2022 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster

Amy Phillips
- Position:
- Throws
- Indoor:
- Senior
- Outdoor:
- Sr.
- Hometown:
- Henley-on-Thames, England
- High School:
- Gillott's Secondary HS
Phillips' Performance History & Personal Bests
* Formerly Amy Herrington ... Now married to NDSU All-American javelin thrower Benji Phillips.
2021-22 SEASON
Indoor (Senior): Won her second straight Summit League title in the weight throw … Season-best weight throw mark of 68-08.00 (20.93m) at the Jim Emmerich Invitational on Jan. 22 … Finished the season ranked 32nd nationally in the weight throw … Ended her career ranked 2nd in NDSU history for the weight throw.
Outdoor (Senior): Earned second team All-America honors, placing 15th in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Summit League hammer throw champion … Personal-best hammer throw of 225-5 (68.72m) at the Raleigh Relays in March, ranking 2nd in NDSU history … Won the hammer throw at four straight meets in April and May – the South Dakota Challenge, Drake Relays, Kip Janvrin Open, and Summit League Championships … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2020-21 SEASON
Indoor: Second Team All-American in the weight throw, placing 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Summit League champion in the weight throw, posting a career-best mark of 70-05.00 (21.46m) at the conference meet … Ranks 2nd all-time at NDSU in the weight throw … Placed in the top two of the weight throw at every meet except the NCAA Championships … Summit League Academic All-League … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached while redshirting … Personal-best hammer throw of 216-9 (66.06m) at South Dakota on May 7, which would rank 2nd-best in school history.
2019-20 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Summit League runner-up in the weight throw, posting a personal-best mark of 66-00.25 (20.12m) at the conference meet … Ranks 4th all-time at NDSU in the weight throw … Ended the season ranked 45th in the NCAA in the event … Won the weight throw at the Bison Open on Feb. 7 … Recorded four runner-up finishes in the weight throw … Summit League Academic All-League selection.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Personal-best weight throw mark of 60-00.25 (18.29m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 1 … Also threw 59-00.75 (18.00m) for her second-best weight throw mark of the year at Nebraska’s Mark Colligan Memorial on Jan. 26.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 3rd in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships, throwing 203-3 (61.96m) … NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer throw, finishing 17th in Sacramento … Drake Relays hammer throw champion … Personal-best of 208-11 (63.69m) in the hammer throw at the Texas Relays on Mar. 29, ranking 4th all-time at NDSU … Also won the event at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Mar. 15 and the Husker Spring Invite on Apr. 6 … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Registered a weight throw personal-best of 56-08.50 (17.28m) at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic on Jan. 27.
Outdoor (Sophomore): NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer throw for the 2nd straight year, finishing 20th overall … Placed 4th in the hammer at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best hammer throw mark of 199-4 (60.77m) at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 4, ranking 4th in school history … Surpassed 59 meters in the hammer at five meets … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached, posting a season-best of 44-08.00 (13.61m) in the weight throw.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 3rd in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships … NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer, finishing 31st overall … Season-best hammer throw of 194-0 (59.14m) at the Lyle Hokanson Classic on Apr. 21, ranking her 6th all-time at NDSU in the event … Topped 190 feet in the hammer at four meets.
High School: Captured gold medals in the hammer throw at the 2014 UK School Games and the 2015 and 2016 Inter-County Championships ... Placed second in the hammer at the English Schools' Championships in 2016 ... Ended 2016 ranked third in all of Britain in the under-20 division of the hammer throw ... Herrington's personal-best mark in the hammer prior to coming to NDSU was 181-9 (55.40m).
Personal: Majoring in exercise science.
* Formerly Amy Herrington ... Now married to NDSU All-American javelin thrower Benji Phillips.
2021-22 SEASON
Indoor (Senior): Won her second straight Summit League title in the weight throw … Season-best weight throw mark of 68-08.00 (20.93m) at the Jim Emmerich Invitational on Jan. 22 … Finished the season ranked 32nd nationally in the weight throw … Ended her career ranked 2nd in NDSU history for the weight throw.
Outdoor (Senior): Earned second team All-America honors, placing 15th in the hammer throw at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Summit League hammer throw champion … Personal-best hammer throw of 225-5 (68.72m) at the Raleigh Relays in March, ranking 2nd in NDSU history … Won the hammer throw at four straight meets in April and May – the South Dakota Challenge, Drake Relays, Kip Janvrin Open, and Summit League Championships … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2020-21 SEASON
Indoor: Second Team All-American in the weight throw, placing 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Summit League champion in the weight throw, posting a career-best mark of 70-05.00 (21.46m) at the conference meet … Ranks 2nd all-time at NDSU in the weight throw … Placed in the top two of the weight throw at every meet except the NCAA Championships … Summit League Academic All-League … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached while redshirting … Personal-best hammer throw of 216-9 (66.06m) at South Dakota on May 7, which would rank 2nd-best in school history.
2019-20 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Summit League runner-up in the weight throw, posting a personal-best mark of 66-00.25 (20.12m) at the conference meet … Ranks 4th all-time at NDSU in the weight throw … Ended the season ranked 45th in the NCAA in the event … Won the weight throw at the Bison Open on Feb. 7 … Recorded four runner-up finishes in the weight throw … Summit League Academic All-League selection.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Personal-best weight throw mark of 60-00.25 (18.29m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 1 … Also threw 59-00.75 (18.00m) for her second-best weight throw mark of the year at Nebraska’s Mark Colligan Memorial on Jan. 26.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 3rd in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships, throwing 203-3 (61.96m) … NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer throw, finishing 17th in Sacramento … Drake Relays hammer throw champion … Personal-best of 208-11 (63.69m) in the hammer throw at the Texas Relays on Mar. 29, ranking 4th all-time at NDSU … Also won the event at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Mar. 15 and the Husker Spring Invite on Apr. 6 … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Registered a weight throw personal-best of 56-08.50 (17.28m) at Minnesota’s Jack Johnson Classic on Jan. 27.
Outdoor (Sophomore): NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer throw for the 2nd straight year, finishing 20th overall … Placed 4th in the hammer at the Summit League Championships … Personal-best hammer throw mark of 199-4 (60.77m) at the NDSU Tune-Up on May 4, ranking 4th in school history … Surpassed 59 meters in the hammer at five meets … USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached, posting a season-best of 44-08.00 (13.61m) in the weight throw.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed 3rd in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships … NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the hammer, finishing 31st overall … Season-best hammer throw of 194-0 (59.14m) at the Lyle Hokanson Classic on Apr. 21, ranking her 6th all-time at NDSU in the event … Topped 190 feet in the hammer at four meets.
High School: Captured gold medals in the hammer throw at the 2014 UK School Games and the 2015 and 2016 Inter-County Championships ... Placed second in the hammer at the English Schools' Championships in 2016 ... Ended 2016 ranked third in all of Britain in the under-20 division of the hammer throw ... Herrington's personal-best mark in the hammer prior to coming to NDSU was 181-9 (55.40m).
Personal: Majoring in exercise science.
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