Claire Whiting '14 Recruiting Profile

I want to compete at the college level in discus, shot put and possibly javlin.  I want to graduate with a degree in health science.  The careers that interest me are physical therapy, occupational therapy and dietician/nutritionist.  I also want to be a personal trainer.  Physical fitness is very important to me, as it is all athletes.  I want to carry that forward into the community as it will always be a part of my life.  Last year I volunteered at the Special Junior Olympics held at JBLM and had a great time with the athletes.  

When I was in 8th grade I competed in the 2010 (Seattle) CYO Pentatholon event.  At that time I ran the 400m (1:06) had a long jump of  14' 2" and a shot put of  27' 1" and was first in that event overall by a couple of feet.  I had never thrown a shot put and I fell in love with throwing.  I was awarded 2nd place in the Pentatholon.  

That summer I met Coach Keith Eager.  He started teaching me to throw the discus and worked on my shot put form.   Freshman year I lettered and competed in the SPSL competition.  This past year as a sophomore I improved my shot put 3 more feet and my discus throw 20' 4" with a throw of 118' 9" at USATF Region 13!   I also threw javelin for the first time and my PR was 87' 7" and went to State for discus and finished 9th with a 114' 3".  My marks are on Athletic.net.

My elementary school (St. Anthony School, Renton, WA) awards three scholarships to 7th grade students.  I received one of those scholarships for $500 in 7th grade to use for tuition in my 8th grade year.  It was awarded to me because of my work ethic.  I have dyspraxia which is a speech and language delay.   I have worked very hard to get the success I have in academics as well as in sports.  My current GPA is 3.7.  Last semester I took the University of Washington class, College Information Technology.  It is one of the  U of W classes offered in Tahoma Senior High School using the U of W syllabus.  I received an A- in that class and now have NCAA college credit.   With my current plan of classes I will have all required classes for NCAA by graduation.