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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Emma Ljungberg

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • High School Tessin
  • Hometown Nyk?ping, Sweden

Biography

2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention

Personal Best Marks

Outdoors:
Shot Put: 32 ft - 10.25 in. (10.01m) (Jim Bush Invite 3/22/16)
Discus Throw: 168 ft. - 9 in. (51.43m) (Jim Click Shootout 4/08/17)
Hammer Throw: 163 ft. - 6 in. (49.83m) (ASU Duel in the Desert 4/30/16)
 
2017
Indoors: Did not compete in the indoor season …
Outdoors: Competed in seven discus throw events, finishing in the top three on three outings … Threw a personal best 186-9 mark at the Jim Click Shootout to place third … Tossed a 164 at the TCU Big 5 Classic to place third … Threw a 163 at the NCAA West Prelims … Took second at the Duel in the Desert with a 158-8 mark … 

2016: Did not compete during the indoor season, Ljungberg participated in three separate events in the discus throw, hammer throw, and shot put over the course of her freshman season. She competed in the discus throw in a total of seven meets where she placed in the top-8 for six of the seven events. Ljungberg placed sixth with a mark of 165 ft. - 0 in. (50.29m) at the Pac-12 Championships and set her personal best when she took second place at the Jim Bush Invite with a mark of 166 ft. - 1 in. (50.62m). In the hammer throw, she set her personal best with a mark of 163 ft. - 6 in. (49.83m) at the ASU Duel in the Desert where she placed fourth. She marked 32 ft - 10.25 in. (10.01m) at the Jim Bush Invite where she set a personal best in the shot put and placed seventh.

2015: Redshirted during the indoor and outdoor seasons.

HIGH SCHOOL: Ljungberg did not compete for her school in Sweden, they compete for clubs … She had a persona-best toss of 165-1 (50.32m) in the discus.

PERSONAL: She is the daughter of Bengt Andersson and Maria Ljungberg … She has one brother … Has not declared a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Throws
    5'10"
  • 2015-16Redshirt Freshman

    Throws
    5'10"
  • 2016-17Redshirt Sophomore

    Throws
    5'10"
  • 2017-18Redshirt Junior

    Throws
    5'10"
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