Galissia Cause

Class:
Junior
High School:
Battlefield HS
Hometown:
Gainesville, Va.

2014-15 Track and Field: Won the shot put title at the Christopher Newport Holiday Open by producing a mark of 14.50m (47-07.00) – the fourth-highest total in program history … Placed second in the shot put at the Kent Taylor Invitational with a mark of 13.32m (43-08.50) … Took first in the shot put at the VertKlasse Meet by throwing 14.75m (48-04.75), the second-best outdoor total in school history … Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the shot put … Captured ninth place in the discus at the American Athletic Conferene Outdoor Championships by recording a personal-best mark of 44.03m (144-05.00).

High School: Four-time Virginia State Champion in the discus and shot put ... Captured the 2013 Virginia Group AAA Indoor State Championship in the shot put ... Won the 2014 Virginia 6A Indoor State Championship in the shot put as well as the 2014 Virginia 5A/6A Outdoor State Championship in the same event ... Claimed the 2014 Virginia 5A/6A Outdoor State Championship in the discus throw ... Personal best mark in the discus is 142' 11" while her career best in the shot put is 46' 7.25" ... Earned three letters in basketball as a power and small forward.

Personal: Born in Woodbridge, Va. to Antoinette Marie Garrett ... Has an older sister, Gabrielle ... Intended major is social work.