2021-22 Track & Field / XC Roster
Roster
Maines, Latavia

Latavia Maines
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Centralia, Ill.
- High School:
- Centralia
Bio

Personal Records
Indoor Track
- Shot Put: 18.00m (2022) - School Record
- Weight Throw: 15.87m (2019)
Outdoor Track
- Shot Put: 18.71m (2021) - School Record
- Discus Throw: 41.35m (2018)
- Hammer Throw: 40.93m (2019)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2022 - Shot Put - 4th - 17.28m
- 2021 - Shot Put - 1st - 17.81m
- 2020 - Shot Put - 1st - 16.84m
Outdoor Track
- 2022 - Shot Put - 3rd - 17.86m
- 2021 - Shot Put - 1st - 18.71m
NCAA Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2022 - Shot Put - 3rd - 17.75m
Outdoor Track
- 2021 - Shot Put - 5th - 17.79m
HONORS
- 2022 Outdoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Shot Put
- 2022 Outdoor All-SEC Second Team - Shot Put
- 2022 Outdoor SEC Bronze Medalist - Shot Put
- 2022 Indoor USTFCCCA First Team All-America - Shot Put
- 2021 Outdoor USTFCCCA First Team All-America - Shot Put
- 2021 Outdoor All-SEC First Team
- 2021 Outdoor SEC Champion - Shot Put
- 2021 Indoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Shot Put
- 2021 Indoor All-SEC First Team
- 2021 Indoor SEC Champion - Shot Put
- 2020 Indoor USTFCCCA All-America - Shot Put
- 2020 Indoor All-SEC First Team
- 2020 Indoor SEC Champion - Shot Put
- 2019 Outdoor USTFCCCA NJCAA All-America - Shot Put
- 2019 Indoor USTFCCCA NJCAA All-America - Shot Put
- 2018 Outdoor USTFCCCA NJCAA All-America - Shot Put
- 2018 Indoor USTFCCCA NJCAA All-America - Shot Put
2022 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Garnered USTFCCCA Second Team All-America honors with a 12th-place finish in the shot put, throwing 16.96m (55-7.75) (6/10)
- Finished third at the NCAA East Prelims with a top throw of 17.81m (58-5.25), qualifying for her second NCAA Outdoor Championships (5/26)
- Placed third in shot put with an outdoor season-best toss of 17.86m (58-7.25) at the SEC Championships (5/13)
- Brought home a second-place finish in women's shot put at the 126th Penn Relays as she threw 17.51m (57-5.5) (4/30)
- Placed third in shot put at the Crimson Tide Invite with a throw of 16.99m (55-9) (4/23)
- Earned a win in women's shot put at the 54th Tennessee Relays, throwing 17.18m (56-4.5) (4/8)
- Earned USTFCCCA First Team All-America accolades with a third-place finish in the women's shot put at the NCAA Indoor National Championships (3/12)
- Placed third in shot put at NCAAs with a top throw of 17.75m (58-3) (3/12)
- Scored points for the Lady Vols with her fourth-place finish in shot put at the SEC meet (2/26), throwing 17.28m (56-8.5)
- Threw a distance of 18.00m (59-0.75) to break her indoor school record in women's shot put at the Music City Challenge (2/12)
- Heaved 16.44m (53-11.25) to win the women's shot put competition at Clemson's Bob Pollock Meet (1/29)
- Opened the season with a win in shot put at the Hokie Invite (1/22), tossing 17.08m (56-0.5)
2021 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Finished 11th at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, throwing a mark of 17.40 meters (57-1) in the final
- Launched a mark of 17.79 meters (58-4.5) at the NCAA Championships (6/10) to place fifth and claim First Team All-America honors
- Qualified for outdoor nationals with a fourth-place outing at the NCAA East Prelims (5/27), throwing 17.49 meters (57-4.75)
- Shattered the Tennessee and SEC Championship meet records in the shot put with a sixth-round toss of 18.71 meters (61-4.75) to claim her third individual conference title (5/14)
- Achieved first place in the shot put at the Tennessee Challenge (5/1) with a mark of 16.95 meters (55-7.5)
- Placed first in the shot put at the Virginia Challenge (4/17) with her mark of 17.79 meters (58-4.5)
- Broke her own program record in the shot put at the Tennessee Relays (4/9), heaving a winning throw of 17.96 meters (58-11.25)
- Made her first outdoor appearance as a Lady Vol at the FSU Relays (3/25), recording an NCAA-leading mark of 17.73 meters (58-2)
- Earned Second Team All-America honors in her NCAA indoor nationals debut, placing 12th in the shot put with a throw of 16.28 meters (53-5)
- Claimed gold at the SEC Championships (2/27) in the shot put with a new school record and personal-best throw of 17.81 meters (58-3.75), becoming the first woman in UT history to win back-to-back indoor shot put titles and the No. 4 shot putter in the country on the 2020-21 NCAA indoor performance list
- Took first place in her eighth-straight meet at the Tiger Paw Invite (2/12), heaving a distance of 17.29 meters (56-8.75) in the shot put
- Was the top collegiate finisher in the shot put at the Hokie Invitational (1/23) and Bob Pollock Meet (1/30), recording respective marks of 16.18m and 15.67m
- Recorded her fifth consecutive victory in the shot put at the Commodore Indoor (1/16), launching the metal sphere 16.40 meters (53-9.75) in her season opener
2020 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor
- Did not compete, as the 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis
- Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships (2/14) with her season-best shot put throw of 17.49 meters (57-4.75), ranking 7th in the country
- Took home the SEC shot put crown with a throw of 16.84 meters (55-3), becoming the fourth Lady Vol to ever win SEC indoor shot put gold (2/28)
- Extended her SEC lead in the women's shot put with a throw of 17.49m (57-4.75) to win the event at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/14)
- Picked up her second consecutive shot put victory at the Texas Tech Invite (2/1), tossing a mark of 16.55m (54-3.75)
- Led the SEC with her shot put throw of 17.23m (56-6.5) at Virginia Tech, the No. 4 mark in school history (1/18)
- Made her Tennessee debut with a 16.68m (54-8.75) shot put performance at the Tennessee-Indiana Duals (1/11)
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Four-time junior college All-American shot put thrower for Barton County (Kan.) Community College
- Helped Barton CC to an indoor national championship in 2019
- 2018 NJCAA outdoor shot put national runner-up for Barton CC
- Competing for Centralia High School, was a two-time Illinois state champ in shot put
PERSONAL
- Completed degree in Communication Studies in May 2022
- Recipient of the Cindy & Rick Bernstein Academic Enrichment Fund
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