Women's Track & Field
Crystal Bourque
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Coventry, R.I. |
| High School: | Coventry |
| Position: | Throws |
2010-11 (Indoor): Won the weight throw event with a toss of 17.19m and finished fourth in the shot put at the URI Sorlien Invitational... Finished runner-up in the weight throw and third in the shot at the URI Invitational... Placed runner-up in the weight throw with a toss of 17.12, at the Terrier Classic... Won the weight throw event with at toss of 17.33m at the Giegengack Invitational... Finished third in the weight throw and ninth in the shot put at the Atlantic 10 Championships... Place fifth in the weight throw (17.11m) and eighth in the shot put (12.49m) at the New England Championships... Recorded a sixth place finish in the weight throw at the ECAC Championships... (Outdoor): Won the hammer throw with a toss of 58.47m and finished fourth in the javelin (35.75m) and 12th in the shot put (12.49m) at the UCF Invitational... Won the hammer throw with a mark of 58.05m at the Bryant Invitational...Placed fifth in the shot put, second in the hammer, and sixth in the javelin at the UConn All-Region Invitational... FInished fifth in the hammer throw at the at the Mt. Sac Relays... Posted a mark of 11.98m in the shot put at the Beach Invitational.
2009 Outdoor: Finished fifth and eighth in the hammer and javelin, respectively at the Atlantic 10 championships (5/3)... Took fourth in the hammer throw at the New England championships (5/9) with a toss of 177-8... Competed in the hammer throw at the Penn Relays (4/23)... Finished eighth in the hammer throw with a toss of 175-1 at the Sun Angel Track Classic (4/10)... Placed second at the Bryant Invitational (3/28) in the hammer throw with a toss of 182 feet, 4 inches.
2008 Outdoor: Competed in the hammer, javelin, discus and shot put events... Placed seventh in the hammer throw with a mark of 170 feet, 5 inches at the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Columbus, Ohio... Posted a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw with a performance of 166-6 at the Atlantic 10 championships... She also finished in the top 10 in the javelin at the league championships as placed seventh following a season-best throw of 112 feet... Borque's fourth place finish in the hammer was the top mark among conference freshmen... Placed second in the hammer throw at the Brown Springtime Invitational with a mark of 157-9 (April 27).
2007-08 Indoor: Borque opened her collegiate career at the Brown Invitational (Dec. 1) where she had her registered her best throw of the year in the shot put with a toss of 36 feet, 1 1/2 inches... In the 20-pound weight throw, Borque held the longest mark of any URI freshman with a performance of 48-10.5... Her season-best mark came at the URI Invitational (Feb. 2).
High School: Competed in track and field and football ... captain of track and field team in 2006 and 2007 ... captain of the JV football team in 2005 ... received the Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year award in 2006-07 ... set high school record in indoor/outdoor shot put, weight, hammer, and javelin.
Personal: Born January 7, 1989 ... daughter of Mary and John Bourque ... has one sibling - Ashley ... business major at URI.

