2017 Track and Field Roster

Gary Breedlove
Rob Foldy
Cheryl Treworgy

Marija Vucenovic

  • Class (I/O) R-SR/R-SR
  • Event Throws
  • Hometown Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
  • High School Medical School Draginja Niksic

Biography

  • Two-time NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships Runner-Up (javelin throw -- 2013, 2017)
  • 2013 SEC Outdoor Champion (javelin throw)
  • Three-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (javelin throw)
  • 2014 USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention (javelin throw)
  • Three-time SEC Outdoor Runner-Up (javelin throw -- 2014, 2016, 2017)
  • No. 2 javelin thrower (58.58m / 192-2) on UF's All-Time Top 10
  • Ninth woman since 1995 to post three top-five finishes at NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • Only woman since 2005 to finish second or higher at four SEC Outdoor Championships
  • Three-time SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll


Collegiate PR | JT: 192-2 (58.58m)
High School PR | JT: 187-5 (57.12m)

Marija Vucenovic’s TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results) 

2017: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (javelin throw) ... NCAA Outdoor Championships runner-up ... All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (javelin throw -- silver medalist) ... Became the No. 2-ranked javelin thrower in school history at NCAA Outdoor Championships (58.58m / 192-2) ... Became the ninth woman since 1995 to post three top-five finishes at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Became only woman since 2005 to finish second or higher at four SEC Outdoor Championships ... Won a pair of outdoor meets (Horned Frog Invitational, Pepsi Florida Relays) ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2016: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (javelin throw) ... All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (javelin throw) ... Fifth-place finisher at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Runner-up finisher at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Won titles at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary and Power Conference Cardinal & Gold meet ... Finished third at Pepsi Florida Relays ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2015: Redshirted ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2014: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (javelin throw) … All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (javelin throw) … Earned a runner-up finish at SEC Outdoor Championships … Placed 23rd overall at NCAA Outdoor Championships … Won the javelin title at the UF Tom Jones Memorial … Collected runner-up honors at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, Pepsi Florida Relays and LSU Invitational ... Threw a season-best mark of 186-1 (56.73m) at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.

2013: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (javelin throw) … All-SEC Outdoor First Team (javelin throw) … All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team (javelin throw) … Runner-up finisher at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... SEC Outdoor champion ... Did not finish worse than second place in any of the six outdoor meets she competed in … Won javelin titles at SEC Outdoor Championships, Pepsi Florida Relays and Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Threw a season-best mark of 181-10 (55.43m) at Pepsi Florida Relays … Also earned runner-up finishes at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary and UF Tom Jones Memorial.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Prepped at Medical School Draginja Niksic in Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia … Bronze medalist in the javelin throw (178-7/54.43m) at the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships … Bronze medalist in the javelin throw (187-5/57.12m) at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships … Took fifth place in the javelin throw (179-6/54.73m) at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships … Finished third in the javelin at the 2011 Balkan Senior Championships … Competed in the javelin throw at the 2010 IAAF World Junior Championships, placing ninth in her group with a mark of 157-9 (48.10m) … Placed fourth in the javelin at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships … Took second in the javelin at the 2009 Balkan Youth Championships.

MAJOR: Received English degree in December 2017

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Redshirt Junior

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  • 2017Redshirt Senior

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