Nicole Carroll
Nicole C. Carroll-Lewis (born April 18, 1968, in San Francisco, California) is an American track and field athlete known for the javelin throw. She competed for USA at the 1996 Olympics[1] after qualifying on the last throw.[2] She is a two time American Champion in the event in 1996 and 1998.[3]
Carroll went to Alameda High School,[4] where she was merely a 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m) shot putter and 100 ft 0 in (30.48 m) discus thrower. She took up javelin at the College of San Mateo after encouragement from Mike Lewis, a friend of her father, a San Francisco firefighter. Lewis continued as her coach and later, her husband. She won the CCCAA Championship in 1989. She continued at Fresno State University, winning the 1990 Big West Conference Championship. After college, she threw for the Olympic Club. She only finished fifth at the 1995 National Championships but her personal best of 205 ft 10 in (62.73 m) was the second best qualifying mark in the country. That mark qualified her to the 1995 World Championships.[5]
She was inducted into the inaugural class of the College of San Mateo Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011.[6]
References
- ^ "Nicole Carroll". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Ostler, Scott (21 June 1996). "A Javelin Throw of Olympic Proportions / Carroll makes team on last-chance attempt". SFGate. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions: Women's Javelin Throw". USA Track & Field. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Alameda Olympians". Alameda Sports Project. Archived from the original on 18 May 2010.
- ^ "USATF Athlete Biography: Nicole Carroll". USA Track & Field. Archived from the original on 20 December 2019.
- ^ "Program: CSM Athletics Hall of Fame Inaugural Induction Ceremony" (PDF). College of San Mateo. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
External links
- A photographic analysis of Nicole Carroll's technique
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Amateur Athletic Union
- 1923: Roberta Ranck
- 1924: Esther Spargo
- 1925: Aloa Silva
- 1926: Lillian Copeland
- 1927–8: Margaret Jenkins
- 1929: Estelle Hill
- 1930: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- 1931: Lillian Copeland
- 1932: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
- 1933: Nan Gindele
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Sylvia Broman
- 1936: Martha Worst
- 1937–8: Rose Auerbach
- 1939–49: Dorothy Dodson
- 1950: Amelia Wood
- 1951: Frances Licata
- 1952: Marjorie Larney
- 1953: Amelia Wood
- 1954–6: Karen Anderson
- 1957–60: Marjorie Larney
- 1961: Frances Davenport
- 1962: Karen Mendyka
- 1963: Frances Davenport
- 1964–7: RaNae Bair
- 1968: Barbara Friedrich
- 1969: Kate Schmidt
- 1970–2: Sherry Calvert
- 1973–7: Kate Schmidt
- 1978: Sherry Calvert
- 1979: Kate Schmidt
The Athletics Congress
- 1980–1: Karin Smith
- 1982: Lynda Hughes
- 1983–4: Karin Smith
- 1985: Cathy Sulinski
- 1986: Helena Uusitalo (FIN) * Donna Mayhew
- 1987: Karin Smith
- 1988: Donna Mayhew
- 1989: Laverne Eve (BAH) * Donna Mayhew
- 1990–1: Karin Smith
- 1992: Donna Mayhew
USA Track & Field
- 1993–5: Donna Mayhew
- 1996: Nicole Carroll
- 1997: Lynda Lipson
- 1998: Nicole Carroll
- 1999–2000: Lynda Blutreich
- 2001: Kim Kreiner
- 2002: Serene Ross
- 2003: Erica Wheeler
- 2004–6: Kim Kreiner
- 2007: Dana Pounds
- 2008–11: Kara Patterson
- 2012–3: Brittany Borman
- 2014–5: Kara Winger
- 2016: Maggie Malone
- 2017–18: Kara Winger
- 2019: Ariana Ince
- 20212020 OT: Maggie Malone
- 2022: Kara Winger
- The 1920, 1928 and 1932 championships, and championships in Olympic years since 1992 have incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held separately.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.