2014-15 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Deanna Latham
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newbury, Mass.
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Senior/Senior
At Wisconsin
Notables
• 2014 First Team All-America (indoor pentathlon)
• 2012, 2015 Second Team All-America (outdoor heptathlon)
• 2013 Second Team All-America (indoor pentathlon)
• 2012 Outdoor NCAA championships qualifier (heptathlon)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2015)
• Academic All-Big Ten (2012, 2013, 2014)
2015 Outdoor: Finished 12th in the heptathlon at the USA Outdoor Championship (6/25-28) with a final score of 5,695 ... Placed 12th in the heptathlon at the NCAA Championship (6/10-11) with a final score of 5,778 and event scores of 13.50 / 1.63m / 12.35m / 24.37 / 6.07m / 38.68m / 2:20.64 to earn Second Team All-America honors ... Finished second in the heptathlon at the Big Ten Championship (5/15-17) with a final score of 5,914 and event scores of (13.49 / 1.73m / 13.46m / 24.37 / 5.93m / 37.15m / 2:19.75), while also helping UW to an 11th place finish in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:44.03 ... Won the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.65 and placed second in the high jump with a clearance of 5-6 (1.68m) at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/8) ... Tied for sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 5-4 1/4 (1.63m) and finished ninth in the javelin throw with a heave of 124-9 (38.03m) at the Musco Twilight Invitational (5/2) ... Helped UW to a 33rd place finish in the preliminary round (3:53.57) and a fifth place finish in the ECAC final (3:45.98), while also helping the Badgers to a 24th place finish in the sprint medley relay with a time of 4:07.05 at the Penn Relays (4/23-25) ... Finished ninth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.67, and placed 17th in the javelin with a toss of 111-0 (33.84m) at the LSU Alumni Gold Invitational (4/18)
2015 Indoor: Finished fifth in the preliminary round of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.37, while finishing third in the final heat of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.29, and placed 13th in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:54.79 at the Big Ten Indoor Championship (2/27-28) to help UW to a seventh place team finish ... Finished third in the long jump at the Iowa State Classic (2/13) with a leap of 19-3 1/4 (5.87m) ... Placed second in the prelims of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.43, placed second in the semi-finals of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.33, and finished sixth in the long jump with a leap of 19-8 (5.99m) at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (1/30) to help UW to a sixth place team finish ... Tied for fifth in the high jump with a clearance of 5-4 1/4, won the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.56, won the long jump with a jump of 19-6 1/4, and won the triple jump with a jump of 38-11 (11.86m) at the Wisconsin vs. Minnesota Dual (1/24) ... Placed third in the high jump with a clearance of 5-5 (1.65m), while finishing third in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:57.54 at the Wisconsin Open (1/17).
2014 Outdoor: Redshirt season ... competing in the Pan American Combined Events Cup, placed sixth in the heptathlon with a score of 5,668 points (7/16-18/14) ... finished in 11th place at the U.S Outdoor Championships (6/27-28) in the heptathlon with a score of 5,680 points, posting personal-best in the long jump (19-7 1/2 (5.98m)) ... competed unattached and finished second in the 100 hurdles at the Wisconsin Open (5/10) with a time of 13.64) ... competed unattached at the Bulldog Heptathlon and finished second with a score of 5,745
