2021-22 Track & Field Roster
Harisay, Julia
Julia Harisay
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Athens Academy
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
Bio
2023: Outdoor – Threw for a season-best mark of 49.42 meters/162 feet, 2 inches in the javelin at the NCAA Championships, finishing 18th…Victorious in the javelin at the Spec Towns & Torrin Lawrence Invitational with a 48.79m/160-1…Placed eighth at the SEC Championships with a 48.45m/158-11 mark to advance to the NCAA East Prelims…Reached a mark of 48.38m/158-9 to finish ninth in the first round of the NCAA East Prelims…Recorded Georgia’s No. 7 all-time mark in the discus, recording a throw of 50.41m/165-4 to finish fourth at the LSU Invite…Victorious in the discus at the Spec Towns & Torrin Lawrence Invite with a 49.67m/162-11 mark…Reached the NCAA East Prelims in the discus with a mark of 48.11m/157-10 to finish 30th in the first round…Posted a discus mark of 45.15m/148-1 to finish 17th at the SEC Championships.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2022: Outdoor – Slid into the No. 10 spot on the school’s all-time top-10 list in the discus after taking 10th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 48.75/159-11…Was fourth in the discus at the Georgia Tech Invitational after watching her top effort travel 48.72/159-10…Took control of the No. 6 spot in the UGA record books in the javelin thanks to a mark of 52.03/170-8 for fourth at the SEC meet…Won the Torrin Lawrence Memorial after reaching a distance of 46.92/153-11 in the javelin…Won the Georgia Tech Invitational thanks to a top throw of 43.74/143-6…Completed her first year in red and black with a top throw of 43.70/143-3 for 36thin the javelin at the NCAA East Prelims.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Princeton – 2017-21: Finished fifth in the discus at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Championships…Took sixth in the shot put at the 2020 Ivy League Indoor Championships…Personal-best marks of 47.27 meters (155 feet, 1 inch) in the discus and 40.39m (132-6) in the javelin.
High School: Collected GHSA A state titles in the shot put and discus as a senior in 2017 to guide Athens Academy to a state championship…Helped lead Athens Academy to the 2016 state track and field team title as well as a junior…Finished third in the discus at the 2016 state meet…2015 state runner-up in the discus…Finished third at the 2014 state meet in both the discus and the shot put as a freshman…Also played volleyball and was All-State, Second Team All-Area and Athens Banner-Herald All-Area as a sophomore…Advanced with her team to the state’s Final Four in volleyball as a junior…National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born on December 1, 1998…Daughter of Petra Babbitt and Marc Harisay (stepdaughter of Traci Harisay)…Stepdaughter of Bulldog throws coach Don Babbitt…Mother, Petra, threw discus and shot put at BYU and Cal State LA…Father, Marc, threw shot put at Cal State Northridge and BYU…Stepfather, Don, threw javelin at UCLA…Working on her Master’s degree in International Policy…Graduated Princeton Cum Laude with an undergraduate degree in Public and International Affairs with a certificate in Environmental Studies.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2022: Outdoor – Slid into the No. 10 spot on the school’s all-time top-10 list in the discus after taking 10th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 48.75/159-11…Was fourth in the discus at the Georgia Tech Invitational after watching her top effort travel 48.72/159-10…Took control of the No. 6 spot in the UGA record books in the javelin thanks to a mark of 52.03/170-8 for fourth at the SEC meet…Won the Torrin Lawrence Memorial after reaching a distance of 46.92/153-11 in the javelin…Won the Georgia Tech Invitational thanks to a top throw of 43.74/143-6…Completed her first year in red and black with a top throw of 43.70/143-3 for 36thin the javelin at the NCAA East Prelims.
Indoor: Did not compete.
Princeton – 2017-21: Finished fifth in the discus at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Championships…Took sixth in the shot put at the 2020 Ivy League Indoor Championships…Personal-best marks of 47.27 meters (155 feet, 1 inch) in the discus and 40.39m (132-6) in the javelin.
High School: Collected GHSA A state titles in the shot put and discus as a senior in 2017 to guide Athens Academy to a state championship…Helped lead Athens Academy to the 2016 state track and field team title as well as a junior…Finished third in the discus at the 2016 state meet…2015 state runner-up in the discus…Finished third at the 2014 state meet in both the discus and the shot put as a freshman…Also played volleyball and was All-State, Second Team All-Area and Athens Banner-Herald All-Area as a sophomore…Advanced with her team to the state’s Final Four in volleyball as a junior…National Honor Society member.
Personal: Born on December 1, 1998…Daughter of Petra Babbitt and Marc Harisay (stepdaughter of Traci Harisay)…Stepdaughter of Bulldog throws coach Don Babbitt…Mother, Petra, threw discus and shot put at BYU and Cal State LA…Father, Marc, threw shot put at Cal State Northridge and BYU…Stepfather, Don, threw javelin at UCLA…Working on her Master’s degree in International Policy…Graduated Princeton Cum Laude with an undergraduate degree in Public and International Affairs with a certificate in Environmental Studies.
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