Meg Ritchie, Arizona: Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame, Class of 2022

Records seemingly came easy for Meg Ritchie, but she did her best to make them tough to beat – and her final entries in the shot put and discus record books haven proven quite difficult. While it took 34 years to surpass her collegiate record in the shot put, her discus CR still stands at 40 years and counting.

Ritchie broke the CR a total of 17 times – 11 in the shot (nine outdoors, two indoors) and six in the discus. By the time she completed her eligibility at Arizona, she had added more than 7 feet to the shot CR (to 18.99m/62-3¾) and more than 22 feet to the discus CR (to 67.48m/221-5).

Ritchie – who won a total of seven national collegiate titles combining AIAW and NCAA meets – began her record-breaking ways in her first meet in a Wildcat uniform, becoming the first collegiate woman to surpass 200 feet in March 1980. Later that month she added her first shot CR to become the first – and so far last – woman known to own CRs in both events at the same time.