Antonia Susnjar
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Hometown:
- Split, Croatia
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- Year:
- Junior
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- High School:
- Vladmir Nazor
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- Previous College:
- Western Kentucky
Bio
Antonia is a strong and talented thrower who hails from Croatia, and is a transfer to Tennessee Tech after throwing her first two collegiate years at Western Kentucky University...with collegiate and international experience, she can immediately challenge for both school and conference records.
Coach Angel on Antonia: Antonia brings a wealth of international experience. She is a veteran in the javelin who has competed internationally as well as in the Sun Belt and Conference USA. She will provide immediate scoring for Tech in the javelin at the OVC championships.
BEFORE TECH: Antonia was a bronze medalist in the javelin at the Conference USA Championships in 2015, and owns a personal-best throw of 139 feet (42.36m), a mark she achieved at the Kentucky Relays (April 19, 2014) as a freshman...also had a toss of 138' 9" a week later at the Arkansas State Red Wolf Open...her best javelin toss as a sophomore came with a third-place finish at the C-USA meet (May 17) meet at 136' 8"
HIGH SCHOOL: Antonia was a standout for the track team in her high school, ranking second in the country in the shot put...helped her 4x100m relay team rank second in the nation...earned a spot on her national team.
PERSONAL: The daughter of Ante and Bozenka Susnjar...born July 22, 1994 in Split, Croatia...majoring in molecular biology.
News mentions
Three Golden Eagles scored points Friday with Top 8 efforts, and Tennessee Tech qualified runners for the finals on Saturday in three additional events on the first day of the 2016 Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Tennessee State University.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team is looking for the fun it has enjoyed throughout the season to continue this weekend when it heads to Nashville to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team heads to Lexington, Ky., this weekend to compete at the Kentucky Relays, the final tune up for coach Wayne Angel’s team before the Ohio Valley Conference Championships the following weekend.
Golden Eagle track & field team wins five events, breaks four school records in a successful outing at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkeley.
A lineup of 14 members of the Tennessee Tech track & field team will be in California this weekend to compete on an extremely high level at the Brutus Hamilton Open, led by three runners who return to their home state to showcase their abilities.
Competing on two fronts yielded some sensational results for the Golden Eagle track & field team, with four first place performances, two school records, nine personal-best efforts and an historical first for the program.
Tennessee Tech runners and throwers set four more school records Saturday at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational, including a mark by D'Airrien Jackson in winning the 400-meter dash that is close to the Olympic Trials qualifying standard.
The assault on the school record books proved successful during the indoor season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, and now coach Wayne Angel’s team turns its focus to the outdoor season, which gets underway this weekend at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
The school record book, as well as the list of individual personal best efforts, continues to undergo a transformation for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, with one more school mark and seven PR efforts falling Saturday on the final day of the Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt.
After setting one school record and two personal best marks Friday night to open action at the Vanderbilt Invitational, the Tennessee Tech women's track & field team added another school record and five more career topping efforts Saturday to wrap up the squad's third weekend of action during the indoor season.
The Tennessee Tech women’s track & field team returns to action Sunday to compete in the Ed Temple Invitational at Tennessee State University. Second-year coach Wayne Angel sees more school records and career-best performances on the horizon from his squad.
Tennessee Tech runners broke four school records Saturday, including marks that had stood for 18 and 15 years, when the Golden Eagles opened the 2015-16 indoor season at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.
What promises to be an exciting, record-breaking season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team gets underway Saturday when coach Wayne Angel takes a squad of 20 athletes to Nashville to compete in the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.