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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Lara Zuk

Bella Martin

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Chapin High School
  • Hometown Irmo, S.C.
  • Instagram @bella.g_martin
  • Twitter @bellagmartin

Biography

Converse Records: Ranked 1st in shot put (11.62 meters).
 

2023-24 (Sophomore): Indoor Season - Finished 9th in the Weight Throw and 29th in the Shot Put at the Winston-Salem College Kick-off... Finished 12th in the Weight Throw and 12th in the Shot Put at the Gamecock Opener 2024… Finished 4th in the Weight Throw at the Carolina Challenge 2024… Finished 8th in the Weight Throw and 24th in the Shot Put at the 2024 Liberty Open… Finished 1st in the Weight Throw and set a new PR (16.02m) and 12th in the Shot Put at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track & Field Championships. Outdoor Season - Finished 21st in the Discus Throw and 23rd in the HT at the Charlotte 49er Classic... Finished 17th in the Discus Throw at the Weems Baskin Invitational 24… Finished 1st in the HT, 12th in the Discus Throw, and 12th in the Shot Put in the Weight Throw at the Lee University - Fast Break Invitational… Finished 1st in the HT and set a new PR (52.20m), 2nd in the Discus Throw and set a new PR (39.16m), and 3rd in the Shot Put at the Electric City Invitational… Finished 2nd in the Shot Put and set a new PR (11.96m), 3rd in the HT, and 7th in the Discus Throw at the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2022-23 (Freshman): Indoor Season - Posted a mark of 12.66 meters in the weight throw at the Finn Pincus Invitational...Placed 15th in shot put and 8th in the weight throw at the Liberty Open (10.23 meters, 14.10 meters)...Finished 7th in the weight throw and shot put at the Conference Carolinas Indoor Track and Field Championships (13.91 meters, 11.62 meters). Outdoor Season - At the Charlotte 49er Classic, placed 18th in the Hammer Throw and 31st in the shot put event...At the SWU Invite, placed third in the hammer throw with a mark of 42.78 meters, set a new Personal Record and finished 4th in the Discus Throw with a mark of 36.45 meters...At the Electric City Invite, Set a new PR and finished 4th in the Hammer Throw with a mark of 43.65 meters, also set a PR and finished 8th in the Javelin Throw with a mark of 26.06 meters, finished 15th in the shot put event and 20th in the discus event...At the Conference Carolinas Outdoor Track and Field Championships, finished 8th overall in both the shot put and hammer throw events, also placed 10th in the discus event.  

Prep: Graduated from Chapin High School where she was on the basketball, volleyball and track & field teams...17 All-Region titles collectively in the 4x100-meter relay, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus and javelin...4 Region Championships...Broke four high school track and field records...Member of the National Honors Society, Beta Club and Spanish Honors Society.

Personal: Daughter of Patrick and Janna Martin...Has one brother, Madison (24).

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    5'6"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2024-25Junior

    5'6"
  • 2025-26Senior

    5'6"