Adelaide Aquilla Explained

Adelaide Aquilla
Birth Date:3 March 1999
Birth Place:Westlake, Ohio, U.S.
Country:United States
Sport:Athletics
Event:Shot put
Pb:Shot put: 19.64m (Eugene, 2022)
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Adelaide Aquilla (pronounced ah-quill-ah, born March 3, 1999) is an American athlete who specialises in the shot put.[1]

Early life

From Westlake, Ohio, she attended Magnificat High School before attending Ohio State University where she was coached by Ashley Kovacs, wife of Olympian shot putter Joe Kovacs.[2]

Career

Aquilla was a 2019 NCAA outdoor qualifier in the shot put and finished 12th with a personal best outdoor toss of 16.59m to earn second-team All-America honors. In 2021 she was successful in defending the title of Big Ten Conference indoor shot put champion, winning at the 2020 meet with a personal best toss of 17.82 meters, and in 2021 she set another personal best with a throw of 19.12m. She was a 2020 NCAA indoor All-American in the shot with the nation’s third-longest throw. In 2021 Aquilla won both indoor and outdoor NCAA titles and she was named Ohio State’s female athlete of the year alongside Justin Fields as her male counterpart.[3] [4] [5]

On June 24, 2021 Aquilla finished in third place at the US Olympic trails to secure a place at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics with a throw of 18.95m in Eugene, Oregon behind Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey.[6]

Aquilla won additional NCAA championships at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2022 and the Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2023, setting a collegiate record with a throw of 19.64 meters in the former.[7]

In November 2023, Aquila won a bronze medal in the shot put at the Pan American games held in Santiago, Chile.[8]

She finished sixth in the shot put at the 2024 Diamond League event 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme in Rabat.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Adelaide AQUILLA | Profile . worldathletics.org.
  2. Web site: Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Qualifies For Tokyo Olympics . si.com . Andrew Lind . June 25, 2021 . June 25, 2021.
  3. Web site: Adelaide Aquilla . May 21, 2018 . Ohio State Buckeyes.
  4. Web site: Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Wins NCAA Outdoor National Championship . Andrew . Lind . Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More.
  5. Web site: Justin Fields, Adelaide Aquilla Named Ohio State's Athletes Of The Year | Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More . www.si.com.
  6. Web site: U.S. Track & Field Trials Day 7: Live updates, results, highlights | NBC Olympics . www.nbcolympics.com.
  7. Web site: Ohio State's Adelaide Aquilla sets program record, wins 4th NCAA championship in shot put.
  8. Web site: Spectacular day of athletics at the Panam Games with Marileidy Paulino and Renan Correa as the main protagonists . Insidethegames . November 6, 2023 . David Rubio . Salguero . November 3, 2023.
  9. Web site: Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results. Watch Athletics. 20 May 2024. 19 May 2024.