Rose to an eighth place finish at the New Mexico Team Open (Jan. 27-28), with a final distance of 16.71m (54-10”)… Captured the gold medal in the hammer throw at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic (Feb. 3-4)…  posted a season-high mark of 16.99m (55-9”) at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (Feb. 10-11)… Logged a mark of 16.38m (53-9”) at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championship (Feb. 24-25) to close the year.

Junior (2022): Opened the season with a finals appearance in the weight throw (14.88m) at the Corky Classic (Jan. 14)... recorded a fourth place finish in the weight toss (17.49m) at the New Mexico Team Open (Jan. 29)... set a new personal best in the weight throw (17.65m) at the New Mexico Classic (Feb. 5), posting a third place finish... posted a fifth place finish in the weight throw (16.93m) at the 2022 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 18). 

Sophomore (2021): Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sophomore (2020): Competed in two meets for the Aggies...Posted a 14.69m (48'2.5") in the weight throw at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational...Helped Aggies to their first WAC Championship...Finished 13th with a throw of 14.73m (48'4").

Freshman (2019): Competed at four meets… Placed 10th in the shot put at the WAC Championship when she posted a mark of 12.74m (41-9.75)… Posted a personal-best mark of 15.48m (50-9.5) in the weight throw at the Don Kirby Elite…

Outdoor Track & Field

Sophomore (2021):
Competed in the hammer throw in seven meets for the Aggies...Never finished worse than 10th...Threw a personal best mark of 53.25m at the Jo Meaker Classic and Multi to finish fifth...Tied for her best finish at the WAC Championships where she finished fourth.

Sophomore (2020): Season canceled due to the Coronavirus.

Freshman (2019): Competed at eight meets… Recorded a personal-best mark of 49.69m (163-0) when she finished fifth in the hammer throw at the Fearless Champion Open… Posted a mark of 12.45m (40-10.25) in the shot put at the Fearless Champion Open…

Prior to NM State: Won the shot put at the 2017 IHSAA 5A State Championships… Finished in first place in 2018 Sandpoint EIL Discus Competition… Placed third in 2017 Strandberg Invitational Hammer Competition… Posted a mark of 13.16m (43-2) in the shot put…
 
Personal: Daughter of Jose and Michele Hernandez…