Kirstin West

Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Palmyra, Pa.
Prev School:
Penn

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Academic Accolades

ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023)
All-ACC Academic Team (2023)
Academic All-American (2022)
NCAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) Representative (2020 – 2022)

Career Accolades

2023 All-ACC Second Team – Javelin
2022 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2020 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heps Team Champion
2019 Outdoor Second-Team All-Ivy (Javelin)
2019 Ivy League Indoor Heps Team Champion
Ninth all-time at Penn in the javelin (44.80m)

2022-23 (Graduate Student)
Outdoor

Took part in the NCAA East Regional and tallied a throw of 43.96m (144-3 feet)
Registered personal best of 47.83m (156-11 feet) in the javelin at the ACC Outdoor Championships, earning All-ACC Second Team honors following a sixth-place finish
Recorded a pair of top-10 placements in the javelin
Placed sixth at the Wake Forest Invite with a toss of 40.29m (132-2 feet)
Opened the season with a fourth-place showing at the Shamrock Invite via a throw of 45.50m (149-3 feet)

2021-22 (Senior)
Outdoor

Competed in the javelin at the NCAA East Regional and recorded a throw of 37.28m (122-4 feet)
Placed fifth at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Championships via a toss off 41.51m (136-2 feet) in the javelin
Finished runner-up in the javelin competition at the Mason Spring Invitational after throwing 42.52m (139-6 feet)
Opened the season with a third-place showing at the Penn Challenge, launching her javelin 43.07m (141-4 feet)

2020-21 (Junior)
Outdoor

Competed in the javelin throw at the Penn Challenge, taking first place and setting a personal-best distance of 44.80m, holding her at ninth in Penn history
Earned a first-place finish at the Quaker Invitational in the javelin with a distance of 40.61m
Wrapped up season at Philly Mets with a second-place throw in javelin of 41.18m

Indoor

All 2020-21 Ivy League winter sports were canceled on November 12 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019-20 (Sophomore)
Outdoor

Did not compete - COVID-19 pandemic

Indoor

Did not compete - COVID-19 pandemic

2018-19 (Freshman)
Outdoor

Competed in six events during the outdoor season, exclusively in the javelin.
Earned second-team All-Ivy honors at Ivy League Outdoor Heps with a mark of 42.07m in the javelin.
Set a PR and moved into ninth-place all-time at the Penn Challenge, launching a throw of 44.50m for a fourth-place finish.
Finished second at the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6) with a mark of 43.05m and third at the Larry Ellis Invitational (April 20), throwing 43.78m.
Placed ninth at the IC4A/ECAC Championship (May 12) with a mark of 42.03m.

High School: Placed third at the Pennsylvania State Championships ... 2017 Pennsylvania state district champion.

Personal: Daughter of Cherri and Aurelio West ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.