The Rebecca Kitzman Story

2011-12: Team Captain

2010-11: Placed fourth in NSIC in the shot put...placed ninth in the hammer....school record holder in hammer.

2009: Indoor season highlights include five-second place finishes in shot put and weight throw… fifth place showing in weight throw (40-11.00) at MSU Alumni… two- fifth place finishes in shot put (35-04.00) MSU Alumni and (40-09.05) at UW-River Falls…a successful outdoor season with top finish in shot put (42-0.75) UWRF…second place results at UMD North Country in shot put (42-2) and discuss (129-02)…two top-five finishes at UWRF in hammer throw (3rd / 131-7) and discuss ( 4th / 120-7)…third in shot put at UMD Triangular (41-03.25)… and fourth mark at DII Challenge in shot put (124-08)… Appearances at NSIC Championships... named to All-NSIC Academic Team.

2008: Was a member of the basketball team, forcing her to miss indoor portion of season…best showing of the year came at St. Thomas Open with three-top ten finishes in the shot put (6th / 35’10.5”), discus (3rd / 131’8”) and hammer throw (105’7”)…had three other top-ten results with fifth place in the shot (10.61m) at Morris, ninth in the shot (11.59m) at the Tommie Twilight and a seventh place mark (125’2”) at the NCC Championships in the discus…best discus mark came in the form of 36.25 meter toss at Bison Open…best toss in the hammer came at Kip Janvrin Open with a 33.47 mark…

High School: 2007 graduate of Verona Area High School…two sport athlete competing in basketball and track & field…two-time Captain in track & field where qualified for the state meet in both the Shot Put and Discus…as a sophomore was fourth in state in Discus…as a junior was again fourth in the Discus and also eighth in the Shot Put…a two-time team Captain on the hardwood, was named second team All-Area by the Wisconsin State Journal and the Capital Times…an All-Conference performer as a junior and senior.

Personal: Daughter of Jeff and Mandy Kitzman of Verona, Iowa…lists Serena Williams as her favorite sports personality and her father as the person with the greatest influence on her career…majoring in education at SCSU.

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