| Height: | 5-10 |
| Year: | Senior |
| Hometown: | Santa Rosa, Calif. |
| High School: | Maria Carrillo HS |
| Position: | Throws |
UC Santa Barbara
2010
Lightfoot started the 2010 season by winning the discus event with
a mark of 132-6 (40.4m) at the Ben Brown Invitational...She would
later on improve her discus mark to 162'0" at the Big West
Championships to put her second on the top discus marks of the
season...She set a new personal best in the hammer throw of 175'0"
to take sixth at the Cal/Nevada meet...Threw 47'2.5" (14.39m) in
the shot put at the Big West Championships to place her third on
the top marks of the season.
2009
Redshirt.
2008
Lightfoot capped off her sophomore season with an impressive
performance in the discus at the Conference Championships. Her best
throw was 152-7 (46.51m), which was good for fourth place and the
sixth-best discus mark in UCSB history...She also set a personal
best in the hammer at Conference, throwing 155-8 (47.44m) to place
ninth...In the shot put she converted from the glide style to the
spin style, which should help her improve her marks in the upcoming
seasons.
2007
Threw a personal best 43'8.25" at the Cal Poly dual meet, a mark
that stood as the eighth-best in school history...Competed at the
Triton Invitational and achieved a best throw of 41'5.25"...Was
second in her flight at the Cal-Nevada meet, throwing
41'4.5'...Threw 40'6.75" at the Northridge Invitational, and
40'4.75" against Westmont and LMU...Took seventh at the All-Cal
Challenge with a mark of 41'4".
High School
North Bay League MVP in the 2006 track season...Lettered in a
number of different sports, including basketball (four years),
volleyball (three years), and, most importantly, track and field
(four years)...She is the Maria Carrillo High School record-holder
in the shot put (42'9.5") and the discus (129'10").
Personal
Majoring in business economics...The daughter of Dan and Meta
Lightfoot...Has an older sister, Megan, who rows on the UCLA Bruins
crew team, and a younger sister, Katie, who is a multi-sport
athlete at Maria Carrillo high school.
Collegiate Career Bests Discus - 162-0 (49.38) (Big West Championships 5/14/2010) Hammer - 175-0 (53.35m) (Cal/Nevada 3/27/2010) Shot Put - 47-2.5 (14.39) (Big West Championships 5/14/2010)