2009 Women's Track & Field Roster

Michelle Elizondo

  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    J.B. Alexander High School
  • Hometown:
    Loredo, TX

Summary

Biography

2008 Season
Indoor- Elizondo marked her name in the record books in the weight throw with a toss of 48-7.25 for a sixth-place finish at the Houston Indoor Invitational... recorded six top-10 finishes for the indoor track and field season... earned a fifth-place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 47-11.0 at the Leonard Hilton Memorial... placed sixth overall in the weight throw with a toss of 47-10.0 at the Bayou Classic... earned a seventh-place finish in the shot put at the Bayou Classic with a toss throw of 41-8.0... finished ninth overall in the shot put with a toss of 41-10.5 at the Houston Indoor Invitational... Outdoor - recorded 13 top -10 finishes... captured the championship title in the hammer throw at the Javelina Invitational with a throw of 164-4... competed in three events at the Border Olympics - shot put (2nd place / 43-0), discus (4th place / 127-7) and hammer throw (2nd place/159-7)... notched two second-place finishes in the hammer throw with a throw of 154-6 at the Texas Twilight and a throw of 148-7 at the Rice Twilight... collected four third-place finishes in the hammer throw... threw a 138-5 at the Texas State Open... recorded a throw of 154-7 at the Texas Invitational...finished with a 159-5 at the Rice Bayou Classic... threw a 147-1 at the Houston Invitational...earned a fourth-place finish at the Texas Twilight in the shot put with a toss of 39-9... recorded a seventh-place finish in the shot put at the Rice Bayou Classic with a toss of 40-4.25.

2007 Season
Outdoor - Elizondo captured her first championship of during the outdoor track and field season at the Bobcat Open in the shot put with a throw 41-9.75... earned runner-up laurels at the Tom Tellez Invitational with a throw of 39-4 in the shot put... recorded a second-place finish in the hammer throw at the Bobcat Open with a throw of 145-4... placed fourth at the Border Olympics with a distance of 42-3.50 in the shot put... finished fourth overall in the hammer throw with a distance of 147-4 at the Texas Twilight...posted a fifth-place finish at the Border Olympics with a throw of 139-3 in the hammer throw... finished fourth overall at the Texas Invitational in the hammer throw with a throw of 147-11.

2006 Season
Outdoor - In her first season with the Lady Broncs, Elizondo placed in the top 10 on 11 occasions... finished third overall at the Texas Twilight with a throw of 144-2 in the hammer throw... posted a fourth-place finish at the Border Olympics with a throw of 40-2 in the shot put... finished fifth overall in the shot put with a distance of 41-7.75 at the Bobcat Open... recorded a fifth-place showing at the Texas Invitational with a distance of 135-2 in the hammer throw... finished sixth overall at the Rice/Bayou Classic with a distance of 40-4 in the shot put... Indoor - Elizondo finished second overall at the Wes Kittley Invitational with a distance of 41-11.50 in the shot put... finished fifth overall at the UH/RunSport All-Comers Meet with a distance of 39-10.75 in the shot put... Classroom - Elizondo was selected to the UTPA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the first time in her career... earned Dean's List First Honors during both the fall and spring semesters... cited as a Bronc Pride 3.0 Club member in the fall and spring semesters.

J.B. Alexander High School
A product of J.B. Alexander High School, Elizondo captured the district championship in the shot put in each of her four prep seasons... was an all-state selection in both basketball and softball... selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Laredo-area in both basketball and volleyball... earned a total of 15 varsity letters during her high school athletic career in track and field, basketball, softball and volleyball.

Off the Track
Elizondo is the daughter of Jorge Elizondo and Nancy Garcia... has one brother - Michael... was born on June 16, 1987... majoring in elementary education.

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