2025 Track & Field Roster
Stephanie Ratcliffe
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Doncaster Secondary College
- Hometown:
- Melbourne, Australia
2023 Ivy League Indoor Weight Throw Champion
2023 USTFCCCA Northeast Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year
2023 Ivy League Outdoor Hammer Throw Champion
2023 NCAA Outdoor Champion (Hammer Throw)
2023 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Hammer Throw)
2023 USTFCCCA Northeast Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2024 CSC Third Team Academic All-American
2024 Olympian (Hammer Throw – Australia)
2025 SEC Outdoor Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2025 SEC Outdoor Hammer Throw Champion
2025 NCAA Outdoor Hammer Throw Champion
2025 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (Hammer Throw)
2025: Outdoor – Won four hammer throw competitions, highlighted by an NCAA outdoor title with a season-best mark of 71.37 meters/234 feet, 2 inches to jumpstart the Bulldogs’ run to the national team championship…Became the first woman to win a Division I hammer throw title at two different schools and in non-consecutive years with her effort in Eugene…Took home the SEC hammer throw title with a mark of 70.72m/232-0…Advanced to the NCAA East Regional, where she posted a runner-up mark of 67.13m/220-3…Won at the Tiger Track Classic with a mark of 69.69m/228-7, also taking home SEC Women’s Field Athlete of the Week honors…Opened her season with a victory at the Yellow Jacket Invite (66.48m/218-1)…Placed second in the hammer throw invite at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with a mark of 69.34m/227-6…Named SEC Outdoor Track & Field Women’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year, marking the fourth time in program history that a Bulldog woman earned the accolade.
Indoor – Opened her season at the Razorback Invite, placing fourth in the hammer throw with a top mark of 20.47m/67-2…Finished third at the Tiger Invite with a season-best mark of 21.72m/71-3.25…Competed at the SEC Championships but did not record a legal mark.
Outdoor – Victorious in the hammer throw in her Georgia debut, recording a top throw of 66.64 meters/218 feet, 8 inches at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational…Earned her second straight win at the Georgia Tech Invite, improving her mark to 67.06m/220-0…Runner-up at the LSU Invitational with a mark of 63.37m/207-11…Launched the hammer 67.78m/222-0 to claim silver at the SEC Championships, recording her best mark of the season and the No. 2 throw in Georgia history…Finished third at the NCAA East Prelims with a mark of 65.69m/215-6…Competed at the NCAA Championships but did not record a legal mark...Named to College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team, also earning CSC Academic All-District honors...Earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors.
Indoor – Did not compete for the Lady Bulldogs.
Harvard (2019-23): 2023 - Won the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a personal-best mark of 73.63 meters (241 feet, 7 inches)…Her championship-winning throw was the longest in the NCAA that season while her longest regular season toss of 70.59m/231-7 earned her a victory at the Penn Relays with the country’s second-best throw…Ranks fifth on the all-time NCAA list in the hammer throw…Went undefeated in the hammer during her senior season and was named USTFCCCA Northeast Region Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year…Ivy League and Australian hammer throw record holder…Named Most Outstanding Field Performer at the 2023 Ivy League Indoor Championships after capturing the weight throw title with a mark of 21.88 meters (71 feet, 9 ½ inches), an Ivy League record…Earned 2023 USTFCCCA Northeast Region Indoor Field Athlete of the Year honors…Earned Harvard’s Radcliffe Prize as a senior, given to the most outstanding athlete from a women’s team…Personal bests of 73.63m/241-7 (hammer throw) and 21.88m/71-9.50 (weight throw)…2023 Academic All-Ivy recipient…Graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience...Recorded a throw of 69.87m/229-2 to place ninth while representing Australia at the World Athletics Championships.
2022 – Did not compete.
2021 – Did not compete.
2020 - Opened her college career with a second-place finish in the weight throw at the Crimson Opener (17.72m/58-1)... Placed third in the weight throw at the Beantown Challenge before winning the Clemson Invitational (18.04m/59-2)...Collected three more third-place finishes at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge, the Crimson Elite (18.86m/61-10) and Ivy League Heps (18.54m/60-10)...Notched a career-best throw of 18.92m/62-1 at H-Y-P to finish at the front of the field..Outdoor season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Personal: Born Dec. 29, 2000…Daughter of David and Monica Ratcliffe…Seeking a Master’s degree in Business Analytics...Recipient of the Ramsey Scholarship for Academic/Athletic Excellence.
