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Junior
Hometown
Plains,
Montana
Last School
Plains High School
Roster Years
2019-2023
BYU Highlights
- Set BYU's No. 2 all-time women's weight throw mark, tossing 19.98m/65-6.75 at 2023 MPSF Indoor Championships.
- Tied for BYU's No. 2 all-time mark in the outdoor shot put throwing 16.27m/53-4.5
Personal
- Parents are David and Sandra Thompson
- Major: Biology
- Has six siblings
- Valedictorian at Plains High School
- Serves on BYU's Student Athlete Advisory Committee
- Sister, Leah, competed as a thrower for BYU track and field (2017-22)
- Father, David, played baseball at Eastern Oregon
- Brothers played basketball at Bellevue (Brandon), Montana Western (Mitchell) and Montana Tech (Trent)
- Also recruited by Montana, Montana State, North Dakota State, Montana Tech and Carroll College
- A wildland firefighter
Before BYU
- Senior class (2018) valedictorian
- All-state selections for volleyball, basketball and track. Also played softball in high school
- Won back-to-back MHSA Class C state titles in the shot put throw (2017-2018)
- 2017 MHSA Class C state champion in the discus throw
Stats
Indoor Personal Bests |
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Mark/Time |
Event |
Meet |
18.77m/61-7 |
Weight Throw |
2023 Jarvis Scott Open |
16.18m/53-1 |
Shot Put |
2022 BYU Cougar Invite #2 |
Outdoor Personal Bests |
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Mark/Time |
Event |
Meet |
16.27m/53-4.5 |
Shot Put |
2023 BYU Last Chance Meet |
50.83m/169-9 |
Discus |
2022 USC Trojan Invitational |
49.71m/163-1 |
Javelin |
2022 Desert Heat Classic |
54.94m/180-3 |
Hammer Throw |
2022 BYU Cougar Invitational |
Career Results
BYU Hall of Fame
Freshman Year
2020
Indoor
- Started her collegiate debut with a career best in the weight throw (14.58m/47-10) at the BYU Indoor Invitational
- Threw a career-best mark of 12.92/42-4.75 in the shot put in UW Invitational
- Competed in five meets during the 2020 indoor season
Sophmore Year
2022
- Indoor
- Won the shot put with a personal best mark of 16.18m/53-1at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational II, the fourth-best mark in school history
- Won an individual title in the shot put at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships
- Threw a fifth-best indoor weight throw mark in BYU history, 18.13m/59-5.75, at the Texas Tech Shootout
- Competed in eight meets during the 2022 season
- Outdoor
- Competed in the javelin (48.13m/157-11) and the shot put (15.53m/50-11.5) at the NCAA West Preliminary, finishing 18th and 31st, respectively
- Threw the sixth-best javelin mark in BYU history at the Desert Heat Classic, a throw of 49.71m/163-1
- Tossed the sixth-best shot put mark in program history, 15.31m/50-2.75, at the BYU Robison Invitational
- Set personal bests in the discus (50.83m/166-9), javelin (49.71m/163-1) and hammer throw (54.94m/180-3)
- Competed in eight meets during the 2022 season
Junior Year
2023
- Indoor
- Set BYU's No. 2 all-time women's weight throw mark, tossing 19.98m/65-6.75 at 2023 MPSF Indoor Championships.
- Three first place finishes in the weight throw
- Threw a season-best toss of 15.33m/50-3.5 at the MPSF Indoor Championships
- Competed in seven meets during the 2023 indoor season
- Outdoor
- BYU No. 2 all-time in the women's outdoor shot put with a throw of 16.27m/53-4.5
- Placed 26th in both the javelin and shot put at the NCAA West Preliminary Round throwing 46.95m/154-0 and 15.79m/51-9.75
- Competed in 11 meets during the 2023 outdoor season
Senior Year
Graduate Year
Redshirt Year
Medical Redshirt Year
Sophomore
2021
Indoor
- Set a personal best in the weight throw at the Weber State Invitational with a mark of 16.56m/54-4
- Competed in four meets during the 2021 indoor season
Outdoor
- Set a personal record in the shot put at the BYU Robison invitational with a mark of 14.36m/47-1.5
- Set personal records in the discus (44.40m/145-8), hammer (52.68m/172-10) and javelin (44.16m/144-10) at the UVU Collegiate Invitational
- Competed in seven meets during the 2021 outdoor season
STATS
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Jessica Thompson MPSF SP Champion
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Jessica Thompson shot put #4 all-time
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W Track & Field | May, 14
BYU wraps up regular season with 3 top-10 marks