Missouri State

2016 Track & Field
Indoor: Competed in three meets… Opened the season at the Bob Timmons Challenge (Dec. 4) with a weight throw of 13.47 meters and a shot put heave of 9.68 meters… Threw a season-best toss in the shot put with a mark of 9.75 meters at the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 15)… Finished the season at the Gorilla Classic (Feb. 12-13) collecting a personal-best in the weight throw (13.69 meters) and 27^th overall finish in the shot put (9.62 meters).

Outdoor: Competed in six meets… Opened the season at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (March 26) recording a mark of 9.37 meters in the shot put, 36.62 meters in the hammer throw and 36.55 meters in the discus… Continued season at the Margaret Simmons Invitational (April 1) where she threw 9.20 meters in the shot put, 35.90 meters in the discus and recorded a third-place mark of 41.29 meters in the hammer throw… Traveled to the Tom Botts Invitational (April 16) and tossed 10.23 meters in the shot put, recorded a mark of 31.32 meters in the discus and 39.95 meters in the hammer throw… Finished sixth in the shot put with a personal-best toss of 10.60 meters, earned a fourth-place finish for her discus throw of 37.75 meters and finished fourth in the hammer throw (41.30 meters) at the Missouri State Invitational (April 22)… Recorded the highest-mark for MSU in the discus throw (39.97 meters) at the Jace LaCoste Invitational (April 30) and threw 37.35 meters in the hammer throw… Closed out the season at the MVC Outdoor Championships (May 13-15) recording a mark of 41.17 meters in the discus throw and 39.55 meters in the hammer throw.

2015 Track & Field
Indoor: Competed in three meets for the Bearrs ... Opened the season at the Arkansas Invitational (Jan. 9) with a fourth place finish in the shot put (11.33m) and an eighth place finish in the weight throw (10.98m) ... Recorded a 10.49m in the shot put at the UAB Vulcan Invitational (Jan. 23) ... Through a career best 12.88m in the weight throw at the UAB Green & Gold Invitational (Jan. 24).

Outdoor: Competed in five meets ... Opened the season at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (Mar. 27-28), finishing fifth in the shot put (10.13), second in the discus (34.11m) ... Placed 10th in both the shot put (10.50m) and the discus (36.95m) at the John McDonnell Invitational (Apr. 10-11) ... Competed in three events at the John Jacobs Invitational (Apr. 17-18): 12th in the shot put (10.47m), 15th in the discus (38.30m), and 17th in the hammer throw (39.89m) ... At the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships (May 15-17), placed 15th in the discus (41.63m) and 17th in the hammer throw (40.65m).

Background: Ran four years of track and played four years of softball at the varsity level at Odessa High ... Set high school disc record at 136'0 ... Qualified for state in disk three times and shot put once ... Two-time conference champion in both disc and shot put ... District and sectional champion in shot put and disk during her senior year ... Four-time academic all-conference.

Personal: Jillian Sarah Bertz was born August 24, 1995 in Blue Springs, Mo. ... Daughter of Greg and Kim Bertz ... Has two sisters, Abby and Alli Bertz ... Planning on majoring in Agriculture Education.
 

Career Bests at Missouri State
Event	Time	Opponent/Meet	Date
Shot Put (indoor)	11.33 meters	Arkansas Invitational	1/9/15
Weight Throw (indoor)	13.69 meters	Gorilla Classic, Pittsburg State	2/12/16
Shot Put (outdoor)	10.60 meters	Missouri State Invitational	4/22/16
Hammer Throw (outdoor)	42.52 meters	John Jacobs Invitational	4/18/15
Discus Throw (outdoor)	41.63 meters	Missouri Valley Conference Championships	5/15/15