Olga Ciura Class: Sophomore Hometown: Des Plaines, Ill. High School: Maine West Event: Throws Birthdate: 02/27/1989

Updated Nov. 7, 2008

At SIU: Recorded six top-10 finishes in the hammer throw, one in the weight throw and one in the shot put as a freshman in 2007-08...Achieved a career-best 136-01 (41.47m) in the discus en route to a seventh-place finish at the Ole Miss Invitational...Finished 11th in the hammer and eighth in the discus at the 2008 MVC Outdoor Championships...Placed 11th in the weight throw at the 2008 MVC Indoor Championships.

Pre-SIU: Four-time all-conference honoree...Member of the Maine West High School Hall of Fame...Holds school records in discus (121-03) and shot put (40-07.5)...State qualifier in discus and shot as a junior and senior...Placed ninth in the shot put at the state meet as a junior...Member of the varsity diving team as a sophomore and junior.

Personal: Full name is Olga Kinga Ciura...majors in Aviation Flight...Born February 27, 1989...Daughter of Czeslaw and Maria Ciura.