2014 Indoor: Earned All-America honors with a fifth-place finish in the pentathlon at the NCAA Championships (3/15) with a PR score of 4,253 ... won the pentathlon at the Big Ten Championships (2/28) with a score of 4,176 ... won the high jump at the Red a White Open (2/21) by clearing 5-7 (1.70m) ... placed eighth in the 60 hurdle semifinals at the Tyson Invitational (2/15) with a time of 8.34 ... finished 14th in the 60 hurdle prelims at the Tyson Invitational (2/15) with a time of 8.46 ... finished eighth in the 60 hurdles at the Tyson Invitational (2/15) with a time of 8.52 ... set a Wisconsin record in the 60 hurdle semifinals at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8) with a time of 8.33 ... placed 2nd in the 60 hurdle prelims at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8) with a time of 8.36 ... finished third in the 60 hurdles at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8) with a time of 8.41 ... finished third in the eastern high jump at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/8) by clearing 5-5 1/4 ... won the pentathlon at the Bill Bergan Invitational (2/1) with a score of 4,117, the fourth-best mark in school history ... won the long jump and the 60 meter hurdles at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/25) after a mark of 19-8 1/4 in the long jump and a time of 8.40 in the hurdles ... finished first with a time of 8.47 in the 60 meter hurdles prelims at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/25) ... won the 60 meter hurdles at the Wisconsin Dual (1/18) in 8.58 ... placed sixth in the shot put at the Wisconsin Dual (1/18) after a toss of 36-9 1/2 (11.21m) ... took third in the high jump at the Wisconsin Dual (1/18) after clearing 5-6 (1.68m)
2013 Outdoor: Placed second in the 100 hurdles at the Big Ten championships (5/11-12) with a time of 13.15, after running 13.46 in the preliminary round, took fourth in the long jump with a mark of 19-6 3/4 (5.96m) and finished 12th in the javelin with a throw of 127-2 (38.77m) ... won the 100 hurdles at the Wisconsin Open (5/4) with a time of 13.49 ... placed seventh in the heptathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays (4/17-18) with 5,493 points ... at the Westmont Classic (3/30), placed second in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.65, fourth in the 200 meters with a time of 24.96, third in the high jump with a clearance of 4-11 (1.50m) and fourth in the javelin with a throw of 115-2 (35.11m)
2013 Indoor: Finished 11th in the pentathlon at the NCAA championships (3/9) with a score of 4,066 points ... placed third in the pentathlon with a score of 4,003 points at the Big Ten championships (2/22-23), also finished 17th in the preliminary round of the 60 hurdles with a time of 9.11 and took 14th in the long jump with a mark of 18-6 (5.64m) ... broke the Wisconsin school record in the 60 hurdles with a run of 8.39 at the Cyclone Classic (2/8) and won the long jump with a mark of 19-8 3/4 (6.01m) ... won the pentathlon with 4,024 points at the Frank Sevigne Invitational (2/1) ... won the 60 hurdles at the Bill Bergan Invitational (1/26) with a time of 8.42 and took second in the long jump with a leap of 19-2 (5.84m) ... won the high jump at the Wisconsin Elite Invitational (1/19) with a height of 5-6 (1.68m)
2012 Outdoor: Placed 10th at the NCAA championships (6/7-8) in the heptathlon with 5,606 points ... took third at the Big Ten championships in the heptathlon with a score of 5,553 points, also placed 12th in the javelin with a throw of 133-7 (40.72m) and ran in the 4x400 relay to help the team place ninth with a time of 3:43.36 ... ran a time of 13.81 in the 100 hurdles at the NCAA Preliminaries (5/25) to take 35th in the preliminayr round ... placed sixth in the heptathlon at the Mt. SAC Relays (4/18-19) with a score of 5,451 points ... ran a time of 25.40 in the 200 meters at the Beach Invitational (4/21) to take 55th, also took ninth in the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.92 and 23rd in the high jump with a clearance of 5-3 1/4 (1.61m) ... placed third in the long jump with a leap of 18-4 1/2 (5.60m) at the Stanford Invitational (4/6), also took 16th in her section of the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.32 ... placed second in the javelin with a throw of 141-3 (43.06m), eighth in the high jump with a clearance of 5-3 (1.60m) and 10th in the 100 hurdles with a time of 14.44 at the SEC/Big Ten Challenge (3/23)
