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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Carlyssa King

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Maroa-Forsyth
  • Hometown Decatur, Ill.

Biography

Has earned three letters (2023, 2024, 2025) 

Career Bests
60m -- 8.95 (January 22, 2022, I 55 Tri)
100m -- 14.62 (April 15-16, 2022, Redbird Challenge)
200m -- 30.49 (January 22, 2022, I 55 Tri)
400m -- 1:12.97 (April 2, 2022, Big Blue Alumni Invite)
Shot put -- 38’7”, 11.76m (February 21, 2025, Friday Night Tri Invitational)
Weight throw -- 57’9.75”, 17.62m (February 7-8, 2025, Keck Select)
Hammer throw -- 177’0”, 53.94m (April 11-12, 2025, Normal Invite)
Javelin throw -- 83’9”, 25.52m (April 15-16, 2022, Redbird Challenge)

Conference Awards
CCIW Field Athlete of the Week (April 16, 2025)
All-CCIW (2024, 2025)
Indoor All-CCIW
  • Weight throw - 15.18m - 5th (2024)
  • Weight throw -15.69m - 3rd (2025)
Outdoor All-CCIW
  • Hammer throw - 53.05m - 4th (2024)
  • Hammer throw - 53.42m - 1st (2025)
National Awards
USTFCCCA All-America
  • Hammer throw - Second Team - 16th (2024)
  • Weight throw - Second Team - 16th (2025)
USTFCCCA All-Region
  • Hammer throw (2025)
Academic Awards
Academic All-CCIW (2025)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2025)

2024-25: Earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-American honors by finishing 20th in the weight throw at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championships … USTFCCCA All-Region Selection in hammer throw … Qualified for the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships in hammer throw … Had indoor bests of 11.76m in the shot put and 17.62m in the weight throw … Earned All-CCIW honors in the weight throw by finishing third at the CCIW Indoor Championships … Had an outdoor best of 52.94m in the hammer throw … Crowned CCIW Outdoor Champion in hammer throw … Finished her career on the program’s all-time top-10 list seventh in the indoor shot put, first in the weight throw, and first in hammer throw … Named a team co-captain ... Spring Academic All-CCIW ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ...

2023-24: Had indoor bests of 15.18m in the weight throw and 9.98m in the shot put ... Had outdoor bests of 10.17m in the shot put and 53.05m in the hammer throw … Earned All-CCIW honors indoors with a fifth-place finish in the weight throw where she threw a new personal best of 15.18m … Earned All-CCIW honors outdoors with a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw at the CCIW Outdoor Championships where her personal best throw of 53.05m secured her bid to the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships … Earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-America status with a 16th-place finish at the Outdoor National Championships … Has the second furthest throw in program history in the hammer throw (53.05m) and ranks in the program’s all-time top 5 in the weight throw … 
 
2022-23: Had indoor bests of 43' 0.25" in the weight throw and 30' 4.75" in the shot put ... Had outdoor bests of 139’6” in the hammer throw and 77’4” in the javelin throw … 

2021-22: Had indoor bests of 8.95 in the 60m dash and 30.49 in the 200m dash … Had outdoor bests of 14.62 in the 100m, 1:12.97 in the 400m, and 83’9” in the javelin throw …

HIGH SCHOOL: At Maroa-Forsyth High School ... Letterwinner in volleyball where she played right side and outside positions … Letterwinner in track and field … Voted as captain her senior year … Competed in state her sophomore year and placed sixth in the 4x100m and placed ninth in the 4x200m … Went to state her senior year and placed second in both the 4x100m and 4x200m … Helped various churches with clinics … 

PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology at Illinois Wesleyan … Other interests include shopping, organizing things, and spending time with family and friends … Father, Jason King, is an Illinois Wesleyan alum and was a part of the football program for two years …

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior