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Ainsley Wiesner

Ainsley Wiesner

  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Lake Forest, Ill.
  • High School:
    Lake Forest
  • Major:
    Geology
  • Events:
    Throws

Named CSC Academic All-District® for the 2022-23 academic year … Two-time member of the NCAC Academic Honor Roll.

2023 Outdoor: Broke the school hammer throw record three separate times on the season, finishing with a mark of 159 feet, 10 inches at the dual meet against Denison (April 12) … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week on March 20 following a hammer toss of 136 feet, 2 inches, which was a school record at the time … Made both hammer and javelin finals at NCAC Championships (May 5-6), placing fifth in hammer (149 feet even) and eighth in javelin (81 feet even) … Won javelin against Denison with a collegiate-best toss of 121 feet, 1 inch … Had pair of collegiate bests during dual meet with Oberlin (April 8), hitting marks of 36 feet, 7.5 inches in shot put and 101 feet, 1 inch in discus … Shot put mark against Oberlin was good for 10th in program history in the event … Also won javelin against Oberlin with a throw of 94 feet, 9 inches … Overall, competed in nine meets.

2023 Indoor: Broke the school record in the weight throw six separate times on the season, eventually finishing with a top mark of 51 feet, 3 inches at the Polar Bear Final Qualifier (March 4) … Final school record mark was good for a runner-up finish at ONU’s last chance meet … Made finals of both shot put and weight throw at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25) … Finished fourth overall in weight throw (50 feet, 9.25 inches) and ninth in shot put (36 feet, 0.75 inches) at NCACs … Won weight throw twice on the season, at the Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17) with a mark of 50 feet, 4.5 inches and in the dual meet against Denison (Jan. 26) with a mark of 50 feet, 0.75 inches … Both wins marked school records at the time … Overall, competed in eight meets.

2022 Volleyball: Missed season due to injury.

2022 Outdoor: Competed in eight meets … Capped year with collegiate-best mark of 122 feet, 7 inches in the hammer throw at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Also competed in the shot put and javelin at NCAC meet … NCAC shot put best of 33 feet, 4.5 inches marked a season-long … Opened outdoor slate with new javelin collegiate-best of 102 feet, 8 inches at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19).

2022 Indoor: Competed in five meets … Ended year with new collegiate-best of 42 feet, 4.25 inches in the weight throw, with that mark coming at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Placed 10th in the conference in the weight throw … Won the shot put at Kenyon (Feb. 18) with collegiate-best toss of 33 feet, 5.25 inches.

2021 Volleyball: Did not log any game action.

2021 Outdoor: Competed in the preliminary flights of the javelin at the NCAC Championships (May 9) … Logged a collegiate-best of 93 feet, 11 inches in the javelin at the Marty Goldberg Gator Invitational (April 23) … Competed in four meets.

2021 Indoor: Competed in both meets … Opened collegiate career with fourth-place finishes in the high jump (4 feet, 9.75 inches) and long jump (13 feet, 11.5 inches) at Wittenberg (Feb. 26).

2020-21 Volleyball: Did not compete.

Prior to Wooster: Prepped for Tia Rupnik in volleyball and Steve Clegg in track and field at Lake Forest High School … Helped volleyball team to a regional appearance as a senior and was part of a conference championship track and field team as a first-year ... Two-time all-conference performer in track & field.

Personal: Parents are Bryan and Tiffany Wiesner … Geology major … Keck Geology Consortium intern … Stream commentator for volleyball.