Aymara Albury

Aymara Albury

Event:
Throws

Hometown:
Nassau, Bahamas

Class:
Senior

High School:
St. Augustine's College

Career Best Marks: 
Shot Put — 56-01.00* 
Weight Throw — 59-01.00 
Hammer Throw — 179-04.00  

Alabama Highlights: 

JUNIOR – 2005

Finished 17th in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a throw of 49-10.00
Finished third in the shot put at the NCAA MidEast Regional Championships
Second team All-SEC in the shot put
Took second in the shot put behind teammate Beth Mallory at the SEC Championships
Won the shot put at the LSU Alumni Gold and the Alabama Relays
Posted five top-5 finishes in the shot put
Posted four top-5 finishes in the hammer throw
Posted the Tide’s best shot put throw of the season at the Mississippi
Invitational with a 55-00.75 effort
Posted a career best hammer throw at the Mississippi Invitational with a throw of 179-04
Redshirted the indoor season

Summer – 2004

Named the Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations Junior Female Athlete of the Year
Competed for the Bahamas at the World Junior Championships in the shot put, finishing 11th overall
Set the Bahamian Junior and Senior national record in the shot put

SOPHOMORE – 2004

Competed in the shot put at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
Sixth in the shot put at the NCAA Mideast Regional with a throw of 52-05.5
Shattered the school shot put record at the SEC Championships with a throw of 56-01, more than two feet better than Hanna Gylfadottir’s 1992 record, taking second place
Competed for the Bahamas at the 2004 Carifta Games, April 9-11, winning double gold in the shot put and discus
Competed at the 2004 NCAA Indoor Championships, finishing ninth in the first flight of the shot put and 18th overall with a throw of 49 feet and 5.5 inches
Added six feet to her career best shot put mark over the course of the season
Career best weight throw of 59-01 at the ISU Classic
Won the shot put at the LSU Invitational and the Crimson Classic during the outdoor season
Won the shot put at the FastTimes Invitational and LSU Twilight during the indoor season
Academic All-SEC

Summer – 2003

Competed for her native Bahamas at the Carifta Track and Field Games
Gold medalist in the shot put at the Carifta Games, posting a throw of13.62m
Bronze medalist in the discus at the Carifta Games with a throw of 39.80m
Earned a spot on the Bahamian Junior Pan-American Games, the Pan-American Games and Senior Central American and Caribbean teams, but did not compete due to a foot injury
Finalist for the Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations Junior Female Athlete of the Year

Freshman – 2003

Fifteenth in the shot put at the NCAA MidEast Regional Outdoor
Championships with a toss of 14.63m
Placed 7th in the shot put at the SEC Outdoor Championships, as well as the SEC Indoor Championships
Competed in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships
Scored a season best 50-09.25 in the shot put at the SEC Indoor Championships
Academic All-SEC

Prep Highlights:

Coached by Bradley Cooper at St. Augustine’s College
Member of the Bahamian World Youth Champion team in 2001
Bahamian National High School Champion in shot put and discus in 2000, 2001 and 2002
Bahamian National High School Record holder in the discus
Was also a standout swimmer in high school
At the Carifta Championships took sec ond in the discus in 2002
Took fifth in the shot put at the Carifta Championships in 2000, 2001 and 2002

Personal:

University of Alabama Athletics