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Lewis & Clark College

2024-25 Track and Field Roster

Lillian Besa

  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Keizer, Ore.
  • High School McNary
  • Events Throws

Biography

TFRRS BIO PAGE: https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/8752306/Lewis__Clark/Lillian_Besa.html

2025 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
Shot Put: 8.41M (27-07.25 Feet) – Ed Boitano Invitational, March 1 – 50th in program history
Hammer: 35.22M (115-07 Feet) – Northwest Conference Championship, April 26  – 13th in program history
Discus: 35.63M (116-11 Feet) – Northwest Conference Championship, April 27 – 13th in program history

2025 Indoor Season Best Marks
 
Shot Put: 8.14M (26-08.50 Feet) – Portland Indoor #1, January 26 – 7th in program history
Weight Throw: 8.92M (29-03.25 Feet) – George Fox Indoor #1, February 8 – 2nd in program history

NOTABLES 
  • Put together a strong sophomore campaign that saw her PR in all five of her events and produce top-13 marks in four of them 
  • Competed in 10 meets during her second season 
  • Posted the second-best mark in indoor program history in the weight throw (8.92M) and added a mark of 8.06M in the shot put at the George Fox Indoor #1 Meet on February 8
  • Recorded the 50th-best throw in program history in the shot put (8.41M) at the Ed Boitano Invitational 
  • Saved her best for last as she notched PRs in the discus (35.63M) and hammer (35.22M) at the Northwest Conference Championship Meet
  • Placed ninth in the discus and 20th in the hammer at the NWC Championship Meet
2024 Outdoor Season Best Marks
 
Shot Put: 7.43M (24-04.50 Feet) – L&C Electric Forest, March 16
Discus Throw: 29.49M (96-09 Feet) – John Knight Twilight, April 5 - 29th in program history
Hammer Throw: 27.06M (88-09 Feet) – L&C Larry Byerly Invite, April 12 - 19th in program history

NOTABLES 
  • Competed in six meets during her first collegiate season 
  • Made her collegiate debut on March 2 when she competed in the shot put and discus at the Ed Boitano Invitational 
  • Recorded a career-best toss and top-30 mark all-time in the discus on April 5 at the John Knight Twilight Meet
  • Closed out her season on April 12 with a career-best mark in the hammer throw which pushed her inside the top-20 in program history 

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    Throws
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Throws