2017-18 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Lea Riedel
- Position:
- Combined Events
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Esslingen, Germany
- High School:
- Wirtemberg Gymnasium
Career Highlights |
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2017-18 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team |
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2018 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Finished fifth in the shot put in her outdoor debut at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (3/24) and became the No. 8 performer in KU history with a mark of 14.56 meters (47-9.25 ft.) … Won the shot put at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) with a mark of 13.82 meters (45-4.25 ft.) … Improved her standing from the No. 8 performer to No. 7 with a mark of 14.60 meters (47-10.75 ft.) at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) to finish fifth in the open section of the shot put … Placed fifth in the shot put at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a mark of 13.97 meters (45-10 ft.) … Finished eighth in the shot put at the Big 12 Championship (5/11-13) with a career-best mark of 15.24 meters (50-0 ft.) to become the No. 7 performer in KU history in the event … Placed 41st in the shot put at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-26) with a mark of 14.65 meters (48-0.75 ft.).
2018 INDOOR (Fr.)
Won the shot put in her career debut at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) with a throw of 13.98 meters (45-10.5 ft.) … Finished fifth in the shot put at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) with a mark of 14.04 meters (46-0.75 ft.) … Finished ninth in the long jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a mark of 5.22 meters (17-1.5 ft.) … Finished fourth in the shot put at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) with a throw of 14.02 meters (46-0 ft.) … Finished eighth at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 14.34 meters (47-0.75 ft.).
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-time letterwinner in track & field and gymnastics at Wirtemberg Gymnasium … Four-time champion of Baden-Wurttemberg in 2016 in the long jump, 100-meter hurdles and the shot put … Three-time champion of South-Germany in 2016 in the 100-meter hurdles and shot put … Three-time German-Vice Champion in the heptathlon in 2013, 2014 and 2015 … 2016 shot put German Champion.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Gerhard and Barbara Riedel … Sister to Inka.