Adelaide Aquilla
Personal information
Born (1999-03-03) March 3, 1999
Westlake, Ohio, U.S.
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportAthletics
EventShot put
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Shot put: 19.64m (Eugene, 2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Santiago Shot put

Adelaide Aquilla (pronounced ah-quill-ah, born March 3, 1999) is an American athlete who specialises in the shot put.[1]

Early life

From Westlake, Ohio, she attended Magnificat High School before attending Ohio State University where she was coached by Ashley Kovacs, wife of Olympian shot putter Joe Kovacs.[2]

Career

Aquilla was a 2019 NCAA outdoor qualifier in the shot put and finished 12th with a personal best outdoor toss of 16.59m to earn second-team All-America honors. In 2021 she was successful in defending the title of Big Ten Conference indoor shot put champion, winning at the 2020 meet with a personal best toss of 17.82 meters, and in 2021 she set another personal best with a throw of 19.12m. She was a 2020 NCAA indoor All-American in the shot with the nation’s third-longest throw. In 2021 Aquilla won both indoor and outdoor NCAA titles and she was named Ohio State’s female athlete of the year alongside Justin Fields as her male counterpart.[3][4][5]

On June 24, 2021 Aquilla finished in third place at the US Olympic trails to secure a place at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics with a throw of 18.95m in Eugene, Oregon behind Raven Saunders and Jessica Ramsey.[6]

Aquilla won additional NCAA championships at the Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 2022 and the Indoor Track and Field Championships in 2023, setting a collegiate record with a throw of 19.64 meters in the former.[7]

In November 2023, Aquila won a bronze medal in the shot put at the Pan American games held in Santiago, Chile.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Adelaide AQUILLA | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ Andrew Lind (June 25, 2021). "Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Qualifies For Tokyo Olympics". si.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Adelaide Aquilla". Ohio State Buckeyes. May 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ Lind, Andrew. "Ohio State Shot Putter Adelaide Aquilla Wins NCAA Outdoor National Championship". Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More.
  5. ↑ "Justin Fields, Adelaide Aquilla Named Ohio State's Athletes Of The Year | Sports Illustrated Ohio State Buckeyes News, Analysis and More". www.si.com.
  6. ↑ "U.S. Track & Field Trials Day 7: Live updates, results, highlights | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com.
  7. ↑ "Ohio State's Adelaide Aquilla sets program record, wins 4th NCAA championship in shot put".
  8. ↑ Salguero, David Rubio (November 3, 2023). "Spectacular day of athletics at the Panam Games with Marileidy Paulino and Renan Correa as the main protagonists". Insidethegames. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
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