The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2016-17 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Elena Bruckner
- Position:
- Throws
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
- High School:
- Valley Christian
- Major:
- Economics
• Two-time USTFCCCA All-American
• Two-time Academic All-Big 12 (2019-20)
• One-time Big 12 Champion
• School-record holder – Hammer Throw (2018), Weight Throw (2019), Outdoor Discus (2019)
• No. 4 performer in UT history – Outdoor Shot Put (2019)
• No. 5 performer in UT history – Indoor Shot Put (2020)
• 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – Shot Put
• 2018 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – Discus (Second Team)
• 2020 Big 12 Women’s Indoor Champion – Shot Put
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFRRS
2019-20 (Senior)
OUTDOOR: 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
INDOOR: Earned USTFCCCA Indoor All-America honors after qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Championships in the shot put … won the Big 12 Women’s Indoor shot put title after launching the orb a lifetime-best 16.82m/55-2.25 … the first UT woman to win a Big 12 shot put title since three-time Olympian Michelle Carter in 2007 … her title-winning mark was the longest throw by a Big 12 competitor in 2020 and cemented her as the No. 5 indoor shot-put performer in school history … also recorded a 19.32m/63-4.75 mark in the weight throw at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, the second-best performance in school history, behind only the school-record mark she set in 2019 … cleared the 16-meter mark in the shot put in three of four competitions and surpassed the 18-meter mark in the weight throw in each of her last three outings … named to the Academic All-Big 12 first team.
2018-19 (Junior)
OUTDOOR: Won the discus and finished third in the hammer throw during her season debut at the UTSA Invitational … posted a pair of top-two finishes at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, throwing the discus a school-record 57.40m/188-4 and recording a 16.58m/54-4.75 mark in the shot put … won the shot put and the discus at The Reveille Meet while also finishing second in the hammer throw … scored in the discus (third place) and shot put (fourth place) at the Big 12 Championships.
INDOOR: Won the shot put and weight throw during her season debut at the Ted Nelson Invitational … topped the podium in the shot put and finished runner-up in the weight throw at the Clemson Invitational … repeated her results, place-wise, at the Charlie Thomas Invitational … won the shot put at the Texas Tech Shootout … set a school-record in the weight throw (19.60m/64-3.75) and finished runner-up at the Big 12 Indoor Championships … also made the podium as the bronze medalist in the shot put.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the discus … finished sixth at the Big 12 Championships in the discus … won the shot put at the Michael Johnson Invitational … recorded a personal-best hammer throw at the Texas Relays.
INDOOR: Won the shot put at the Clemson Opener … set a meet record in the shot put at the Corky Classic with a mark of 16.47m/54-0.50 … placed second in the shot put at the Texas A&M Quadrangular … finished third in the shot put at the Texas Tech Classic & Multis … logged a personal-best throw of 16.78m/55-0.75 in the shot put at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic … took fourth place in the shot put at the Tyson Invitational … placed second at the Corky Classic in the weight throw … finished fifth in the weight throw at the Texas A&M Quadrangular … logged a personal-best 18.08m/59-4 mark in the weight throw at the Texas Tech Classic & Multis … placed fourth at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic … competed in the USATF indoor Championships in the shot put, placing 10th with a mark of 15.85m/52-0 … finished second at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in the shot put and 12th in the weight throw.
2016-17 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: Second a school record in the discus at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, winning the event with a mark of 54.65m/179-3 … finished fourth in the shot put and seventh in the discus at the Big 12 Championships … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the shot put and discus, finishing 21st and 37th, respectively … won the Longhorn Invitational shot put with a personal-best mark of 16.67m/54-8.25 … placed second in the shot put and discus at the Texas Invitational … won the discus and the shot put at the Victor Lopez Classic … set a meet record in the discus at the UTSA Invitational, winning the event with a mark of 52.83m/173-4 … finished sixth in the shot put and ninth in the discus at the USATF Junior Championships.
INDOOR: Placed third in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships … also took home 12th in the weight throw, becoming the No. 4 performer in school history … finished fourth in the shot put at the Husky Classic and second at the Texas A&M 11-team Invitational … placed 10th in the weight throw and won the shot put at the Cherry & Silver Invitational.
