Cheyenne Figueroa

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Classical
Hometown:
Providence, R.I.

2021-22: Outdoor: Landed eighth in discus with a 136’ 6” throw and competed in the hammer and shot put at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championship Meet (5/07-08) … Took eighth in discus with a 121’ 8” mark and fourth in the hammer with a 166’ 6” throw at the UMass Outdoor Invitational (4/30) … Placed seventh in the hammer with a 174’ 0” mark and fourth in discus with a 132’ 6” mark at the Holy Cross Invitational (4/23) … Won the hammer throw with a 180’ 0” toss and placed third in the discus with a 139’ 11” mark at the UMass Invitational (4/16) … Was the runner-up in the hammer with a 176’ 1” mark and took sixth place in discus with a 128’ 10” throw at the Ocean State Invitational (4/09) … Was victorious in the hammer throw at 174’ 3” at the UMass Invitational (4/03). Indoor: Did not compete.

2020-21: Outdoor: Won a silver medal in hammer at the A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a throw of 178’8” and a bronze medal in discus with a toss of 147’3”, good for fourth-best all-time in program history at A-10 Outdoor Track and Field Championships (5/01-02) … Won hammer with a throw of 181’0”, bettering her previous No. 2 all-time mark at tri-meet against UVM and Hartford (4/18) … Threw 171’10” to win hammer at quad-meet against BC, BU, and Quinnipiac (4/09) … Took first in hammer with a mark of 180’6’, the No. 2 all-time mark in the UMass record book at tri-meet against Northeastern and UMass Lowell (4/03) … Won discus with a toss of 118’10” and hammer with a toss of 166’10” at tri-meet against Holy Cross and Merrimack (3/26).

Before UMass: Competed in indoor and outdoor track and field at Classical High School in Providence, Rhode Island … Earned 8 total letters … Member of the Outdoor Divisional Championship team for three years in a row … Set the United States #25 All-Time and Rhode Island #5 All-Time distance in the hammer throw with a distance of 187' 5” … Set the United States #9 All-Time and Rhode Island #2 All-Time distance in the weight throw with a distance of 62' 8.5" … Is a six-time New Balance Nationals All-American (three times in the weight throw and three times in the hammer throw) … Is a three-time USATF Youth All-American in the weight throw … Championed the 2020 NSAF x Athletic.net Virtual National Championship Meet in the hammer throw … Was the National Runner-up at 2019 New Balance Nationals in the hammer throw … Championed the 2019 USATF National Championship Meet in the weight throw … Is a five-time Rhode Island State Champion in the weight throw (two times), discus throw (two times) and the hammer throw … Two-time New England Champion in the weight throw … Member of the Rhode Island Girls Weight Throw Relay State Record with a total distance of 152’ 11.75” … Member of the 2019 Team NSAF and competed in Havana, Cuba … Named to the Academic All-State Indoor Track and Field team in 2020 … Championed the 2019 Millrose Games in the junior weight throw … Set the school record in the weight throw with a distance of 62’ 8.5” and the hammer throw with a distance of 187’ 5” … Named to the honor roll … Was Summa Cum Laude on the 2018 National Latin Exam … Was Magna Cum Laude on the 2019 National Latin Exam

Personal: Born Cheyenne Figueroa … From Providence, Rhode Island … Intends to major in Astronomy