Brittany Smith

Class: Junior Hometown: Oak Park, Ill. High School: Oak Park River Forest High School

Event: Throws Birthdate: 03/25/1991

2010-11: (Indoor): Took five-straight first-place finishes in the shot put ... earned All-Valley honors in the shot put with a second place finish at the MVC Indoor Championships with a mark of 53-03.75 ... placed third at the NCAA Qualifier Meet in the shot put with a mark of 54-05.25 ... set a career-mark of 56-04.75 in the shot put to earn a third-place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... All-American ... took first at the Early Bird Open in the weight throw with a toss of 61-07.75 ... finished first at the Redbird Invite with a mark of 61-04.25 in the weight throw ... set a career mark in the weight throw at the Keck Invitational to finish first with a mark of 65-01.50 ... took eighth at the MVC Indoor Championships with a mark of 60-11.25 ... tossed the weight 62-02.25 to earn a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Qualifier Meet. (Outdoor): Earned back-to-back first-place finishes at the EIU Big Blue Classic and Lee Calhoun Invite in the shot put with marks of 50-06.75 and 49-11.25, respectively ... finished fourth at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the shot put with a toss of 51-11.25 ... placed first at the Lee Calhoun Invite in the discus with a mark of 164-03 ... earned All-Valley honors, placing second at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the discus with a career-mark of 172-01 ... took first at the Lee Calhoun Invite in the hammer throw with a mark of 183-06 ... set a career-mark and school record at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 206-03 to earn second-team All-America honors.

2009-10: (Indoor): Finished second at the Indiana State dual in the shot put with a throw of 47-05.25 ... took fourth in the shot put two weeks later at the Indiana Relays with a measurement of 47-08.00 ... finished fifth at the EIU Friday Night Special in the shot put with a throw of 47-00.75 ... set a career-best throw in the shot put at the MVC Indoor Championships with a throw of 48-01.75 to finish fourth ... won the weight throw at the Redbird Open with a throw of 55-00.75 ... finished in third and sixth place at the Indiana State Dual and Indiana Relays, respectively ... set a career-best in the weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships with a throw of 58-07.50 for eighth place. (Outdoor): Qualified for the NCAA West Regional in the shot put, discus and hammer throw ... finished first at the EIU Big Blue Classic in the shot put with a throw of 50-09.50 ... took third place in the shot put at both the Sea Ray Relays and the Lenny Lyles Invite ... won the shot put event at the Redbird Spring Invite with a throw of 48-04.00 ... earned All-Valley honors in the shot put with a career-best throw of 52-05.25 ... finished 13th in the shot put at the NCAA West Regional ... competed at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships and won the shot put with a throw of 50-06.75 and qualified for the IAAF World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada ... took seventh at the IAAF World Junior Championships in the shot put ... won the discus throw at the EIU Big Blue Classic with a toss of 165-02 ... finished second in discus at back-to-back meets before taking first in the discus at the Redbird Spring Invite with a throw of 157-10 ... set a career-best throw in the discus at the at the Jesse Owens Classic with a throw of 170-02 for seventh place ... took second place in the discus at the MVC Outdoor Championships ... with a throw of 169-00 in the discus at the NCAA West Regionals, she qualified for the NCAA Championships ... took first place at the EIU Big Blue Classic in the hammer throw with a throw of 179-08 ... won the hammer throw at the Redbird Spring Invite with 179-04 ... finished fifth at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a career-best throw of 193-09, which set a school record and qualified her for the NCAA West Regional ...named 2009-10 ISU Female Athlete of the Year ... earned USATF All-American honors after winning the Junior National Championship.

At Oak Park-River Forest: Placed fifth in the discus (143-2.6) and eighth in the shot put (41-0.75) at the 2008 Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Class AA Track and Field Championships ... broke the West Suburban Conference record in the discus ... won the discus throw at the 2008 West Suburban Silver Girls Indoor Conference Championship ... also a member of the basketball team.

Personal: Born: 3/25/1991 ... daughter of Mary Skryp ... siblings Melissa, Faith and Anthony ... cousin Casey Haywood attended ISU ... plans to major in secondary math education.