2017-18 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Jessica Heims
- Position:
- Throws / Sprints
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cedar Rapids Prairie HS
- Hometown:
- Swisher, Iowa
2021 OUTDOOR: Notched a season-best of 33.98m to place third in the discus at the John Kruchoski Open (May 15) … Recorded a toss of 33.81m in the discus at the Drake Relays (April 22-24) … Clocked a time of 29.59w in the 200 meters and a mark of 31.87m in the discus at the Illinois State Invitational (April 30 - May 1).
2021 INDOOR: Did not compete.
2020 INDOOR: Did not compete.
2019 PARA ATHLETICS: Picked up three gold medals for Team USA at the Para Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy. She threw 34.18m in the discuss to win the combined event by over two meters. She won the 100-meter dash with a time of 14.65 and picked up gold in the 200-meter dash with a time of 30.04 to win by over two seconds... Has been named to Team USA for the Parapan American Games in August in Peru and is slated to compete in the Para Athletics World Championship in November in Dubai.
2019 OUTDOOR: Recorded a personal-best of 14.82 in the 100-meters at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May 3)... Set the para-athlete F64 classification World Record in the discuss throw at 35.52m at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic... Competed in the discuss throw at the Drake Relays (April 27)... Competed in the 200 and discuss throw at the Tom Botts Invite (April 20)... First recorded a World Record in the discuss throw at the Musco Twilight (April 13).
2018 OUTDOOR: Finished with a PR of 29.50 in the 200 at the Musco Twilight (4/12) … Competed in the Tom Botts Invite (4/20) … Notched a PR of 32.62m in the discus at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/4).
2018 INDOOR: Earned a PR of 9.31 in the 60 at the Jack Jennett Open (1/25).
PARALYMPICS: Paralympic Games medalist placing seventh in the 400-meter dash and eighth in the discus in the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games ... she was a silver medalist in the discus and bronze medalist in the 400-meter dash at the 2016 Olympic Trials ... Paralympic High School All-American ... Paralympic discus national record holder ... at the 2015 Paralympic Worlds, she placed fifth in discus and fifth in the 400-meter dash ... Named the 2017 National High School Paralympic Field Athlete of the Year.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was in National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society and on her high school's honor roll ... was a Key Club officer and a leader in Fellowship for Christian Athletes.
PERSONAL: Native of Swisher, Iowa ... daughter of Kris and Glen Heims ... volunteered with the Key Club and served on her church's hospitality crew ... majoring in biology.
