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2017 Women's Track and Field Roster

Miranda Eikleberry

  • POSITION Throws
  • HEIGHT 5-5
  • CLASS Senior
  • HOMETOWN Mount Hope, Kan.
  • HIGHSCHOOL Haven HS

Biography

Psychology major … Burst onto scene as a freshman, becoming one of the nation’s best small-college javelin throwers while earning NCCAA All-America honors … Repeated that performance in two events as a sophomore in 2015 … Was the javelin champion in the Great American Conference as a junior … A versatile thrower who also has shined in multiple events … Third member in her family to compete in track and field for OC, joining older sisters Emily Ostlund and Katie Ostlund … Competed as Miranda Ostlund before marrying Austin Eikleberry in August 2016 … Has personal-best marks of 138 feet, 11 inches (42.34 meters) in the javelin, 155 feet, 7 inches (47.42 meters) in the hammer, 37 feet, 5 inches (11.40 meters) in the shot put, 105 feet, 11 inches (32.28 meters) in the discus and 48 feet, 9 inches (14.86 meters) in the weight throw … 2017: All-Great American Conference second-team honoree in the javelin and hammer … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (spring semester) … During indoor season, competed in the weight throw, with a top throw of 47 feet, 2¼ inches (14.38 meters) in the Dunamis Sports Group Indoor Classic in Frisco, Texas … During outdoor season, competed in the javelin and hammer … Threw a season-best 116 feet, 3 inches (35.43 meters) in the javelin at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational … Best hammer throw came at the GAC Championships in Searcy, Ark., a mark of 140 feet, 2 inches (42.73 meters), good for fifth place and All-GAC second-team honors … Also was an All-GAC second-team thrower in the javelin, finishing fifth at 108 feet, 2 inches (32.98 meters) … 2016: During indoor season, competed only in the weight throw, with a top mark of 46 feet, 8¾ inches (14.24 meters) in the Missouri Southern Open Invitational … During outdoor season, won the GAC title in the javelin and was a two-time selection as the GAC field athlete of the week … Competed mostly in the javelin and hammer during the season … Top javelin throw of season came at the GAC Championships, a heave of 124 feet, 11 inches (38.08 meters) as she won the title by 11½ feet … Her best hammer throw was 141 feet, 8 inches (43.18 meters) at the Southwestern Relays ... Also took top honors in the javelin at the Oklahoma Baptist Invitational on March 26, posting a mark of 119 feet, 11 inches (36.56 meters)  … That performance earned her GAC field-athlete-of-the-week honors for the first time … She earned them a second time after fourth-place showings in the javelin and hammer at the Southwestern Relays … At the GAC meet, in addition to her javelin title, placed third in the hammer at 140 feet, 6 inches (42.83 meters), eighth in the shot put and 10th in the discus … 2015: During indoor season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the weight throw … At the national meet in Cedarville, Ohio, finished ninth with a throw of 45 feet, 8 inches (13.92 meters) … Best throw of the season came in Missouri Southern’s Lion Invite, a career-best mark of 48 feet, 9 inches (14.86 meters) … Also competed in the shot put, recording a career-best mark of 37 feet, 5 inches (11.40 meters) in the Missouri Southern Early Bird Invitational … During the outdoor season, qualified for the NCCAA Championships in the javelin and the hammer … Earned All-America honors in the javelin at the national meet in Rome, Ga. , finishing second (behind sister Katie Ostlund) with a throw of 129 feet, 5 inches (39.44 meters) … Ostlund sisters were the first siblings ever to go 1-2 in any event at a national meet for OC … Was her second straight NCCAA runner-up finish in the event … Finished fourth in the hammer at the NCCAA meet with a career-best throw of 155 feet, 7 inches (47.42 meters) … Recorded career-best javelin mark of 138 feet, 11 inches (42.34 meters) to win the competition in the Southwestern Relays … That mark that eventually earned her NCAA Division II All-South Central Region honors in the event from the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association … Joined her sister Katie and high jumper McKenzie Stanford in becoming the first OC female track and field student-athletes to earn Division II All-Region honors … 2014: During indoor season, qualified for NCCAA Championships in the weight throw, finishing 11th at the national meet in Bourbonnais, Ill., with a mark of 45 feet, 1 inch (13.74 meters) … Posted best mark of the season in the weight throw at the Central Oklahoma Indoor Invitational, a mark of 46 feet, 8¾ inches (14.24 meters) … Also competed indoors in the shot put, recording a top mark of 33 feet, 9¼ inches (10.29 meters) at the Oklahoma Baptist Indoor/Outdoor Invitational, taking second in the event … Also took second in the weight throw at the same meet with a mark of 39 feet, 3 inches and earned NCCAA student-athlete of the week honors … Qualified for the NCCAA Outdoor Championships in two events, the javelin and hammer … In the javelin, earned All-America honors at the national meet in Rome, Ga., with a second-place finish after a season-best throw of 133 feet (40.55 meters) … Finished one spot ahead of sister Katie Ostlund, the defending NCCAA champion in the event … In the hammer at nationals, finished 14th with a mark of 132 feet, 7 inches (40.41 meters) … Recorded first career win in the javelin at the Southwestern (Kan.) Relays with a throw of 127 feet, 5 inches (38.83 meters) … Top hammer mark of the outdoor season came at the Tabor (Kan.) Invitational, a throw of 137 feet, 1 inch (41.79 meters) … Also competed in the shot put and discus outdoors, posting her top marks in both events at the season-opening Southwestern (Kan.) Invitational – 34 feet, 9½ inches (10.60 meters) in the shot put and 105 feet, 11 inches (32.28 meters) in the discus … Previous school: Attended Haven High School in Haven, Kan., where she scored points in three events at the Class 3A state meet … Finished third in the shot put, fourth in the discus and eighth in the javelin with a season-best throw of 117 feet, 6 inches (35.81 meters) … Had top marks as a senior of 37 feet, 9¾ inches in the shot put and 117 feet, 2 inches in the discus.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

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  • 2014-15Sophomore

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    5'5"
  • 2016Junior

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    5'5"
  • 2017Senior

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    5'5"