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Aimee Kodat

  • position Throws
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Herndon, Va.
  • High school Westfield
  • position Throws
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Herndon, Va.
  • High school Westfield

Aimee Kodat Bio

2011: Indoors, competed once, placing ninth at the Gamecock Invitational in the shot put at 35-08.50 (10.88m).

2010: NCAA Regional qualifier in the discus throw … indoors, competed in the shot put … top mark of 47-07.25 (12.68m) at the Virginia Tech Invitational … placed 20th at the SEC Indoor Championships … outdoors, competed in the discus throw and shot put … in the discus, had a top mark of 160-4 (48.86m) at the Penn Relays … finished seventh at the SEC Outdoor Championships at 154-9 (47.16m) … took 35th at the Preliminary Round … in the shot put, had a top mark of 41-02.50 (12.56m) at the Georgia Bulldog Limited … placed 19th at the SEC Outdoor Championships.

2009: NCAA East Region qualifier in the discus throw … indoors, competed in the shot put … threw a 39-11 1/4 at the New Balance Collegiate … took ninth at the Tiger Paw Invitational … runner-up at the Gamecock Invitational at 42-3 1/4 … tossed a season best 42-5 1/4 to take 15th at the SEC Indoor Championships … threw the discus once, tossing 141-10 at the Kentucky Invitational to place fourth … outdoors, threw the shot put and discus … in the shot put, took sixth at three of the first four meets with a top throw of 42-2 3/4 at the Friendship & Freedom Games … hit a personal best 42-8 3/4 to place 12th at the Penn Relays … finished 19th at the SEC Outdoor Championships at 43-2 1/2 … in the discus throw, took fourth at the Shamrock Invitational at 142-6 … won the State USATF Meet at 148-7 … hit a personal best 161-8 to finish second at the Spec Town Relays … claimed second at the Friendship & Freedom Games and the UNC Elite Meet … claimed seventh at the SEC Outdoor Championships at 154-3 … took 13th at the NCAA East Region Meet at 149-10.

2008: NCAA East Region qualifier in the discus throw … South Carolina[apos]s outdoor field rookie of the year … indoors, competed in shot put and the weight throw … opened the season with a sixth place finish at the UNC Classic in the shot put at 39-0 ½ … placed 16th at the Tom Jones Memorial … sixth at the Tiger Invitational with an indoor best 41-10 ¾ … won the Gamecock Invitational at 40-4 ¼ … placed 17th at the SEC Indoors at 40-9 … in the weight throw, placed 12th with a toss of 47-0 ¼ at the Tom Jones Memorial … won the Gamecock Invitational at 47-10 … placed 19th at the SEC Indoors … outdoors, competed in the shot put, hammer and discus … placed sixth in the shot put at the Spec Towns Invitational at 40-9 ½ … finished 15th at the SEC Outdoor Championships … in the hammer, threw a season best 154-9 at the Auburn Tiger Classic … also placed 15th in the hammer at the SEC Outdoors … in the discus throw, took second at the Weems Baskin Relays … threw a 151-6 to place sixth at the Auburn Tiger Classic … placed fourth at the Penn Relays at 154-8 … scored at the SEC Outdoors with a seventh place finish in the discus at 157-4 … finished 17th at the NCAA East Regionals with a throw of 149-1 in the discus.

2007: Redshirted.

HIGH SCHOOL: Coached by Todd Utter at Westfield High School … lettered in indoor and outdoor track four years each … all-state, all-region and all-district for the indoor shot, outdoor shot and discus … was a two-time Bulldog Award winner and team MVP … was a member of National Honor Society, the German Honor Society and graduated magna cum laude … worked with Young Life in the Czech Republic for three consecutive summers.

PERSONAL: Aimee Helen Kodat was born June 28, 1988, in White Plains, N.Y. … pursuing degrees in marketing and finance … parents are Roger and Betsey Kodat … chose USC over James Madison, Appalachian State, Clemson and Virginia … has dedicated her training to Erin Peterson, a victim in the Virginia Tech shootings.