2012 Indoor: Took third in the pentathlon at the Big Ten championships (2/24) with a score of 3,978 ... placed fifth in the pentathlon at the Frank Sevigne Invitational (2/3) with 3,769 points ... placed 64th in the 200 meters (26.02), 27th in the long jump (17-8 3/4 (5.40m)) and 24th in the preliminary round of the 60 hurdles (8.78) at the Tyson Invitational (2/10) ... won the 60 hurdles with a time of 8.65 and placed 10th in the high jump with a height of 5-1 (1.55m) at the Bill Bergan Invitational (1/28)
2011 Indoor: Redshirt season ... competing unattached, took away 11th in the shot put with a throw of 36-11 3/4 (11.27m) at the Badger Track Classic (1/15) ... placed fourth at the Red a White Open (2/18) in the shot put with a throw of 40-5 1/2 (12.33m) ... took second in the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Qualifier (3/4) with a time of 8.89, also took seventh in the shot put (40-9 (12.42m)) and second in the long jump (17-11 3/4 (5.48m)) ... took third in both the weight throw (56-3 1/4 (17.15m)) and shot put (47-9 (14.55m)) at the NCAA Qualifier (3/4)
2011 Outdoor: Earned bronze medal and led U.S. in heptathlon at 2011 Pan Am Junior Championships with personal-best score of 5,277 points, setting a personal-best mark in the shot put (38-5 (11.71m) ... took second at 2011 USA Junior Championships in the heptathlon with score of 5,200 points, all three running events (100 hurdles, 200 meters, 800 meters) ... took second in the heptathlon at the California Invitational Multis (4/13-14) with a score of 5,200 (14.18 / 1.61m / 11.58m / 25.55 / 5.85m / 31.00m / 2:25.52) ... placed second in the heptathlon with a score of 4,869 (14.76 / 1.59m / 11.47m / 26.00 / 5.11m / 35.32m / 2:30.97) and took 19th in the javelin with a throw of 101-4 (30.90m) at the Aztec Invitational (3/18-19) ... ran a time of 14.49 in the 100-meter hurdles and was a member of the 4x200-meter relay team that finished 18th with a time of 1:39.75 at the Florida Relays (4/1-2) ... ran a wind-aided time of 25.28 in the 200 meters, took 15th in the 100-meter hurdles at 15.01 and placed 26th in the long jump with a distance of 17-6 3/4 (5.35m) at the Steve Scott Invitational (4/30-5/1) ... won the 100-meter hurdles with at ime of 14.48, took fifth in the high jump with a clearance of 5-3 1/4 (1.61m) and won the long jump with a mark of 17-8 (5.38m) at the Wisconsin Twilight Invitational (5/7)
High School
Earned All-America honors with sixth-place finish in 100-meter hurdles (14.21) at 2010 New Balance Nationals after running Massachusetts high school record of 13.93 in prelims ... also finished eighth in long jump at New Balance Nationals ... was 10th in long jump at 2010 Nike Indoor Nationals ... Massachusetts all-state champion in long jump (19-3) and 100-meter hurdles (14.60) as a senior ... also claimed titles in both 100 hurdles and long jump at Division III outdoor state meet ... indoors, claimed Division III state titles in the 55-meter hurdles and long jump as a senior ... set meet record in the 55 hurdles at 8.26 ... in all, a five-time MIAA Division III state champion indoors ... also a six-time MIAA Division III state champion outdoors ... three-time all-state champion in the outdoor long jump ... amassed a total of 21 top-two finishes between indoor and outdoor state meet competition ... finished eighth in the long jump at the 2009 Nike Outdoor Nationals ... named 2010 Boston Globe Indoor Athlete of the Year and 2010 Boston Globe Outdoor Athlete of the Year ... four-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic honoree in all ... also a four-year starter in soccer ... National Honor Society member ... high school coach: Joseph Colbert
Personal
Parents are K.C. and Helen Latham ... both parents competed in track and field at the University of Maine ... has a sister, Kiera ... major is elementary education
Why Wisconsin?
"I visited Wisconsin and I fell in love with the spirit and the atmosphere of the University. I feel like the coach Nate Davis is someone who can take me to the next level."
