Allegheny College Athletics

A four-time All-American and 12-time conference champion, Liz Earley remains the most dominant thrower in the history of the Gator women's track and field program.

Earley's top event throughout her career was the hammer throw, as she won NCAC titles in each of her four years, while picking up All-America honors with a fourth-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships and a second-place finish a season later. In the shot put, she earned All-NCAC accolades during the indoor and outdoor seasons in all four of her years, winning the conference indoor and outdoor titles in both 2007 and '08. In the discus, she was named All-NCAC in each of her final three seasons, capturing conference gold as a sophomore in 2006. 

Earley also excelled at the weight throw, twice earning All-America honors in the event with a fifth-place finish at the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships and a third-place performance in 2008. The 2007-08 Allegheny Female Athlete of the Year, Earley was also named the NCAC Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year in both 2007 and 2008. Ten years after graduating, she remains the school's all-time record holder in both the hammer throw (55.62 meters) and the weight throw (17.00 meters), while she ranks third in the shot put, and fifth in the discus. In 2014, she was named to the NCAC's 30th Anniversary Outdoor Track and Field All-Decade Team, which recognized the top athletes in the conference between the years 2003-12.