2024 Track & Field Roster

Sara Pettinger

  • Position Throws
  • Class Junior
  • Last School(s) Mission Viejo HS
  • Hometown Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

Biography

CAREER HIGHS:
Discus:
48.24m (158-3)
Hammer: 48.84m (160-3)
Shot Put (Out): 13.93m (45-10.5)

2024: Competed in six outdoor meets… threw the discus 43.41m (142-5) at the Mt. SAC Relays… at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, posted a shot put mark of 12.89m (42-3.5)… threw the shot put 13.36m (43-10) at the Hornet Invitational... Pac-12 Spring and Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2023: Competed in seven outdoor meets for Cal… threw the discus 45.43m (149-0) at the Pac-12 Championships… took second in both the shot put (12.58m/41-3.25) and the discus (45.54m/149-5) at the 128th Big Meet… threw the hammer 48.84m (160-3) at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… posted a discus mark of 45.77m (150-2) at the 44th Aztec Invitational… named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2022: Competed in eight outdoor meets for the Bears… threw the shot put 13.87m (45-6.25) at the Big Meet, where she also threw the discus 45.97m (150-10)… won the discus throw at the Stanford Invitational with her mark of 48.24m (158-3)… at the Aztec Invitational, threw the shot put 13.98m (45-10.5) and the discus 45.64m (149-9)… posted a hammer throw mark of 46.40m (152-3) at the Cardinal Classic.

HIGH SCHOOL: Recipient of the Under Armour “Women of Will” award in 2021… that year, the Orange County Register named her as their Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year… was ranked no. 12 in the nation in the discus throw… top 10 thrower all-time in Orange County… had the third-best shot put in the state with a heave of 13.44m (44-3) in 2021… 2021 Mission Viejo High School Field Athlete of the Year… Mission Viejo Outstanding Senior Female Scholar Athlete of the Year (2021)… team captain in 2020 and 2021… as a member of Orange County Heat, competed in the 2021 Outdoor Nationals Presented by Nike in both the discus and shot put… took second in the shot put and third in the discus throw at that year’s California State Track & Field Championships… won both the shot put and discus competitions at the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section (SS) Division 2 Finals that year… at the 2021 Arcadia Invitational, placed second in the shot put and third in the discus throw… took first in the discus throw at the 2019 South Coast League Preliminaries… as a freshman, reached the South Coast League Finals in the discus throw after setting the freshman school record in the event at the previous meet… also played soccer for Mission Viejo.

PERSONAL: Majoring in integrative biology with the intention of becoming a physician’s assistant… daughter of Alfred Pettinger and Nadia Vranicich.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Freshman

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  • 2023Sophomore

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  • 2024Junior

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