Personal information | |
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Nationality | American |
Born | 27 May 2000 |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Discus throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Discus: 67.17 (Ramona, 2024) |
Veronica Fraley (born 27 May 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw.[1]
She is from Wakefield, North Carolina, and attended Wakefield High School.[2] As a junior Fraley lead the state in the Shot Put, Discus and Hammer Throw. She committed to Clemson University in October 2017.[3] She later attended Vanderbilt University.[4]
She threw a personal best 53.57m in the discus at the Penn Relays in May 2018. That spring she also won the Bojangles Track and Field Classic and before the Pepsi Florida Relays.[5] In June 2019, she finished second at the USATF U20 championships.[6]
She won the women's discus throw with a personal-best 62.30m at the USATF Throws Festival in Tucson, Arizona.[7] In July 2022, she competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[8]
Competing for Vanderbilt University, she became the first female athlete to win the discus throw competition for Vanderbilt at the Southeastern Conference Championships, throwing a lifetime-best of 62.84m in Baton Rouge in May 2023.[9] In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[10]
In April 2024, she set a new personal best of 67.17 metres at the Oklahoma Throws Series meeting in Ramona.[11]
Farley can bench press 350lbs.[12]