2009 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Liene Karsuma
- Class:
- Redshirt
- High School:
- Riga's Business College High School
- Hometown:
- Riga, Latvia
CAREER VICTORIES: 5
PERSONAL RECORDS
INDOOR
High Jump: 1.85m/6-0.75, 2008 NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.
HONORS: SEC Indoor All-Freshman Team – 2008.
2008 AS A FRESHMAN: Wins (5): (i) Arkansas Last Chance Qualifier high jump (1.85m/6-0.75); Iowa State Classic high jump – top collegian (1.80m/5-10.75); United Heritage Invitational high jump (1.78m/5-10); Tom Jones Memorial Classic high jump – top collegian (1.75m/5-8.75); Big Ten/SEC Challenge high jump (1.75m/5-8.75) … Best of 1.85m/6-0.75 (high jump) … Competed in seven meets (seven indoor) … Tied UF record and earned automatic entry into NCAA Indoor Championships in high jump with winning height of 1.85m/6-0.75 at Arkansas Last Chance Qualifier … Became just third woman in school history to clear six feet or higher … Placed fourth in high jump at SEC Championships (1.76m/5-9.25) … Broke her own UF freshman record with leap of 1.80m/5-10.75 to finish as top collegian at Iowa State Classic … The effort moved her into third on the school’s all-time indoor chart … Set UF freshman record and moved into fifth on the school’s all-time indoor list with first-place leap of 1.78m/5-10 at United Heritage Invitational … Mark was an NCAA provisional and earned SEC Freshman of the Week honors … Top collegian and overall runner-up in high jump at Tom Jones Memorial Classic (1.75m/5-8.75) … Won high jump at Big Ten/SEC Challenge with jump of 1.75m/5-8.75 in Gator debut.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Best of 1.85m/6-0.75 (high jump) … Owns share of Latvian junior record in high jump … Finished second in high jump at both European Junior Championships and Latvian National Championships in 2007 … Won gold in high jump at 2007 Latvian Junior Championships, as well as Riga Junior Championships.
BEYOND THE STATS: Daughter of Andrejs and Laila Karsuma … Born Jan. 27, 1988 … Brother, Martins, played hockey for Providence Bruins of American Hockey League … Lists hobby as drawing.
MAJOR: Social and Behavioral Sciences
