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2024-2025 Women's Track & Field Roster

Cydney Banks

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lee's Summit, MO
  • Major Political Science
  • Prev School Lee's Summit West

Biography

CAREER HONORS
• 2025 NCAA-II Outdoor National Qualifier
• 2025 GLVC Outdoor Champion (Shot Put)
• 2025 Outdoor All-GLVC (Discus)
• 2025 NCAA-II Indoor All-America (Shot Put)
• 2025 NCAA-II Indoor National Qualifier
• 2025 GLVC Indoor Champion (Shot Put)
• 2025 Indoor All-GLVC (Weight Throw)
• 2024 NCAA-II Outdoor National Qualifier
• 2024 GLVC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year 
• 2024 Outdoor All-GLVC (Shot Put)
• 2024 Outdoor All-GLVC (Discus)
• 2024 Outdoor All-GLVC (Hammer Throw) 
• 2023 NCAA-II Outdoor All-America (Shot Put)
• 2023 NCAA-II Outdoor National Qualifier
• 2023 GLVC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year 
• 2023 GLVC Outdoor Champion (Shot Put)
• 2023 Outdoor All-GLVC (Shot Put)
• 2023 GLVC Indoor Champion (Shot Put)
• 2023 NCAA-II Indoor National Qualifier (Shot Put)
• 2023 Indoor All-GLVC (Shot Put)
• 2023 Indoor All-GLVC (Weight Throw)
• GLVC Field Athlete of the Week (4/12/23)
• GLVC Field Athlete of the Week (4/19/23)
• 2022 GLVC Freshman of the Year
• 2022 Outdoor All-GLVC First Team (Discus)
• 2022 GLVC Outdoor Champion (Discus)
• 2022 Outdoor All-GLVC Second Team (Shot Put)

2024-25 (SENIOR)
Indoor: Took second in the weight throw (18.29 meters) and third in the shot put with a school record (14.38 meters) to open the season at the Mej Tjeerdsma Classic...Broke the school record in the shot put four times capped by a a 15.58 meter performance at the NCAA-II National Championships to finish third and earn All-America honors...Won the Bearcat Invite with a then-school record 15.21 meter throw in the shot...Was the GLVC shot put Champion at 14.59 meters while placing third in the weight throw at 18.52 meters, third best all-time...Set a new school record in the weight throw at 18.81 meters at the NCAA-II National Championships, placing 13th...Outdoor: Won the Lincoln Open in the shot put (13.13 meters) and was second in the hammer throw (47.52 meters)...Set new school record in the shot put with a mark of 15.05 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic, placing sixth...Won the GLVC Championship in the same event at 14.71 meters while taking second in the discus with a career high and school record 47.39 meters...Also finished fourth at the GLVC Championships in the hammer throw (52.89 meters)...Placed 17th at the NCAA-II National Championships in the shot put with a mark of 14.12 meters

2023-24 (JUNIOR)
Indoor: Took third in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw at the Mel Tjeerdsma Classic...Outdoor: Placed among the top seven in the shot put (14.96 meters) and discus (43.39 meters) at the Kansas Relays...Set a new career best in the shot put at the Rock Chalk Invite with a school record mark of 15.05 meters...Took second place in the shot (14.10 meters), discus (45.86 meters), and hammer throw (53.58 meters - school record) at the GLVC Outdoor Championships with the latter two being career highs...Named GLVC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year for the second time

2022-23 (SOPHOMORE)
Indoor: Opened sophomore season with two first place marks at the Mel Tjeerdsma Classic in the shot put (13.97m) and weight throw (15.82m)...Put up a school record 16.87 meter toss in the weight throw to finish second at the GLVC Championships...Won the GLVC title in the shot put with a throw of 14.52 meters...Broke the school record and ranked first in the conference with a 14.55 meter throw in the shot put at the Ichabod Invite...Finished 13th at the NCAA-II Indoor Championships with a mark of 13.50 meters in the shot put...Outdoor: Won events at the SBU Invite, Lincoln Open and the John McDonnell Invitational, defeating multiple Division I opponents in the hammer with a throw of 49.67 meters in the latter meet...Swept the GLVC shot put titles with an outdoor win at 13.93 meters...Posted career bests and school records in the discus (44.14m) to place second and in the hammer (50.77m) to finish third...Named the GLVC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year...Placed seventh to earn All-America honors in the shot put with a school record mark of 14.97 meters at the NCAA-II Outdoor Championships

2021-22 (FRESHMAN)
Indoor: Tossed a season best mark in the weight throw at the GLVC Championships to finish seventh at 15.13 meters...Outdoor: Posted a season high 48.08 meters in the hammer at the Mule Relays...Won the GLVC Championship in the discus with a season high throw of 42.36 meters...Took second at the conference meet in the shot put with a throw of 13.67 meters, another season best

PREP
Won two state championships as a senior in the discus and shot put...Helped the Titans to a state runner up finish as a team...Recipient of the Rusty Hogde Conference Thrower of the Year...Competed at the Nike Outdoor National Championships where she placed 11th in the discus and 19th in the shot put

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-2022Freshman

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2022-2023Sophomore

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2023-2024Junior

    Throws
    5'8"
  • 2024-2025Senior

    Throws
    5'8"
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