Zara Northover

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playername= Zara Northover

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datebirth= March 6, 1984
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Zara Northover (born March 6, 1984) is a Jamaican shot putter. Northover has dual citizenship in the United States and Jamaica, [Conolly, John. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/933105871.html?dids=933105871:933105871&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Nov+29%2C+2005&author=JOHN+CONNOLLY&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=062&desc=THE+GOLLEGE+REPORT%3B+NU%27s+Northover+on+fast+track+to+success NU's Northover on fast track to success] , "Boston Herald". Published November 29, 2005. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] and competed for Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Northover attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, where she competed on the women's track and field team, and graduated in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in communications and a minor in political science. As a senior, Northover was named Colonial Athletic Association Field Athlete of the Year after winning the shot put, discus and hammer and placing seventh in the javelin, helping lead Northeastern to their first CAA title in any sport. [ [http://ustfccca.cstv.com/sports/division1/spec-rel/042307aah.html Northover sweeps weight titles as Northeastern women win first-ever CAA championship] , CBS College Sports Network. Published April 23, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] Her throw at the Eastern College Athletic Conference Championship during the 2007 outdoor season set both Northeastern and ECAC records. [Owen, Nate. [http://media.www.nu-news.com/media/storage/paper600/news/2007/03/21/Sports/Senior.Spotlights.Northover.Sets.Sights.On.Olympic.Games-2784193.shtml Senior Spotlights: Northover sets sights on Olympic games] , "Northeastern News". Published March 21, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] Northover was a five-time NCAA Championship qualifier and had the best national finish of her career in her final season, placing 10th at the NCAA Championship during the 2007 outdoor season, [Thompson, Rich. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/1272076681.html?dids=1272076681:1272076681&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+16%2C+2007&author=RICH+THOMPSON&pub=Boston+Herald&edition=&startpage=62&desc=Northover%3A+NU%27s+big+shot Northover: NU's big shot] , "Boston Herald". Published May 16, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] and was nominated for the NCAA Woman of the Year Award. [ [http://www.caasports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=8500&ATCLID=926865 Grempler, Northover nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award] , Colonial Athletic Association. Published June 21, 2007. Retrieved July 10, 2008.]

Internationally, she finished fifth at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. [ [http://www.cartagena2006.gov.co/SP/Resultados/atletismo/ATL_Res_47_Impulsión_de_la_Bala_Femenino_(F)_Final_Series_1.html 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games results, women's shot put final] ] On June 8, 2008, Northover won the Island Games in Uniondale, New York, with a throw of 17.56 meters, allowing her to compete in the Jamaican Olympic Trials in Kingston, Jamaica. [Foster, Anthony. [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080612/sports/sports9.html Northover chasing Olympic dream] , "Jamaica Gleaner". Pulished June 12, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] [Giardino, Carisa. [http://www.antonnews.com/floralparkdispatch/2008/06/06/news/olympic.html Sewanhaka Alumnus Training for Summer Olympics] , "Floral Park Dispatch". Published June 6, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] [Conolly, John. [http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/other_sports/general/view.bg?articleid=1100746&srvc=othersports&position=1 Ex-NU standout has shot at Beijing] , "Boston Herald". Published June 14, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] She won the shot put at the Olympic Trials on June 28, 2008, with a throw of 16.78 meters. She was officially selected to represent Jamaica in Beijing by the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association on July 8, 2008, becoming the first Northeastern women’s athlete to compete in a Summer Olympics. [ [http://www.gonu.com/wtrack/news/northover070908.htm Zara Northover to represent Jamaica at Olympics in Beijing] , Northeastern University Athletics. Published July 9, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008.] [ [http://www.world-track.org/NEWNEWS/Olympics/jamaicateam.htm Bolt, Stewart, Campbell-Brown and Powell head Jamaica's Olympic team] , World-track.org. Published July 2, 2008. Retrieved July 10, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.zaranorthover.com Official website]
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* [http://gonu.com/wtrack/northover.shtml Zara Northover] at Northeastern University Track & Field
* [http://jamaicaathletics.org/Progression/2008/women/zara_northover08.html Zara Northover] at JamaicaAthletics.org
* [http://www.directathletics.com/athletes/track/535163.html Zara Northover] at DirectAthletics, Inc.