Torie Owers Class: Freshman Hometown: Athens, Ga. High School: Athens Academy Event: Throws Experience: HS

High School: Led the nation with a throw of 52-6.00 in the shot put as a senior ... also ninth in the country in the discus with a best of 159-6 ... member of the 2012 USA Today All-USA track & field team ... finished second in the shot put at the USA Junior Championships in June 2012 (50-4.75) ... took seventh at the World Junior Championships in the shot (52-1.25) ... a three-time Georgia state class A champion in the shot put and two-time winner in the discus ... also won region titles as a junior and senior in the shot and discus ... captured the shot and discus at the Florida Relays her senior year. Personal: Born June 3, 1994 ... parents are James Owers and Alison Alexander ... sister, Katie, attended Cal as a freshman before transferring to Georgia ... brother, James Jr., also went to Georgia ... both parents are college professors ... undeclared major.