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2007 All-American (hammer throw); All-ACC (hammer throw, '07, '08)
In 2007-08: Qualified for second straight NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw ... Finished sixth in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Region Championships with a mark of 191 feet, 7 inches ... Set a new school-record mark of 197 feet, 11 inches in the hammer throw at the Penn Relays ... Earned All-ACC honors in the hammer throw after placing third with a mark of 197 feet, 2 inches at the ACC Outdoor meet ... Placed seventh in weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships with a mark of 58 feet, 1 1/4 inches ... Finished the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 58 feet, 11 1/2 inches at the Clemson Opener.
In 2006-07: Earned All-America Honors while setting a personal best of 196'-7.00" in the hammer throw finals at the 2007 NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships held in Sacramento, Calif., finishing ninth ... Earned All-ACC in the hammer throw with a second place finish at the ACC Championships meet with a throw of 193'-5" ... Threw the hammer 189'-04" at the NCAA East Region Outdoor Championships in Gainesville, Fla., finishing fifth, earning All-Regional and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships ... Also qualified for the NCAA East Regional Outdoor Championships in the discus with a throw of 156'-05" at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Finished ninth in the weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships with a toss of 56'-3.75".
In 2005-06: Posted an NCAA Region qualifying mark of 157'6" in the discus at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... Finished 12th in the discus at the NCAA East Region Championships ... Tallied a personal-record throw of 158'2" to finish fourth in the discus at the USATF Junior National Championships ... Finished third at the USATF Junior National Championships in the hammer throw (169'6") ... Finished eighth in the discus at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a mark of 153'9" ... Tallied a sixth-place finish in the hammer at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a personal-best toss of 172'5" ... Redshirted during the indoor season.
High School: Earned four letters in track under coach Jeff Greene ... Won hammer state 2A championship and discus league and district titles as a senior, setting a new state meet record in the hammer ... Captured the discus state title during junior season ... Broke school recored in the shot put ... Tabbed Most Valuable Performer in junior and senior seasons ... Posted a first-place finish in the hammer throw at the Washington/Oregon Meet of Champions with a mark of 165'03", setting a new meet record ... Holds school record in the discus and hammer throw events ... National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Kimery Jeannine Hern on Feb. 24, 1987, in San Jose, Calif. ... Parents are Karen and Tom Holum ... Has an older brother, Brandon, who wrestled at Oregon State (2003) ... Enjoys the outdoors ... Majoring in management.
| Hern's Career Top Marks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EVENT | MARK (INDOOR) | MARK (OUTDOOR) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Discus | 148-08 | 158-02 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Hammer | - | 197-11* | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58-11.50 | - | |||||||||||||||||||
