California Golden Bears Athletics
2023 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Anna Purchase
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Senior
- Last School(s):
- Kimberly School/Nebraska
- Hometown:
- Nottingham, England
CAREER HIGHS
Hammer: 73.02m (239-6)
Shot Put (Out): 10.16m (33-4)
Weight: 18.31m (60-1)
2023 (Outdoor): First Team All-American… ended her Golden Bear career as the sixth-best women’s hammer thrower in collegiate history and fourth-best in Pac-12 history… competed in seven meets for Cal… took third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a throw of 71.47m (234-6)… threw the hammer 70.25m (230-6) at the NCAA West Preliminary… placed second at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 68.38m (224-4)… won the hammer competition at the 128th Big Meet with a mark of 69.69m (228-8)… at the Mt. SAC Relays, took second in the elite women’s hammer contest after throwing 69.97m (229-7)… posted a mark of 73.02m (239-7) at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, the second-farthest throw in Division I that season and second-best in British women's history… CSC Academic All-America First Team… USTFCCCA All-Academic.
2023 (Indoor): Appeared in one meet for Cal… competed in the weight throw at the Don Kirby Invitational.
2022 (Outdoor): Competed at the European Athletics Championships… finished seventh in the hammer throw at the Commonwealth Games… won the AAI Games hammer throw competition with her mark of 67.01m (219-19)… finished fifth in the hammer throw at the UK Athletics Championships… First Team All-American… competed in eight meets for Cal… posted a hammer throw mark of 69.34m (227-6), good for seventh place, at the NCAA Outdoor Championships… finished third at the NCAA West Preliminary with her hammer throw of 68.95m (226-2)… took second at the Pac-12 Championships with a distance of 68.93m (226-1) in the hammer throw… won the collegiate division of the hammer throw at the Mt. SAC Relays, posting a mark of 69.56m (228-2)… posted a personal-best hammer throw of 70.63m (231-9) at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, fifth in the NCAA that year, 13th-best all-time and second in program history… set a new meet record in the hammer throw at the Cardinal Classic with her winning distance of 67.25m (220-8)… USTFCCCA All-Academic… CoSIDA Academic All-District… Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Indoor): Competed in three meets for the Bears… at the WSU Invitational, threw the weight 17.20m (56-5.25)… posted a weight throw of 17.17m (56-4) at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational... named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2021 (Outdoor): Took fourth place in the hammer throw with a heave of 65.11m (213-6) while representing Great Britain in the European U23 Championships… competed in seven meets for the Bears... placed fourth in the hammer throw at the Pac-12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships, posting a mark of 62.89m (206-4)… at the Cal-USC Dual, threw the hammer 64.96m (213-1), good for second place… finished third in the hammer throw at the Stanford Invitational with a best throw of 63.18m (207-3)… at the Cal-Sac State Dual, won the hammer throw competition with a personal-record 66.52m (218-3), second all-time in school history, after which she was named the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association NCAA Division I Women’s Athlete of the Week as the first Cal track & field athlete in history to win that award… USTFCCCA All-Academic… made the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2021 (Indoor): Appeared in two meets… took fourth place in the weight throw with a heave of 18.27m (59-11.25) at the Air Force Invitational.
NEBRASKA: Placed second in the hammer throw at the England Athletics U20 Championships... posted a personal best in the weight throw with a toss of 18.31m (60-1) at the 2020 Mark Colligan Memorial... at the 2019 NCAA Division I West Region Preliminaries, threw the hammer 61.18m (200-9).
PERSONAL: Received a master's in cultural studies of sport in education after earning her bachelor's in media studies… daughter of Colin Purchase and Penelope Rose… aunt competed in track & field at Cambridge University.
