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Althea Charles
So. - Thrower
West Orange, N.J. • West Orange

2008-09: Opened the indoor season with a runner-up finish in the weight throw (52'10) and a third-place showing in the shot put (43'4.5) at the Husky Winter Carnival...won the weight throw (50'0.75) and took third in the shot put (43'3) at the Harvard Open...placed third in the weight throw with a distance of 53'10.5 and took sixth in the shot put with a toss of 40'0.75 at the Dartmouth Relays...runner-up in the weight throw (54'7.5) at the Great Dane Classic...won the weight throw (56'3.25) and took third in the shot put (40'11.5) at the Battle of Beantown...won the shot put (43'10) and weight throw (58'3.25) at the Colonial Invitational...outdoors, placed second in the hammer (156'1) at the Seahawk Invitational...third in the hammer (166'1), sixth in the shot put (40'2) and eighth in the discus (111'0) at the USF Quad Meet...won the hammer with a throw of 167'7 and also placed fifth in the discus at 114'4 at the Skyhawk Invitational...at the CAA Championship, placed sixth in the hammer (149'4) and eighth in the shot put (42'3.75)...took fourth in the shot put (44'4.25) and 10th in the hammer (154'11) at the New England Championship.

2007-08: Debuted at NU's first indoor meet, the Husky Winter Carnival, and placed fifth in the shot put (38'11.75) and 13th in the weight throw (38'7.5)...took ninth in the weight throw (45'3) and ninth in the shot put (37'10.75) at the Dartmouth Relays...placed third in the shot put (41'1) and sixth in the weight throw (44'7) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...second in both the shot put (39'3.75) and weight throw (46'6) at the Battle of Beantown...12th in the shot put (41'3.25) and 16th in the weight throw (46'5.5) at the Valentine's Invitational...placed 14th in the shot put (40'8.25) at the New England Championship...outdoors, won the shot put (43'7.5) and fourth in the hammer (126'10) at the Seahawk Invitational...took ninth in the shot put (42'2.75) at the Florida State Relays...placed fourth in the 'B' section of the shot put with a throw of 43'4.5 at the Florida Relays...took second in the shot put (40'7.5) and third in both the discus (113'5) and hammer (146'1) at the Solomon Husky Invitational...placed fifth in the hammer (148'0) and ninth in both the shot put (41'10.75) and discus (121'10) at the CAA Championship...took fifth in the shot put (40'6.5) and eighth in the discus (113'7) at the Patriot Open Invitational.

High School: Competed in track and field for four years, captaining the team for two...captained the volleyball team for two out of three years...first team All-County and All-Conference twice in track as well as second team All-State...first team All-Conference twice in volleyball...set the school record for the indoor shot put (42'6) and the outdoor shot put (41'3)...state sectional champion in the shot put and the discus...won Most Outstanding Female Athlete at West Orange High in 2007...team was conference champ three times and state sectional champ in 2004.

Personal: Born Dec. 10, 1989...plans to major in History and Secondary Education...hopes to become a high school teacher and coach...Class of 2012.

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