Andrea Kassees
Andrea Kassees
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Waukesha, Wis.
  • High School:
    North
  • Position:
    Throws
  • Major:
    Business Administration, Marketing
  • Indoor/Outdoor:
    Indoor/Outdoor

Bio

2015 Season (Senior): Competed in the shot put, discus, hammer and weight throws...INDOOR: Set the school record in the weight throw after tossing 14.93 meters at the Carthage Final Qualifier (Mar. 6)...Tossed a personal-best 11.82 meters in the shot put at the Wisconsin Private College Invite (Jan. 17)...Placed second in the weight throw at the NACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 28), landing a throw of 14.24 meters...Posted a fourth-place finish in the shot put at the NACC Championships with a toss of 10.92 meters...Placed second in the weigh throw at the Tadd Metzger Invite (Jan. 30), recording 14.07 meters...Finished fourth in the weight throw at the UW-Platteville Invitational (Feb. 14) with a mark of 14.78 meters...OUTDOOR: Set the school record in the hammer throw with a toss of 44.96 meters at the Dr. Keeler Invitational (May 7-8)...Was the third time throughout the season she set the school mark in the hammer throw...Placed third in the hammer throw at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 1-2)...Also placed fourth in the shot put and discus throw at the NACC Championships, landing tosses of 11.40 meters and 38.32 meters, respectively...Recorded a PR in the discus throw at the Augustana Meet of Champions (Apr. 17) with a toss of 39.41 meters...Placed seventh in the discus at the Wisconsin Private College Championships (Apr. 25)...Finished eighth in the both the discus and hammer throws at the Rex Foster Invitational (Apr. 3)...Posted a fifth-place finish in the discus, landing a toss of 38.82 meters at the Rhodes Invitational (Mar. 20-21).

2014 Season (Junior): Competed in the shot put, discus throw, hammer throw and weight throw... INDOOR: Competed at seven events...Earned a pair of top-three finishes at the NACC Indoor Championships (Mar. 1) in the shot put and weight throw, respectively...Placed second in the weight throw with a PR time of 13.73 meters and added a third-place finish in the shot put with a toss of 11.40 meters...Won both the weight throw and shot put (Non-Division I) at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Tune-Up (Feb. 22)...Placed sixth in the shot put and weight throws at the Keck Invitational (Feb. 7-8) with throws of 11.36 and 13.45 meters, respectively...OUTDOOR: Competed at eight meets...Placed second in the hammer throw at the NACC Outdoor Championships (May 2-3) with a PR throw of 41.14 meters, topping her previous best by 3.5 meters...Added a fourth-place finish in the shot put at the NACC Championships...Finished third in both the shot put and discus throws, as well as fourth in the hammer throw at the Beloit Relays (Apr. 25-26)...Finished in the top six in all three events at the Carroll University Invite (Apr. 5)...Finished fourth in the discus throw at the Benedictine Eagle Invite (Apr. 12) with a mark of 39.26 meters.

2012-13: Did not compete in track & field. 

2011-12 (Sophomore): Placed second in the discus at the Northern Athletics Conference meet...Also placed fourth in the hammer throw.

2010-11 (Freshman): Earned two top-five finishes at the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor meet...Earned a third place finish in the discus...Also placed fourth in the weight throw...Earned a fourth-place finish at the shot put at the outdoor conference meet. 

High School (Waukesha North): Earned four varsity letters in track & field...Went to the WIAA State meet in the shot put and discus for two years...Was a WIAA scholar athlete...Also lettered in basketball for two years.

Personal: Parents are Ken and Kay...Has one brother, Alex.