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Spaic, Vanja
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Vanja Spaic
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Trebinje, Bosnia
Bio
2021 USTFCCCA First Team All-American (Javelin)
2018 USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (Javelin)
2017 USTFCCCAÂ Second Team All-American (Javelin)
2021 MW Outdoor champion (Javelin)
2018 MW Outdoor champion (Javelin)
2017 MW Outdoor champion (Javelin)
2021 Outdoor All-MWÂ
2018 Outdoor All-MW
2017 Outdoor All-MWÂ
Sixth Year (2021)
Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors for the first time in her career with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... it was the highest finish ever in the event at nationals in women's program history, surpassing the fifth-place finish by Danene Bitter in 1991 ... tied for the second-highest finish by any female athlete at Fresno State at outdoor nationals ... joined Mallory Webb as the only three-time All-American in the javelin in program history on the women's side ... one of three javelin throwers, male or female at Fresno State to capture three All-America honors ... was the fifth-best finish by a Mountain West female athlete in the event ... her throw of 55.06m/180-8 on her second attempt of the competition set a new school record, personal best and Bosnian national record ... it was the third-best throw ever by a Mountain West female athlete at the national championships ... qualified for NCAA Championships with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary Round following a toss of 50.78m/166-7 ... claimed Mountain West title in the javelin with a throw of 52.31m/171-7, her best of the season, winning the event by more than nine meters ... became third female athlete in MW history to win three career titles in the javelin ...  won first six events of the season ... surpassed 50 meters in six of seven meets.
Redshirt Senior (2020)
Outdoor:Â Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Senior (20219)
Outdoor: Redshirted.
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Junior (2018)
Outdoor: Earned Second Team All-America honors with a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a top throw of 50.19m/164-8 … claimed second straight gold medal at the Mountain West Championships with third throw of the season over 51 meters (51.30m/168-4) … broke school record during the opening weekend at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic with a throw of 52.93m/173-8 which she previously held …won four of seven javelin competitions during season.
Sophomore (2017)
Outdoor: Earned second-team All-America honors after finishing 11th at the NCAA Track & Field Championships with a season-best mark of 51.55m ... first Bulldog javelin thrower to reach national meet since Mallory Webb in 2007 ... final throw of 159'-6" (48.63m) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round clinched her spot in the top 12, earning a spot at the national meet ... claimed first Mountain West championship with a throw of 49.71m ... won five javelin events she competed in.
Freshman (2017)
Outdoor: Threw javelin for the Bulldogs in her first collegiate season … competed in the event nine times, posting a mark of 47.51m at the Mountain West Championships final round, earning her a sixth-place finish ... qualified for the NCAA West preliminary round where she threw a personal-best of 48.40m.
Prior to Fresno State: National record holder in the javelin for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Personal: Born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina ... daughter of Milan and Nada ... has one older sister ... majoring in psychology.
2018 USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (Javelin)
2017 USTFCCCAÂ Second Team All-American (Javelin)
2021 MW Outdoor champion (Javelin)
2018 MW Outdoor champion (Javelin)
2017 MW Outdoor champion (Javelin)
2021 Outdoor All-MWÂ
2018 Outdoor All-MW
2017 Outdoor All-MWÂ
Sixth Year (2021)
Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors for the first time in her career with a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... it was the highest finish ever in the event at nationals in women's program history, surpassing the fifth-place finish by Danene Bitter in 1991 ... tied for the second-highest finish by any female athlete at Fresno State at outdoor nationals ... joined Mallory Webb as the only three-time All-American in the javelin in program history on the women's side ... one of three javelin throwers, male or female at Fresno State to capture three All-America honors ... was the fifth-best finish by a Mountain West female athlete in the event ... her throw of 55.06m/180-8 on her second attempt of the competition set a new school record, personal best and Bosnian national record ... it was the third-best throw ever by a Mountain West female athlete at the national championships ... qualified for NCAA Championships with a 10th-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary Round following a toss of 50.78m/166-7 ... claimed Mountain West title in the javelin with a throw of 52.31m/171-7, her best of the season, winning the event by more than nine meters ... became third female athlete in MW history to win three career titles in the javelin ...  won first six events of the season ... surpassed 50 meters in six of seven meets.
Redshirt Senior (2020)
Outdoor:Â Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.
Senior (20219)
Outdoor: Redshirted.
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Junior (2018)
Outdoor: Earned Second Team All-America honors with a 12th-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a top throw of 50.19m/164-8 … claimed second straight gold medal at the Mountain West Championships with third throw of the season over 51 meters (51.30m/168-4) … broke school record during the opening weekend at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic with a throw of 52.93m/173-8 which she previously held …won four of seven javelin competitions during season.
Sophomore (2017)
Outdoor: Earned second-team All-America honors after finishing 11th at the NCAA Track & Field Championships with a season-best mark of 51.55m ... first Bulldog javelin thrower to reach national meet since Mallory Webb in 2007 ... final throw of 159'-6" (48.63m) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round clinched her spot in the top 12, earning a spot at the national meet ... claimed first Mountain West championship with a throw of 49.71m ... won five javelin events she competed in.
Freshman (2017)
Outdoor: Threw javelin for the Bulldogs in her first collegiate season … competed in the event nine times, posting a mark of 47.51m at the Mountain West Championships final round, earning her a sixth-place finish ... qualified for the NCAA West preliminary round where she threw a personal-best of 48.40m.
Prior to Fresno State: National record holder in the javelin for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Personal: Born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina ... daughter of Milan and Nada ... has one older sister ... majoring in psychology.
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