SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – After a historical outdoor season, North Dakota thrower Kenna Curry earned the title of Summit League Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, the conference announced Monday. She was also the Summit League Women's Indoor Field Athlete of the Year the past two seasons.

Curry etched her name in school history at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and earned First Team All-America status in the hammer throw, where she placed seventh with a personal-best toss of 223-7 (68.16m). She is just the second Fighting Hawk in UND's Division I history to gain first-team accolades, joining Molli Detloff, who finished sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 222-11 (67.94m) at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Curry bettered her own school record on her first throw at nationals with a PR toss of 223-7 (68.16m). That throw held up for the seventh-place finish and bettered her previous record mark of 223-1 (68.01m), which she set at the Summit League Outdoor Championships in May. Entering the national meet, Curry ranked No. 11 nationally in the event.

The thrower from Elk Point, S.D., qualified for the national championship meet with a hammer throw toss of 208-2 (63.44m) at the NCAA West Preliminary Round and had the 10th-best throw in the event. She also finished 24th in the shot put (51-3, 15.62m) and 29th in the discus (170-9, 52.05m) at the NCAA West Regional. By throwing the hammer, shot put and discus at the regional, Curry became the first student-athlete in program history to compete in all three events at the regional in the same year.

At the Summit League Outdoor Championships, Curry led the UND field athletes with three All-Summit League performances. She was the gold medalist in both the hammer throw (223-1, 68.01m) and shot put (51-6 1/4, 15.70m) and was the silver medalist in the discus (163-7, 49.86m). Her mark in the hammer throw broke the school record at the time and shattered the conference meet record. The previous hammer throw program record was owned by Detloff, who set it at 222-1 (67.94m) at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Curry's hammer throw mark also bettered the conference meet record of 217-6 (66.29m), which was set by Maddy Niles of North Dakota State in 2022. At the conclusion of the conference meet, Curry was named the Field Championship M.V.P.

During the regular season, Curry set a shot put school record with a throw of 53-8 1/4 (16.36m) and recorded the No. 5 mark in the discus in program history with a toss of 172-2 (52.48m). She also captured eight throwing titles during the season. She was also the Summit League Peak Performer of the Month in both May and June.

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