Melissa Gurchinoff

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Dollar Bay, Mich.
High School:
Houghton
Position:
Throws

Senior/Junior (2009)
Outdoor
U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award ... Earned fifth in the hammer throw (170-0, 51.83m) at the Big Ten Championships (May 15) ... Took third in the hammer throw at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 8) with a top throw of 50.64m (166-2) ... Took 20th in the hammer throw (156-9) at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 18) ... Placed ninth in the hammer throw (160-02) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (April 3) ... Came in second in the hammer throw (164-11) and 15th in the shot put (32-11) at the Spring Break Collegiate Invitational (March 21) Indoor
Finished 13th in the weight throw (15.20m) at the Big Ten Championships (March 1) ... At the Tyson Invitational, recorded a 14.71m in the weight throw (Feb. 14) ... Posted a career-best 50-6 1/4 in the weight throw at the Red Simmons/Jack Harvey Invitational for a sixth place finish (Jan. 24) ... At the Indiana Invitational, placed tenth in the weight throw (15.12m) (Jan. 17) ... Came in eighth in the weight throw (47-11 1/4) at the Akron Quad (Jan. 9). Junior/Sophomore (2008)
Outdoor
U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... At the Big Ten Championships, had a personal-best hammer throw of 166-2 (May 18) ... Earned a personal best in the hammer throw at the Len Paddock Invitational with a 165-4 (May 9-10) ... Had a hammer throw of 162-11 at the Jesse Owens Classic (May 2) ... At the Hillsdale Relays, had a hammer throw of 156-10 (April 25) ... At the Central Collegiates, had a hammer thow of 150-1 (April 19) ... At the Sun Angel Classic, had a hammer throw distance of 155-07 (April 11) ... At the FSU Relays, came in sixth in the hammer throw (141-4) (March 27-29) Indoor
Had a personal best weight throw of 46-8 1/4 at the Silverston Invite (Feb. 23) ... Had a 13th-place weight throw distance of 43-5 3/4 at the Simmons/Harvey Invite (Jan. 26) ... Came in ninth place in the weight throw with a personal best (44-10 3/4) at the Akron Quad (Jan. 18). Sophomore (2007)
Did not see action. Freshman (2006)
Outdoor
Earned letter in the outdoor season ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... took sixth in the shot put with a personal-best of 35-8 and sixth in the discus with a throw of 127-3 at the Cal Irvine Invitational (March 24-25) ... posted no distance (ND) in the shot put at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (April 1) ... came in 20th place in the shot put (32-5), 12th in the discus (126-5) and 13th in the hammer throw with a personal-best of 129-0 at the Spartan Invitational (April 15) ... tossed 33-3 in the shot put, 109-1 in the discus, and a personal-best of 139-5 in the hammer throw at the EMU Twilight (Aprill 22) ... came in 45th place in the shot put (33-10 1/4), 27th in the hammer throw (138-8) and 39th in the discus with a personal-best of 113-7 at the Hillsdale Relays (April 29) ... finished seventh in the shot put with a personal-best of 36-3 1/2, fouled in the hammer throw and took 10th in the discus (124-10) at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 5-6 Indoor
Competed unattached taking 11th with a personal-best of 35-9 1/2 in the shot put and claimed 13th in the weight throw (36-4 3/4) at the Jack Harvey Invitational (Jan. 7) ... took 13th in the shot put (33-8 3/4) and eighth in the weight throw (42-6 3/4) at the Red Simmons Invitational (Jan. 20-21) ... finished 15th in the shot put (34-9) and throw a personal-best in the weight throw (42-4 3/4) for eighth place at the Harold Silverston Invitational (Feb. 18). Prep
Houghton High School (Houghton, Michigan) (2005) ... National Honor Society ... four year Honor roll student ... SADD member ... Key Club ... Ecology Club ... Houghton High School Figure Skating Club ... (2001-05) Four-time varsity letterwinner in track and field ... (2004-05) All-UP Track Team ... (2003-05) All-state track honors ... (2003-05) West Pac Conference Discus champion ... (2004-05) West Pac Conference shot put runner-up ... (2004-05) UP D1 Finals discus champion ... In 2005 undefeated in the discus ... was the 2005 track team MVP and track team captain ... 2005 Ray D. Wiltanen outstanding participation and achievement in sports award recipient ... 2003 UP D1 discus runner-up ... Records ... Holds the UP D1 discus record and the UP D1 regional and final discus records ... West Pac Conference discus meet record ... Houghton High School discus record ... Houghton High School shot put record ... Kraimer Invitational discus record ... Cooper Country Invitational discus record ... Ontonagon Invitational discus meet record ... Other Sports ... Two-year varsity letterwinner in volleyball (2004-05) ... 2005 volleyball West Pac honorable mention ... 2005 volleyball team captain ... Assisted in leading the team to the 2004 volleyball West Pac conference championship. Skating team ... 16 years skating experience ... nine years synchronized skating experience ... member of Northern 16 Synchronized Team ... Captain Northern 16 Synchronized Team. Personal
Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts.