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
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Career Highlights: Three-time USA Outdoor runner-up ('09, '10, '11); Two-time NCAA champion (’08, ’09); 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials; 2005 Pan Am Junior champion; 2005 USA Junior champion
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, Yurkovich 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 with a best throw of 51.15m/167-9 inches. 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.
2011: USA Outdoor runner-up (54.91m/180-1)... 3rd at adidas Grand Prix (58.43m/191-8.5)... best of 60.40m/198-2 at Burnaby Harry Jerome Track Classic.
2010: USA Outdoor runner-up (56.31m/184-09)…1st at Rabat (60.11m/197-2PR)…7th at Monaco (55.95m/183-6)…ranked #2 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 60.11m/197-2.
2009: 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)…ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 59.62m/195-7.
2008: 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)…ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 58.25m/191-1.
2007: 6th at USA Outdoors (51.94m/170-5)…5th at NCAA Champs (51.83m/170-0)…1st at ASU Invite (57.88m/189-11)…ranked #5 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 57.88m/189-11.
2006: 7th at NCAA Champs (50.34m/165-2)…1st at NCAA West Region (50.46m/165-7)…1st at Oregon (54.81m/179-10)…best of 54.81m/179-10.
2005: Pan Am Junior champion (52.58m/172-6)…USA Junior champion (50.62m/166-1)…5th at USA Outdoors (51.89m/170-3)…best of 53.77m/176-5.