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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2026 Track & Field Roster

Avonlea Edwards (She/Her)

  • Position Throws
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Hermiston, Ore.
  • High School Hermiston HS

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS:

Indoor:

Shot Put – 32-11.00 (10.03m) – EOU HS Invite (2/24/24)
Weight Throw – 35-02.00 (10.71m) – EOU HS Invite (2/24/24)

Outdoor:

Shot Put – 36-06.75 (11.14m) – District 8 Championships – 3A/4A (5/19/23)
Discus – 127-01 (38.73m) – WIAA 2A, 3A, 4A State Championship Meet (5/25/23)
Hammer – 140-06 (42.82m) – USATF Region 13 Junior Olympic Championships (7/4/24)
 

HERMISTON HIGH SCHOOL:

All-conference thrower in 2023…Two-time Field Athlete of the Year at her high school…Also lettered in basketball (two years) and volleyball (three years) in addition to track & field (four years).
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Stephanie and Vernon Edwards…Has two brothers, Cassius and Grayson Edwards…Aunt Alissa Simmons (nee Edwards) used to play basketball at the University of Oregon…Honors medal recipient academically in high school…Lists playing bass guitar, piano, singing, reading, playing beach volleyball and swimming as hobbies/interests…Wants to become a radiologist or radiologist technician after some years as a travel EMT…Plans on majoring in pre-med.
 
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