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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Luke Lu
Luke Lu

Centaine Noom-Duckworth

  • Position Throws
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Auckland, New Zealand
  • Highschool Rangitoto College

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests/Results

2025 Outdoor: Redshirted, competed unattached.

2025 Indoor: Won weight throw at Bill Bergan Open (18.45m/60-6.5) and Cyclone Open (19.29m/63-3.5)…best toss of 19.37m/63-6.75 came at Iowa State Classic…added fourth place finishes at Washburn Open, MVC Championships…was runner-up at Iowa Open.

2023 Indoor: Won the weight throw at the Iowa Open at 17.48m…Set a PR in weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships at 17.52m.

2023 Outdoor: Gold in Hammer Throw at Dutch Invite (184’0”)...2nd at Drake Relays in Hammer Throw (184’1”). 

2022 Outdoor: Set a discus PR of 40.39m (132’6”) at the Grand View Viking Relays… Recorded her hammer throw PR of 53.78m (176’5”) at the MVC Outdoor Track & Field Championships for an eighth place finish.
 
2022 Indoor: Collected a weight throw PR of 16.15m (53’0”) at the Iowa State Classic.
 
Prior to Drake: Prepped at Rangitoto College in Auckland College… Was named Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year at her school twice… Also lettered in basketball, volleyball and water polo… 2021 U20 Women’s Hammer Throw National Champion… Academic Excellence Award.

Personal: Daughter of Ken and Kristin… Her mother played basketball at the University of Waikato… Majoring in Physics, Astronomy and Mathematics… Hobbies include baking and listening to music.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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  • 2025-26Redshirt Senior

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