Jesseca Cross
Encyclopedia
Jesseca Cross is a former track and field
athlete from the United States
who specialized in throwing events. She attended the University of Wyoming
on a basketball scholarship, and then competed for the United States in the hammer throw
and shot put
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
. She did not progress beyond the qualification round in either event.
Cross was inducted into the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. She was the interim head women's volleyball coach at Northwest College
in Powell, Wyoming
for the 2007 fall semester. Flavia Siqueira was hired as the permanent coach in March 2008.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
who specialized in throwing events. She attended the University of Wyoming
University of Wyoming
The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...
on a basketball scholarship, and then competed for the United States in the hammer throw
Hammer throw
The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown...
and shot put
Shot put
The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....
at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. She did not progress beyond the qualification round in either event.
Cross was inducted into the Wyoming Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. She was the interim head women's volleyball coach at Northwest College
Northwest College
Northwest College is a public two-year residential college located in Powell, Wyoming, 70 miles from Yellowstone National Park.-External links:*...
in Powell, Wyoming
Powell, Wyoming
Powell is a city in Park County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,373 at the 2000 census. Powell is an All-America City and home to Northwest College.-Geography:Powell is located at ....
for the 2007 fall semester. Flavia Siqueira was hired as the permanent coach in March 2008.
Achievements
| 2000 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's hammer throw The Women's Hammer Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday, September 27 and Friday, September 29.... |
Sydney, Australia | 19th | 60.58 m (DT) |
| 17th | 17.27 m (SP) Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's shot put The Women's Shot Put event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Thursday, September 28, with the heats held on Wednesday, September 27.... |
External links
- Biography from USATF
- Sports-reference profile
- Olympic profile from Sports IllustratedSports IllustratedSports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...