Avery Lux

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
Throws
Hometown:
Fort Collins, Colo.
High School:
Fossil Ridge HS
Prev School:
Western Washington

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor
- Weight throw – 56'8.5''
- Shot Put - 44'7.5''
Outdoor
- Discus Throw – 149'1''
- Hammer Throw – 193'1'' (16th in CSU history)
- Shot Put – 44'7''

Lux at the Mountain West Championships
2021
- 4th place, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)

Lux at the GNAC Track & Field Championships
2020
- 6th place, Weight Throw (indoor)
2019
- 10th place, Discus Throw (outdoor)
- 2nd place, Hammer Throw (outdoor)
- 4th place, Weight Throw (indoor)
2018
- 8th place, Hammer Throw (outdoor)

COLORADO STATE
Graduate (2021-22)
(Indoor): Did not compete

Senior (2020-21)
(Indoor): Made CSU debut in the AIr Force Invitational, finishing eighth in the weight throw and 15th in the shot put...Threw a PR of 56'8.5'' in WT at AF Invite for eighth place...Finished sixth in WT and 12th in SP at Wyoming Power Meet...Competed in both WT and SP at Championships at the Peak.
(Outdoor): Appeared in seven meets...Placed fourth in the hammer throw with a mark of 56.86m/186'6'' for an added five points to the team score en route to the men's team title...Recorded the 16th-best hammer throw of 193'1'' for a third-place finish at Doug Max Invitational...Won the hammer throw at Jack Christiansen Invite with a 192'9'' toss...Also took third in the hammer at Sooner Invitational...Made CSU outdoor debut at CSU Pueblo Invite, throwing the hammer, shot put and discus...Finished fifth in the HT at 187'6'' in Pueblo.

BEFORE COLORADO STATE
Western Washington (2017-20)
-2x Academic All-American Qualifier
Junior (2019-20)
(Indoor): Competed in four meets - all just weight throw events...Finished sixth in the GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a PR of 54'8.25''...Helped WWU win the team title.
(Outdoor): Competed in one meet, Puget Sound Ed Boitano Invitational...Won the hammer throw with a PR of 189'0'' and placed fifth in discus with a throw of 130'4''.

Junior (2018-19)
-Voted Most Inspirational and Most Improved
(Indoor): Competed in two meets - both just weight throw events...Finished fourth in the GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a 53'6.5''...Placed sixth at the 2019 Husky Classic...Aided in WWU's team title.
(Outdoor): Competed in 12 meets...Placed second in the HT at GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, while also finishing 10th in DT...Contributed to WWU's team title...Won the discus with a PR of 149'1'' at WWU Team Invitational, while also securing a PR in SP of 44'7'' en route to a third-place finish...Took second in HT at 2019 PLU Open and the 4th Annual Doris Hertiage Track Festival...Placed third in SP and DT at Ed Boitano Invitational...Placed third in DT and HT at WWU Ralph Vernacchia Invitational.

Freshman (2017-18)
(Indoor): Competed in three meets - all just weight throw events.
(Outdoor): Competed in 11 meets...At GNAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships, finished eighth in the hammer throw with a toss of 166'6''...Took third in HT at PLU Open, Ralph Vernacchia Track & Field Meet, and WWU Quad Team Meet...Placed second in HT at Doris Heritage Track Festival...In first outdoor event, finished second in DT at Puget Sound Ed Boitano Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
Attended Fossil Ridge HS in Fort Collins, Colo...Participated in track all four years and played football during freshman year...Holds the third-best discus mark at FRHS at 150'1'' and the fifth-best shot put mark at 46'9''...Placed 11th in the discus at the 2016 CHSAA 5A State Championships...Placed 5th in the shot put at the 2015 Front Range League Championships...Also competed in 200m and long jump...Has competed in the Highland Games every summer since high school...A part of the senior executive board at FRHS and was the junior class vice president...Daughter of John and Kristi Lux...Brother, Austin, and sister, Elizabeth.

High School Personal Bests
Outdoor
- Shot Put – 46'9''
- Discus – 150'1''
- Weight Throw – 43'11''