2018 Track & Field Roster
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Putnam, Colette
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Colette Putnam
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- Laguna Beach
- Hometown:
- Laguna Beach, Calif.
Bio
THIS YEAR: Redshirt junior Colette "Coco" Putnam is in her third season competing in the javelin throw for USC.
2019: Putnam competed in four meets during the season. She improved her PR of 106-1 (32.35m) by one centemeter in the havelin throw at the Triton Invitational. She finished sixth in the event at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet with a mark of 93-9 (28.59m).
2018: Putnam finished third in the javelin throw at the Power 5 Challenge with a best throw of 95-11 (29.23m). She had a PR of 106-1 (32.34m) at the California Collegiate. She threw over 100 feet again at the Beach Invitational with a throw of 105-10 (32.26m). She finished fifth at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet with a mark of 85-10 (27.39m).
2017: Putnam trained with the team, but used it as a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Putnam graduated from Laguna Beach in 2016. She has bests of 43.52 in the 300m IH and 57.19 in the 400m to place ninth at the Stanford Relays on April 2. She won the Orange Coast League 400m and 300m IH titles all four years of high school.
PERSONAL: Colette was born on Dec. 13, 1997 in Newport Beach, Calif....Parents are Evalyn and Rick Putnam and she has one sibling, Haley...Both her uncle and grandfather have attended USC…Her second passion is horseback riding...She is a Law, History and Culture major at USC with a double minor in Marketing and Environmental Studies.
CAREER BESTS: JT – 106-1 (32.35m)
2019: Putnam competed in four meets during the season. She improved her PR of 106-1 (32.35m) by one centemeter in the havelin throw at the Triton Invitational. She finished sixth in the event at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet with a mark of 93-9 (28.59m).
2018: Putnam finished third in the javelin throw at the Power 5 Challenge with a best throw of 95-11 (29.23m). She had a PR of 106-1 (32.34m) at the California Collegiate. She threw over 100 feet again at the Beach Invitational with a throw of 105-10 (32.26m). She finished fifth at the USC-UCLA Dual Meet with a mark of 85-10 (27.39m).
2017: Putnam trained with the team, but used it as a redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL: Putnam graduated from Laguna Beach in 2016. She has bests of 43.52 in the 300m IH and 57.19 in the 400m to place ninth at the Stanford Relays on April 2. She won the Orange Coast League 400m and 300m IH titles all four years of high school.
PERSONAL: Colette was born on Dec. 13, 1997 in Newport Beach, Calif....Parents are Evalyn and Rick Putnam and she has one sibling, Haley...Both her uncle and grandfather have attended USC…Her second passion is horseback riding...She is a Law, History and Culture major at USC with a double minor in Marketing and Environmental Studies.
CAREER BESTS: JT – 106-1 (32.35m)
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