Kajsa Bank

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-8
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Louisville, Colo.
High School:
Louisville

PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Shot Put: 40-6.25/12.35m (2013)
Weight Throw: 46-3.25/14.10m (2013)
OUTDOOR
Hammer Throw: 135-07/41.32m (2012)
Javelin: 128-3/39-10m (2014)
Shot Put: 39-3/11.96m (2013)
Discus: 111-6/34.00m (2013)

2014: Indoor: Bank competed in three meets and focused mainly on the shot put. She recorded her season-best of 39-5.75 in the shot put and a second-place finish at the Potts Invitational (1/18). Bank threw a season-best of 43-3 in the weight throw at the Air Force Collegiate Open (2/15).
Outdoor: Bank only participated in the javelin in her final season of competition. She launched a PR of 128-03 at the Tom Benich Open (4/4), which was good for second overall. Bank went on to compete at the Pac-12 Championships and was 18^th with a throw of 110-00.

2013: Indoor: Bank recorded personal bests in both the shot put and weight throws during her junior season. She launched her best toss in the weight throw (46-3.25) at the Air Force All-Comers Meet (1/12), placing 10^th overall. Two weeks later at the Air Force Invite (1/26), Bank recorded her first mark over 40 feet in the shot put to earn a PR of 40-6.25. The mark placed her 10^th at the meet.
Outdoor: Bank continued to do well during the outdoor campaign, posting personal bests in three of four events. Two of her PRs came at the first meet of the season, the Jerry Quiller Classic (3/16). There she recorded a mark of 107-9 in the javelin for ninth place and 111-6 in the discus which was seventh overall. Bank’s other PR was 39-3 in the shot put at the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/27), which was good for ninth.

2012: Indoor: Bank competed in both the shot put and weight throw as a sophomore. She recorded her season best shot put mark at the Air Force Invite (2/11) with a toss of 37-02.25. Banks’ best throw for the year in the weight throw came at the following meet, the CSM Twilight (2/17); there she recorded a toss of 41-03.75.
Outdoor: Bank threw personal bests in both the hammer throw and shot put during the outdoor campaign. She started the season with a PR in the hammer, launching the implement 135-07 to place 10^th overall at the Potts Invite (3/17). Her best throw in the shot put was 36-02.75, which she recorded at the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/28)

2011: Indoor: Bank started her CU career throwing the shot put and weight throws. She recorded then-personal bests at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight (2/18) in both. Bank placed 10th in the shot put with a toss of 37-04.50 and was 14^th in the weight throw after a toss of 42-04.
Outdoor: Bank competed in the hammer throw, javelin and shot put. She recorded season-highs in the hammer throw (134-09) and the javelin (89-07) at the Potts Invite (3/18). Bank PR’d in the shot put at the CU Invite (4/9) after recording a mark of 34-01.25.

2010: Redshirt. Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Bank is the MHS shot put record holder (35-02.5). She placed 10^th overall at the state championship and lists her biggest moment as moving up from 16^th to ninth to qualify for finals at state. Bank was also an all-conference selection (Front Range League) and was third in the Boulder County Championships on the track. Bank was also a member of the swimming and tennis teams for the Coyotes. She earned four letters on the swim team and one in tennis.

HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: Shot Put: 35-02.50; Discus: 100-04.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Bank earned degrees in psychology and sociology.

PERSONAL: Kajsa Johanna Bank was born on June 25, 1991 in Boulder, Colo. She is the daughter of Holden Bank and Annette (Tánnander) Bank. Her mother was a two-time Olympian in the high jump and heptathlon and competed at CU as a member of the track and field team. Bank’s aunt, Kristine Tánnander, was also an Olympian (heptathlon) and her grandfather, Kjell Tánnander, competed at the Olympics in the decathlon. All three were members of the Swedish national team. Her father was a swimmer at Duke. She has one brother, Tobias, and one sister, Karolina. Bank lists her hobbies as swimming, photography, sports, snowboarding and hanging out with friends. She is fluent in Swedish and goes to Sweden to visit family that still lives there.