Charlene Helton

Position:
Multis/Javelin
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Carlinville HS
Hometown:
Carrollton, Ill.

TFRRS Bio

2017-18
Outdoor: Won the javelin at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/24) with a mark of 128’-6” … Set a PR in the javelin with a mark of 130’-0” (39.62m) at the Jesse Owens Classic (4/21) … Competed at five outdoor meets.
Indoor: Did not compete.

2016-17
Outdoor: Finished 14th in the javelin at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Threw the javelin a personal-best 116’-4” (35.47m) at the Lenny Lyles Invitational (4/29)…Finished second in the javelin at the Gibson Invitational (4/15)…Tallied four top-five finishes in the javelin…Competed at eight outdoor meets.
Indoor: Ran unattached at the Saluki Fast Start (12/10), placing seventh in the long jump…Competed at one indoor meet.

High School
Qualified for the IHSA Class A State meet in back-to-back seasons while at Carlinville High School...Competed in both the 100m and the 200m at the 2015 Illinois Top Times Indoor Championships...Took eighth in the javelin at the 2016 AAU Junior Olympics in Humble, Texas...Was a three-time regional champion in karate...Took first at the 2014 Epic Singletrack cross country mountain bike race, “Point to Point”.

Personal
Born on August 22, 1997...Full name is Charlene Lynette Helton...Daughter of Charles and Debra Helton...Father is a mail carrier while mother is a speech-language pathologist...Has one brother...Majoring in biology.