Marshall University Athletics
2021-22 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Adebayo, MaryAnn

MaryAnn Adebayo
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Hedgesville HS
- Hometown:
- Hedgesville, W.Va.
Bio
2022-23 (5th): Finished career with 12 meets, setting a new personal best in shot put indoors and discus throw outdoors ... Scored a pair of second place finishes at the Marshall Invitational, throwing a personal best 14.35 meters in shot put ... Set a personal best 37.72 meter throw in discus at the UNF River City Spring Break Classic in first outdoor meet ... Finished career scoring at the SBC Outdoor Championship, throwing 54.28 meters in Hammer Throw.
2021-22 (Senior): Won five events throughout senior season, while becoming a scholar All-American...Set new Weight Throw PR at Keydet Invitational, throwing 10.07 meters (62 feet, 6.75 inches)...Finished fourth in WT at C-USA Indoor Championships, throwing 18.56 meters...Scored a season-best fourth in Shot Put at WKU Hilltoppper Relays, throwing 13,03 meters...Finished season at C-USA Outdoor Championships, finishing third in the Hammer Throw, throwing 56.39 meters.
2020-21 (Junior): Set personal bests in all four of her events, with her weight throw PR coming at the Conference USA Indoor Championships at 19.01 meters (62 feet, 4.5 inches) which earned her a 2nd place finish and All-C-USA honors … that mark also is the 3rd best mark in program history … at the Kentucky Invitational set best marks in the discus (33.10m/108 ft. 7 in.) as well as the hammer (56.88m/186 ft. 7 in.), which is the 2nd best in school history … earned two event wins, both in the weight throw at the Blazer Invite and the Marshall Classic … named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Had a breakout season, particularly in the weight throw, where she set her personal best at the Conference USA Indoor Championships with a longest throw of 18.67 meters (61 ft. 3 in.) to finish just off the podium in 4th … that throw became the 3rd-best personal record in school history … finished top-five in the event in six meets during the season, including her first career win in the event at the Thundering Herd Invitational … named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better … Outdoor season canceled due to Covid-19.
2018-19 (Freshman): Set a personal best in the weight throw at the Qdoba Marshall Invitational with a mark of 57 ft. even, which became the 5th-best personal record in school history…recorded 11 top-five finishes across the indoor and outdoor seasons, including as high as 2nd in the Akron Invitational in the shot put…competed at the Conference USA Indoor (shot put, weight throw) and Outdoor (shot put, hammer throw) Championships…Awarded the Conference USA Academic Medal for having a GPA of 3.75 or better.
Prior to Marshall: Was the 2018 West Virginia Class AAA State Champion in the shot put…finished fourth in the discus throw at the State Meet her senior season…holds a shot put personal record of 41 feet, 5.5 inches…holds a discus throw personal record of 114 feet, 5 inches.
Collegiate Bests:
SP: 14.35m (47 ft. 1 in.)
HT: 56.88m (186 ft. 7 in.)
DT: 37.72m (123 ft. 9 in.)
WT: 19.01m (62 ft. 4.5 in.)
2021-22 (Senior): Won five events throughout senior season, while becoming a scholar All-American...Set new Weight Throw PR at Keydet Invitational, throwing 10.07 meters (62 feet, 6.75 inches)...Finished fourth in WT at C-USA Indoor Championships, throwing 18.56 meters...Scored a season-best fourth in Shot Put at WKU Hilltoppper Relays, throwing 13,03 meters...Finished season at C-USA Outdoor Championships, finishing third in the Hammer Throw, throwing 56.39 meters.
2020-21 (Junior): Set personal bests in all four of her events, with her weight throw PR coming at the Conference USA Indoor Championships at 19.01 meters (62 feet, 4.5 inches) which earned her a 2nd place finish and All-C-USA honors … that mark also is the 3rd best mark in program history … at the Kentucky Invitational set best marks in the discus (33.10m/108 ft. 7 in.) as well as the hammer (56.88m/186 ft. 7 in.), which is the 2nd best in school history … earned two event wins, both in the weight throw at the Blazer Invite and the Marshall Classic … named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better.
2019-20 (Sophomore): Had a breakout season, particularly in the weight throw, where she set her personal best at the Conference USA Indoor Championships with a longest throw of 18.67 meters (61 ft. 3 in.) to finish just off the podium in 4th … that throw became the 3rd-best personal record in school history … finished top-five in the event in six meets during the season, including her first career win in the event at the Thundering Herd Invitational … named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll for maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better … Outdoor season canceled due to Covid-19.
2018-19 (Freshman): Set a personal best in the weight throw at the Qdoba Marshall Invitational with a mark of 57 ft. even, which became the 5th-best personal record in school history…recorded 11 top-five finishes across the indoor and outdoor seasons, including as high as 2nd in the Akron Invitational in the shot put…competed at the Conference USA Indoor (shot put, weight throw) and Outdoor (shot put, hammer throw) Championships…Awarded the Conference USA Academic Medal for having a GPA of 3.75 or better.
Prior to Marshall: Was the 2018 West Virginia Class AAA State Champion in the shot put…finished fourth in the discus throw at the State Meet her senior season…holds a shot put personal record of 41 feet, 5.5 inches…holds a discus throw personal record of 114 feet, 5 inches.
Collegiate Bests:
SP: 14.35m (47 ft. 1 in.)
HT: 56.88m (186 ft. 7 in.)
DT: 37.72m (123 ft. 9 in.)
WT: 19.01m (62 ft. 4.5 in.)
Marshall Cross Country: Coach Caleb Bowen (Post-Thundering Herd Invitational)
Friday, August 29
Marshall T&F: Addison Painter/Lara Check (Pre-NCAA 1st Rd.)
Tuesday, May 27
Marshall T&F: Emma Henry, Gradian Graham, Azure Travis, Garrett Ferguson (Pre-Louisville)
Thursday, April 24
Marshall T&F (Pre-JMU Invite)
Friday, April 11