Cara Collins

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
High School:
Greenfield
Hometown:
Greenfield, Ind.

2005-06 (Jr.)

Indoor - Posted Ball State’s second best mark of the season in the shot put with a distance of 40-00 1/2. Recorded the second best mark of Ball State’s season in the weight throw with a distance of 53-4 1/4...Outdoor ? BSU season best distance in the discus with a mark of 144-04. Second best throw for BSU in the hammer throw with a distance of 152-06.

2004-05 (So.)
Indoor ? Posted BSU’s top mark in the weight throw (52-2 1/2) . . . placed 15th at the Mid-American Conference Championships in the weight throw with a mark of 51 1/4 . . . Outdoor ? Notched a season-best mark in the discus throw with a distance of 135 at the MAC Championships . . . threw a distance of 156-4 in the hammer throw for seventh place at the Mike Poehlein Invitational.

2003-04 (Fr.)
Indoor ? Recorded BSU’s third-highest mark in the weight throw (49-2 1/4) . . . placed 22nd for the Cardinals at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge with a taping of 47-8 1/2 in the weight throw . . . Outdoor ? Posted the squad’s second-farthest distance of 131-7 in discus . . . came in second place at the Butler Twilight throwing for a distance of 131-7 in discuss.

High School
Earned four letters in track and field . . . helped guide the team to two straight undefeated regular seasons in 2002 and 2003 and a county championship in 2003 . . . four-time county champion in the discus and shot put . . . set records in the discus (139-3) and the shot put (38-5) . . . 2002 state qualifier in the discus as well as a 2002 conference champion in both the discus and shot put . . . earned four letters in volleyball and basketball.

Personal
Full name is Cara Ann Collins . . . born December 18, 1984, in Greenfield, Ind. . . . daughter of Jack Brown and Marsha Collins-Brown . . . has one brother . . . majoring in public relations.