SIUE Track and Field - 2008 Profile of Derek Rensing

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Derek Rensing
Junior, Throws
Granite City, Ill./Granite City H.S.

Personal Bests
Indoor SP - 15.19m (49'10") (2/16/07) 35# WT - 14.64m (48'00.00") (2/22/08)	Outdoor Shot Put - 15.60m (51-2.25) (5/5/07) Discus - 48.22m (158-2) (5/3/08) Hammer - 47.54m (156-0) (3/27/08) Javelin - 45.93m (150-8) (4/5/08)

2008 Outdoor: Received 2008 All-GLVC Second Team honors ... At GLVC Championships on May 3, 2008, he threw the shot put a season best 15.17m (49'9.25") placing second ... Also tossing a personal best discus 48.22m (158-2) finishing in fifth placeand another personal best javelin throw with a distance of 45.93 (150-8) ... On March 27, 2008 he threw a personal best hammer throw of 48.22m (158-2) ... 2008 Indoor: Place tenth in the weight throw at the GLVC Indoor Championships with a throw of 14.64m... 2007: All-GLVC in the shot put with a throw of 15.60 meters (51-2.25) ... Also placed seventh in the discus at the GLVC Outdoor Championships ... 2006: Set a personal best in the shot put with a throw of 47 feet 6 inches (14.48 meters) at the Illinois Invite ... High School: Letterwinner in track and field at Granite City High School ... Best performance in shot put was 53 feet, four and one-half inches ... Best performance in discus was 161-5 ... Honor roll student ... National Honor Society ... Born: March 31, 1987 ... Major: Chemistry.