| Personal Bests | ||||||
| Indoor | Outdoor | |||||
| 200 Meters | 26.02 | 2-11-12 | 100 Meters | 12.2 | High School | |
| 800 Meters | 2:19.13 | 1-31-14 | 200 Meters | 24.37 | 5-15-15 | |
| 60 Hurdles | 8.29 | 2-28-15 | 800 Meters | 2:17.01* | 4-12-14 | |
| High Jump | 5-7 (1.70m) | 2-21-14 | 100 Hurdles | 13.15 | 5-12-13 | |
| Long Jump | 19-8 3/4 (6.01m) | 2-8-13 | High Jump | 5-8 (1.73m) | 5-15-15 | |
| Shot Put | 41-2 1/2 (12.56m) | 2-3-12 | Long Jump | 19-11 (6.07m) | 6-11-15 | |
| Triple Jump | 38-11 (11.86m) | 1-24-15 | Triple Jump | 40-4 1/4 (12.29m) | High School | |
| Shot Put | 44-2 (13.46m) | 5-15-15 | ||||
| Javelin | 141-3 (43.06m) | 3-23-12 | ||||
| Pentathlon | 4,253 | 3-15-14 | Heptathlon | 5,914 | 5-15/16-15 | |
| (8.37 / 1.70m / 11.55m / 5.84m / 2:18.54) | (13.49 / 1.73m / 13.46m / 24.37 / 5.93m / 37.15m / 2:19.75) | |||||
First Team All-America Honors (1)
2014 - Indoor (1)
Pentathlon: 5th - (8.34 / 1.70m / 11.99m / 5.98m / 2:18.55)
Second Team All-America Honors (3)
2015 - Outdoor (1)
Heptathlon: 12th - 5,778 (13.50 / 1.63m / 12.35m / 24.37 / 6.07m / 38.68m / 2:20.64)
2013 - Indoor (1)
Pentathlon: 11th - 4,066 (8.34 / 1.63m / 11.38m / 5.96m / 2:22.77)
2012 - Outdoor (1)
Heptathlon: T-10th - 5,606 (13.75 / 1.57m /12.97m / 24.84 / 5.74m / 41.19m / 2:21.52)
At the NCAA Championships
2015 - Outdoor
Heptathlon: 12th - 5,778 (13.50 / 1.63m / 12.35m / 24.37 / 6.07m / 38.68m / 2:20.64)
2014 - Indoor
Pentathlon: 5th - (8.34 / 1.70m / 11.99m / 5.98m / 2:18.55)
2013 - Indoor
Pentathlon: 11th - 4,066 (8.34 / 1.63m / 11.38m / 5.96m / 2:22.77)
2012 - Outdoor
Heptathlon: T-10th - 5,606 (13.75 / 1.57m /12.97m / 24.84 / 5.74m / 41.19m / 2:21.52)
At the NCAA Preliminary Round
2012 - West
100 Hurdles: 35th-P (13.81)
At the Big Ten Championships
2015 - Outdoor
Heptathlon: 2nd - 5,914 (13.49 / 1.73m / 13.46m / 24.37 / 5.93m / 37.15m / 2:19.75)
4x400 Relay: 11th (3:44.03)
2015 - Indoor
60 Hurdles: 3rd (8.29)
4x400: 13th (3:54.79)
2014 - Indoor
Pentathlon: 1st - 4,176 (8.37 / 1.70m / 11.55m / 5.84m / 2:18.54)
2013 - Outdoor
100 Hurldes: 2nd (13.15)
Long Jump: 4th (19-6 3/4 (5.96m))
Javelin: 12th (127-2 (38.77m))
2013 - Indoor
Pentathlon: 3rd - 4,003 (8.43 / 1.59m / 11.64m / 5.92m / 2:22.88)
60 Hurdles: 17th-P (9.11)
Long Jump: 14th (18-6 (5.64m))
2012 - Outdoor
4x400 Relay: 9th (3:43.36)
Heptathlon: 3rd - 5,553 (13.66 / 1.58m /12.40m / 24.82 / 5.70m / 39.40m / 2:21.17)
2012 - Indoor
Pentathlon: 3rd - 3,978 (8.64 / 1.67m / 12.29m / 5.48m / 2:21.81)
2011 - Outdoor
Long Jump: 20th (16-7 3/4 (5.07m))
Heptathlon: 4th - 5,039 (14.14 / 1.58m / 11.98m / 25.50 / 5.32m / 31.08m / 2:27.72)
Notable Performances
2015 U.S. Outdoor Championship
Heptathlon: 12th - 5,695 (13.58 / 1.67m / 12.10m / 24.79 / 5.79m / 38.11m / 2:18.30)
2014 Pan American Combined Events Cup
Heptathlon: 6th - 5,668 (13.45 / 5-3 / 38-4 f / 24.71 / 19-8 f / 132-0 / 2:21.99)
2014 U.S. Outdoor Championships
Heptathlon: 11th - 5,680 (13.46 / 1.60m / 11.09m / 24.69 / 5.98m / 41.42m / 2:19.20)
2011 USA Outdoor Junior Championships
Heptathlon: 2nd - 5,205 (14.10 / 1.54m / 11.04m / 25.03 / 5.68m / 35.17m / 2:24.38)
2011 Pan American Junior Championships
Heptathlon: 3rd - 5,277 (14.14 / 1.61m / 11.71m / 25.06 / 5.86m / 34.19m / 2:30.64)
