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Heath Roussel
blank Heath Roussel
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
San Jose, Calif.

High School:
Bellarmin Prep HS

Position:
Throws

1999-2000: Indoors, tossed a personal best in the weight throw (56-1) at the Husker Invite ... Claimed one first-place finish and two third-place finishes in the weight throw, including third at the C-USA meet, throwing 54-10 1/4 ... Recorded personal bests during the outdoor season in both the discus (140-3) and the hammer throw (177-7) ... Took second at the Indiana State Invite in the Hammer, throwing 169-11 ... His throw of 177-7 in the hammer at Long Beach won first place at the meet and second on the All-Time MU charts.

1998-99: Placed sixth in the 35-lb. weight throw at the Conference USA Indoor Championships ...Had the team's second-best mark in that event, 56-0 1/2, the second-best throw in school history ...His toss of 163-8 in the hammer throw was good for sixth at the C-USA Outdoor Championships and placed him fourth all-time at Marquette ...Was third on the team in the discus (130-2 1/2) and fourth in the shot put (38-3).

1997-98: Finished seventh in the hammer throw at the C-USA Outdoor Championships ...Had team's top 35-lb. weight throw indoors ...Had team's second-best outdoor hammer throw (150-9).

HIGH SCHOOL: First team All-West Catholic Athletic League in the discus as a senior with a personal best of 160-0 ...Team won three straight league titles (1995-97).

PERSONAL: Son of Harold and Carol Roussel ...Born on Sept. 19, 1978 ...Majoring in physical therapy and Spanish ...One letter.

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