Edie Boyer is a retired female discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

er from the United States

United States

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. She set her personal best (62.92 metres) in the women's discus throw event on 1998-05-16 at a meet in Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

. Her all-time personal best in the women's discus event is 64.08 metres on 1996-06-10 at the Bruce Jenner Classic, held in San Jose, CA. Boyer was the 1995 USA women's discus champion and competed at two World Championships (1995 and 1997) during her career.

She was on the North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University

North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University , is a public university in Fargo, North Dakota. NDSU has about 14,000 students and it is the largest university in North Dakota based on full time students and land size...

track and field and also the NDSU women's basketball team while a student there from 1984-1989.