Van Klinken Named Pac-12 Women’s Field Athlete of the Year
SAN FRANCISCO - Throws U added another accolade Wednesday afternoon with the Pac-12 Conference Office awarding first-year Sun Devil Jorinde van Klinken Women's Field Athlete of the Year for her dominant performances in both the discus and shot put all season. The Assen, Netherlands, native brought home the conference discus title and finished second in the shot put at last weekend's Pac-12 Track Championships. She leads the NCAA in the disc throw and ranks 12th in the shot.
Jorinde van Klinken's NCAA-leading toss at the Pac-12 Championships won the discus by almost 19 feet and moved her to No. 5 on the Pac-12's all-time list. She's the Pac-12 Women's Field Athlete of the Year.
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Jorinde van Klinken completed the season sweep with her Pac-12 Championship victory!
She's won every single discus competition of her Sun Devil career, and now has the best mark in the NCAA. ?? pic.twitter.com/iJtogl2UE4
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Van Klinken is the fourth Sun Devil to win the award, and ASU has been awarded the honor six times, last in 2018 when Magdalyn Ewen won it for the second consecutive season. The Sun Devils have nine Pac-12 field athlete of the year awards across both genders.
Van Klinken competed in six outdoor meets this season, and every final mark from each competition earned her a top-five all-time program mark. Her winning 62.58m/205-4 from the championships was an 11-foot PR and moved her to second all-time behind Leslie Deniz who threw 64.94/213-01 in 1983.
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Jorinde van Klinken just threw the disc 62.58m/205-3! That's a nine foot, four inch PR! She takes Maggie Ewen's second-place spot on the all-time list!! ???? pic.twitter.com/UAXLrgRWCN
— Sun Devil TFXC (@SunDevilTFXC) May 17, 2021
Four of her final six shot put tosses would've put her in the ASU top-7. Her best mark was 17.64m/57-10.5 from April 3 and ranks fifth all-time.
Van Klinken and the Sun Devils head to College Station, Texas, next week for the NCAA West Prelims hosted by Texas A&M.