2009 All-ACC Academic Team Selection
2008-09 CoSIDA All-Academic District II Second-Team Selection
2009 NCAA Championships At-Large Qualifier (Hammer Throw)
Semifinalist for the 2009 Wooden Citizenship Cup
In 2008-09: Indoor: Competed in four events during the indoor campaign … registered best finish at the J.D. Martin Invitational with a third place finish in the weight throw at 57[quote]5[apos]… registered best mark of the season at the ACC Indoor Championships with a 58[quote] throw to place seventh overall … Outdoor: Tallied a personal best throw of 194 feet, five inches at the Georgia Tech Invtiational … qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second consecutive year as an at-large selection with her throw at the Georgia Tech Invitational … placed sixth in the hammer throw at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a 182[quote]11[apos] throw.
In 2007-08: Tallied a personal-best throw of 184 feet, 9 inches in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Region Championships for a seventh-place finish … Finished fifth at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 184 feet, 4 inches … Finished fourth at the ACC Indoor Championships in the weight throw with a mark of 60 feet,4 inches … Had an indoor season-best mark of 60 feet,6 3/4 inches in the weight throw to finish first at the Clemson Opener.
In 2006-07: Set a personal-best indoor mark of 60[apos]-9.50[quote], just missing the NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark, in the weight throw at the Tiger Invitational … Placed fifth overall in the weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships with a throw of 58[apos]-11.50[quote] … Redshirted during the outdoor season.
In 2005-06: Broke the school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 174[apos]2[quote] at the Orange and Purple Classic, this mark was the third farthest hammer throw nationally among all USA junior women … Tallied a fourth-place finish in the hammer at the USATF Junior National Championships (168[apos]6[quote]) … Finished eighth in the hammer at the ACC Outdoor Championships (168[apos]4[quote]) … Posted a season-best mark of 142[apos]0[quote] in the discus to finish fifth at the Walt Disney World Invitational … Tallied a seventh-place finish in the weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships with a season-best toss of 51[apos]9[quote] … Posted a top indoor shot put mark of 41[apos]4.25[quote] at the Clemson Invitational.
High School: Lettered four seasons in track under coach Milo Griffin … Named team captain in junior and senior seasons … Won shot put state titles from 2003-05 … Captured the discus state crowns from 2002-05 … Lettered in basketball in four seasons … Tabbed all-state second team as a junior and senior … Selected to the all-state honorable mention team as a sophomore … Garnered all-league honors in hoops in final three seasons of competition … Earned one varsity letter in volleyball.
Personal: Born Alana Jean Clooten on April 1, 1987, in Fairbanks, Alaska … Parents are Clem and Connie Clooten … Has three older brothers, Lucas, Nate and Ben … Father ran track and played football at North Dakota State University (1975-77) … Brother Nate participated on the track team at the University of Idaho (1999-2001), and Ben competed for NDSU (2003) … Enjoys watching movies and fishing … Majoring in industrial engineering.
| Clooten[apos]s Career Top Marks | ||
| EVENT | MARK (INDOOR) | MARK (OUTDOOR) |
| Hammer | – | 194-00 |
| Weight | 60-09.50 | – |
| Shot Put | 41-4.25 | 39-11.25 |
| Discus | – | 152-02 |