Mya Lesnar

About

Mya Lynn Lesnar (born April 10, 2002) is an American track and field athlete. In 2024, she became the NCAA indoor champion in the shot put and won 2025 NCAA outdoor Championships.

A native of Alexandria, Minnesota, she attended Alexandria Area High School. In April 2019, she set a Central Lakes Conference Indoor Track Championship Meet record in the shot put. She graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor’s degree in social work.

Lesnar spent her freshman and sophomore college years at Arizona State University before transferring colleges after the 2021–22 school year. She won the weight throw at the Mountain West Indoor Championships on February 25, 2023 with a personal best throw of 20.68m.
In December 2023, she set a new Colorado State University women’s shot put record with a throw of 18.50 metres at the Mines Alumni Classic. The previous school record had stood at 17.55 metres. In February 2024, she recorded a personal best distance of 22.06m in the weight throw in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the Mountain West Championship. At the same event, she extended her shot put personal best to 19.10 metres.
Competing at the NCAA Indoor…