{"id":11570,"date":"2010-03-31T17:45:37","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T21:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=11570"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:28:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:28:24","slug":"ucf-record-holder-a-champion-in-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-record-holder-a-champion-in-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Record Holder a Champion in the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the course of her UCF career, Thames has been successful as a student, an athlete and active in the community. As a thrower on the track and field team, Thames currently holds three school records (indoor and outdoor shot put, indoor weight throw). During this past indoor season, she broke the school record in the weight throw at the C-USA Championships.<\/p>\n<p>In the classroom, Thames is a three-time Dean&#8217;s List honoree and a member of the C-USA Commissioner&#8217;s Honor Roll. 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