2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster
Phethisang Makhethe
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Sasolburg, Free State, South Africa
- Major:
- Psychology
 All-American (Indoor Weight Throw '25) |
 1x NCAA Championships Qualifier |
 Second-Team All-Big Ten // Weight Throw ('25), Hammer Throw ('25) |
2025
Indoor
- NCAA All-American (Weight Throw)
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (Weight Throw)
- NCAA Championships qualifier (Weight Throw)
- Broke the program record for the weight throw, 23.11m (75-10), in her win at the Tyson Invitational
- Placed third in the weight throw, 23.08m (75-8 3/4), at the NCAA Indoor Championships to become an All-American
- Placed in second in the weight throw, 23.02m (75-4 1/4), at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
- Finished in first at the Fighting Illini Open WT 22.28m (73-1 1/4) and at the Hoosier Horsepower Classic WT 22.26m (73 1/2)
Outdoor
- Second-Team All-Big Ten (Hammer Throw)
- Threw the program's second-best hammer throw, 68.66m (225-3), in her silver medal finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
- Academic All-Big Ten
2024
Indoor
- Threw a season-best weight throw while competing unattached at the Illini Challenge, 20.85m (68-5)
Outdoor
- Threw the program's second-best hammer throw at the Fighting Illini Tune-Up, 61.93m (203-2)
- Placed eighth in the hammer throw at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, 60.35m (198-0)
- Placed 23rd at the NCAA West Preliminaries in the hammer throw, 57.51m (188-8)
2022-23 (at New Mexico State)
- Winner of the weight throw at the 2023 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, throwing a New Mexico State school record of 20.61m (67-7 1/2)
- Winner of the hammer throw at the 2022 WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships throwing 62.86m (206-3)
- Winner of the weight throw at the 2022 WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, recording a personal best of 19.39m (63-7 1/2) good for second on the all-time records list at New Mexico State
TFRRS Profile
Illini Track I Melissa Wullschleger NCAA Outdoor All-American Heptathlon 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Rose Yeboah NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Kam Garrett NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/13/25
Saturday, June 14
Illini Track I Sophia Beckmon NCAA Outdoor All-American Long Jump 6/12/25
Friday, June 13
