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  Liane Weber
Liane Weber

Player Profile
Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Wangen, Germany

Height:
5-10

Event:
Multi-Events

Major:
Health Science

Career Honors
• NCAA Qualifier, Pentathlon & Heptathlon (2007)
• USTFCCCA All-American, Pentathlon (2009)
• ACC Champion, Pentathlon (2007, 2009)
• Southeast Region Indoor Field Athlete-of-the-Year (2009)
• ACC Indoor Freshman-of-the-Year (2007)
• CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-District III (2009)
• All-ACC Academic, Track & Field (2007)
• All-ACC Academic, Indoor Track & Field (2009)

Clemson Highlights
• Ranks first in Clemson history in the pentathlon & heptathlon, fifth in the javelin throw, and sixth in the indoor high jump

2008-09 Highlights
• Red-shirted the outdoor season
• Earned first-ever All-America honor in the pentathlon, she placed sixth in the five-event slate at the NCAA Championships
• Posted total of 4,235 points at the NCAA national meet, which is an ACC record
• Set personal bests in four of the five events at the national championship meet
• Won her second ACC crown in three years in the pentathlon, she had a total of 4,218 points in the meet at Blacksburg, VA
• Qualified for NCAAs with automatic point total of 4,135 in winning her second JRF Multi-Event Challenge title in three years

2007-08 Outdoor Highlights
• Scored at the ACC meet in Atlanta with a total of 4,804 points in the heptathlon
• Best event was the javelin, where she recorded a throw of 131'6", she also had a solid 5'4.25" clearance in the high jump

2007-08 Indoor Highlights
• Competed at the ACC Championships in the pentathlon, but did not finish after a fall in the opening event (60m dash)
• Had a high jump of 5'3.75" at the ACC meet

2006-07 Outdoor Highlights
• One of four freshmen to earn an invitation to the NCAA Championships in the heptathlon, but she did not complete the grueling competition due to injury
• Runner-up in the heptathlon at the ACC Championships after setting the school record in the seven-event competition
• Posted NCAA provisional qualifying total of 5,337 points
• Surpassed Katja Pettinen, who had held the school record with 5,321 points since 1995
• Ranks fifth on the Lady Tigers' all-time performance list in the javelin after she recorded a throw of 140'6" at the Yellow Jacket Invitational
• Ran a 14.30 in the 100m hurdles at the Solid Orange Classic

2006-07 Indoor Highlights
• Competed at the NCAA Championships in the pentathlon, the only freshman to do so among the national field of multi-event athletes
• Earned ACC championship in the pentathlon by posting an automatic NCAA qualifying total of 4,089 points
• Was strong across the board in the five-event slate, as she recorded season bests in the 800m (2:18.44), 60m hurdles (8.77), long jump (19'4.75"), high jump (5'7.25") at the ACC meet, which was held at Clemson's indoor facility
• First Clemson athlete to win the pentathlon since Lauren Nicholson in 2004 and just the second in the history of the program
• First ACC champion in any event for Clemson women's team since Gisele Oliveira won the outdoor triple jump in 2005
• Broke Nicholson's school record in the pentathlon in her first collegiate multi-event competition, the JRF Multi-Event Challenge
• Scored 3,941 points at that meet on January 26
• Named ACC Indoor Freshman of the Year, a first for Clemson

Pre-Clemson Highlights
• Member of the German national track & field team
• First-place finisher in the heptathlon at the 2005 German Championships
• Placed first at the 2003 German Championships in the long jump
• Finished seventh in the heptathlon at the Under-20 European Championships in 2005

Personal
• Born 2/24/86
• Majoring in health science
• Two-time member of the ACC Academic Honor Roll
• Daughter of Bruno and Gisela Weber

Best Collegiate Marks
• 60m - 8.17
• 100m - 12.79
• 200m - 25.40
• 800m - 2:14.04
• 60m Hurdles - 8.66
• 100m Hurdles - 14.30
• Long Jump - 19'8.75"
• High Jump - 5'7.75"
• Shot Put - 39'5"
• Javelin Throw - 140'6"
• Pentathlon - 4,235 points
• Heptathlon - 5,337 points

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