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Shola Kadiri Class: Senior Hometown: Evanston, Ill. High School: Evanston Township Height: 5-9 Event: Throws Birthdate: 03/16/1980 Experience: 3L

2000-01: Won hammer throw at Conference USA Outdoor Championships with school-record mark of 174-3 ... Recorded five first-place finishes in shot put during outdoor season and three during indoor season ... Placed third in weight throw and fourth in shot put at Conference USA Indoor Championships ... NCAA provisional qualifier in weight throw (58-7.25) ... Named to Spring AD Honor Roll.

1999-2000: Set school indoor records in shot put (47-07.75) and weight throw (59-9.50) ... Also set school's hammer throw mark (162-6.00) during outdoor campaign ... Named C-USA Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (2/9/00) after topping school's weight throw record three consecutive weeks ... Smashed conference records in both shot put and weight throw in winning both events at C-USA Indoor Championships ... Shattered shot put record again at C-USA Outdoor Championships in claiming title ... Also won shot put at seven other meets and weight throw at three during indoor and outdoor seasons.

1998-99: Finished second in weight throw at Wildcat Indoor Speed Meet in collegiate debut ... Won shot put at Bearcat Indoor Open and Murray State Invitational ... Placed third in shot put at C-USA Outdoor Championships.

High School: Illinois state runner-up in shot put and qualifier in discus ... USATF Junior National qualifier in shot put.

Personal: Born Shola Shadiai Kadiri on March 16, 1980 in Chicago, Ill. ... Daughter of Saundra Danmola ... Majoring in psychology ... Post-college ambition is to become an elementary school teacher.