Amanda Spear

  • Award
    Field Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/11/2023
  • Sport
    Track & Field
  • School
    UC Santa Barbara
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Thousand Oaks, Calif.
  • High School
• UC Santa Barbara's Amanda Spear won two events at the Challenge Cup Classic to earn The Big West Women's Field Athlete of the Week honor. Spear is a first-time weekly honoree. 

• The junior won the hammer throw with a personal-best effort of 54.76m/179'8". The mark ranks second in the conference and 63rd regionally. 

• Spear also won the discus throw with a performance of 48.52m/159'2". 

• Spear hit a personal-best in the shot put with a distance of 12.60m/41'4.25".