Rachel Yurkovich
Event: Javelin Throw
Height: 5-11
Weight: 135
PR: 60.40m/198-2 (2011)
Born: 10/10/1986
Current Residence: Eugene, Ore.
High School: Newburg (Ore.) HS ‘05
College: Oregon ‘09
Coach: Don Babbitt
Agent: Paul Doyle
Sponsor: Nike
Club:
USA Championships
Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up – 2009 (59.31m/194-7); 2010 (56.31m/184-09); 2011 (54.91m/180-1)
Third at 2008 Olympic Trials (56.41m/185-1)
2005 USA Junior champion (50.62m/166-1)
International Championships
2005 Pan Am Junior champion (52.58m/172-6)
Collegiate Championships
Two-time NCAA champion – 2008 (56.57m/185-7.5); 2009 (59.62m/195-7)
About Rachel
At the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships, Yurkovich finished second for the third year in a row and earned the second World Championship berth of her career. In 2009, she became the first American woman to qualify for the javelin final at a World Championships since Karin Smith finished 10th in 1983. She went on to finish 12th. Yurkovich won her second consecutive women’s javelin title at the 2009 NCAA Outdoor Championships with a commanding series of throws that culminated in a school and Pac-10 record heave of 59.62m/195-7. Yurkovich won her first NCAA javelin title at the Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, as a junior in 2008. The three-time Pac-10 Champion and three-time NCAA West Region champion holds the school and league marks in the event at 191-1. Yurkovich was the first three-time Pac-10 champion in the same event in school history.
<strong>Results</strong><br />
<strong>2011: </strong>9<sup>th</sup> in Group “A” at World Outdoors (58.84m/193-0); USA Outdoor runner-up (54.91m/180-1); 3rd at adidas Grand Prix (58.43m/191<strong>-</strong>8.5).<br />
<strong>2010:</strong> USA Outdoor runner-up (56.31m/184-09); 1st at Rabat (60.11m/197-2); 7th at Monaco (55.95m/183-6).<br />
<strong>2009:</strong> 12th at World Outdoors (51.15m/167-9), 11th in qualifying (59.57m/195-5); USA Outdoor runner-up (59.31m/194-7); NCAA Outdoor champion (59.62m/195-7); NCAA West Regional champion (57.50m/188-8); PAC 10 champion (58.26m/191-2).<br />
<strong>2008:</strong> 3rd at Olympic Trials (56.41m/185-1); NCAA champion (56.57m/185-7.5); NCAA West Region champion (55.14m/180-11); 1st at Pac-10 (56.08m/184-0); 1st at Oregon Relays (58.25m/191-1).<br />
<strong>2007:</strong> 6th at USA Outdoors (51.94m/170-5); 5th at NCAA Champs (51.83m/170-0); 1st at ASU Invite (57.88m/189-11).<br />
<strong>2006:</strong> 7th at NCAA Champs (50.34m/165-2); 1st at NCAA West Region (50.46m/165-7); 1st at Oregon (54.81m/179-10).<br />
<strong>2005:</strong> Pan Am Junior champion (52.58m/172-6); USA Junior champion (50.62m/166-1); 5th at USA Outdoors (51.89m/170-3).<br />
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<strong>USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests</strong><br />
<strong>2011: </strong>Outdoor bests – 60.40m/198-2 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 21 in the world)<br />
<strong>2010: </strong>Outdoor bests – 60.11m/197-2 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 28 in the world)<br />
<strong>2009: </strong>Outdoor bests – 59.62m/195-7 (No. 3 in the USA, No. 37 in the world)<br />
<strong>2008: </strong>Outdoor bests – 58.25m/191-1 (No. 4 in the USA)<br />
<strong>2007: </strong>Outdoor bests – 57.90m/189-11 (No. 3 in the USA)<br />
<strong>2006: </strong>Outdoor bests – 54.82m/179-10 (No. 5 in the USA)<br />
<strong>2005: </strong>Outdoor bests – 53.77m/176-5<br />