Elisa Bryant Class: Sophomore Hometown: Seattle, Wash. High School: Inglemoor Height: 5-8 Position: Throws Experience: 1V

Washington's top thrower as a freshman last season ... set the school record in the weight throw and had the second-best hammer throw in school history ... scored at the MPSF and Pac-10 Championships.

2008: Broke the indoor school record in the weight throw in just her second meet, then surpassed her own mark at the MPSF Championships, throwing 61-feet, 1 ½-inches for a fifth-place finish ... outdoors qualified for NCAA Regionals in the hammer throw, with a season-best mark of 178-9 coming at the UW-WSU dual where she took second ... hammer throw was a Washington freshman record and second-best in school history ... placed 21st overall at Regionals with a mark of 166-3 ... placed eighth in the hammer at the Pac-10 Championships with a throw of 175-0, and also took 11th in the discus ... season-best discus throw of 147-2 at the WSU dual meet ... also competed three times in the shot put and once in the javelin.

High School and Personal: Parents are Shana and Eric Bryant ... both parents are UW alums and Eric is a former strength coach at Washington ... is the middle child of five siblings ... older brother Deven and older sister Tonya also attend Washington ... won the discus at the Arcadia Invite in 2007 with a career-best throw of 150-3 ... won the state 4A discus title as a senior and was top-five the previous two years ... also placed third in the shot put at state in 2007 and was top-10 in prior two seasons ... earned a 3.8 GPA in high school.

Major Meets
2008 MPSF TF - 5th, WT
2008 Pac-10 TF - 8th, HT; 11th, DT
2008 Regional TF - 21st, HT

Collegiate Best Marks
Weight Throw.......65-8 3/4i$ / 61-1 1/2
Hammer.......178-9
Shot Put.......40-7 3/4i / 38-6 3/4
Discus....... 147-2

$ - Set School Record