2019-20 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Chappell, Hannah

Hannah Chappell
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Oakdale HS
- Hometown:
- Oakdale, Calif.
Bio
2021 Mountain West Champion (hammer)
2021 Outdoor All-MW
Sixth Year (2022)
Outdoor: Placed fifth at the Mountain West Championships in the hammer with a mark fo 58.63m/191-5 ... qualified for NCAA West Preliminary Round and finished 23rd with a toss of a 59.90m/196-6 ... finished in the top five in six of seven competitions ... landed at a season-best 62.17m/204-0 in a win at the Hornet Invitational ... threw over 60 meters three times during the season.
Senior (2021)
Outdoor: Became one of three Bulldogs to earn a Mountain West title in the hammer ... won the event with a personal best throw of 63.09m/207-0 ... recorded her four best throws of the season during the championships ... competed at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, finishing 25th with a mark of 58.24m/191-1 ... after not competing since 2019, increased personal best by more than three meters ... upped her best by more than seven meters during within two months ... opened the season with three consecutive wins ... finished first in four meets during the year ... was top attached athlete in two others.
Junior (2020)
Outdoor: Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Indoor: Placed 11th in the weight throw at the Mountain West Championships with a toss of 16.98m/55-5 ... landed a personal best two weeks earlier at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (17.91m/58-9.25).
Redshirt Sophomore (2019)
Outdoor: Recorded eight top 10 finishes during the spring while competing in both the discus and hammer throws … reached the finals in the hammer at the Mountain West Championships with a season-best mark of 52.15m/171-1 to place seventh … highest finish came at the Cal Poly Shareslo.com Invitational, placing fifth in the hammer with a toss of 50.06m/164-3 … also placed fifth at the Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational with a throw of 46.81m/153-7 … posted a season-best mark of 44.08m/144-7 in the discus at UCLA.
Indoor: Competed in the weight throw in all five meets … recorded a season-best mark of 15.76m/51-8.5 in the opening meet of the year at the Air Force Holiday Open to finish sixth … placed ninth a week later at the UW Preview with a mark of 15.32m/50-3.25 … landed a throw of 15.27m/50-1.25 at the Mountain West Championships.
Sophomore (2018)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Twice competed in the weight throw … recorded a season-best throw of 15.05m/49-4.5 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational.
Alabama (2017): Placed 11th in the discus at the SEC Championships … recorded personal best of 158’-10”.
High School: Four-time state finalist for Oakdale high school … placed seventh as a freshman, second as a sophomore, fifth as a junior and third as a senior at the state meet … four-time section and league champion.
Personal: Born in Henderson, Nevada … daughter of Mary Margaret and Brett Chappell … has one younger brother, Benjamin … father was a thrower for Fresno State from 1991-95 … majoring in education.
2021 Outdoor All-MW
Sixth Year (2022)
Outdoor: Placed fifth at the Mountain West Championships in the hammer with a mark fo 58.63m/191-5 ... qualified for NCAA West Preliminary Round and finished 23rd with a toss of a 59.90m/196-6 ... finished in the top five in six of seven competitions ... landed at a season-best 62.17m/204-0 in a win at the Hornet Invitational ... threw over 60 meters three times during the season.
Senior (2021)
Outdoor: Became one of three Bulldogs to earn a Mountain West title in the hammer ... won the event with a personal best throw of 63.09m/207-0 ... recorded her four best throws of the season during the championships ... competed at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, finishing 25th with a mark of 58.24m/191-1 ... after not competing since 2019, increased personal best by more than three meters ... upped her best by more than seven meters during within two months ... opened the season with three consecutive wins ... finished first in four meets during the year ... was top attached athlete in two others.
Junior (2020)
Outdoor: Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Indoor: Placed 11th in the weight throw at the Mountain West Championships with a toss of 16.98m/55-5 ... landed a personal best two weeks earlier at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (17.91m/58-9.25).
Redshirt Sophomore (2019)
Outdoor: Recorded eight top 10 finishes during the spring while competing in both the discus and hammer throws … reached the finals in the hammer at the Mountain West Championships with a season-best mark of 52.15m/171-1 to place seventh … highest finish came at the Cal Poly Shareslo.com Invitational, placing fifth in the hammer with a toss of 50.06m/164-3 … also placed fifth at the Rafer Johnson & Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational with a throw of 46.81m/153-7 … posted a season-best mark of 44.08m/144-7 in the discus at UCLA.
Indoor: Competed in the weight throw in all five meets … recorded a season-best mark of 15.76m/51-8.5 in the opening meet of the year at the Air Force Holiday Open to finish sixth … placed ninth a week later at the UW Preview with a mark of 15.32m/50-3.25 … landed a throw of 15.27m/50-1.25 at the Mountain West Championships.
Sophomore (2018)
Outdoor: Did not compete.
Indoor: Twice competed in the weight throw … recorded a season-best throw of 15.05m/49-4.5 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Collegiate Invitational.
Alabama (2017): Placed 11th in the discus at the SEC Championships … recorded personal best of 158’-10”.
High School: Four-time state finalist for Oakdale high school … placed seventh as a freshman, second as a sophomore, fifth as a junior and third as a senior at the state meet … four-time section and league champion.
Personal: Born in Henderson, Nevada … daughter of Mary Margaret and Brett Chappell … has one younger brother, Benjamin … father was a thrower for Fresno State from 1991-95 … majoring in education.
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