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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

2020-21 Women's Track and Field Roster

Tavana Mercado
Tapatt Tanaboriboon
Tavana Mercado

Phoebe Gustely

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Coconut Creek, Fla.
  • High School United States Air Force Preparatory School
  • Major Aviation Business Administration

Biography

• 2021 Peach Belt Conference Champion - Discus
• 2020 ERAU Eagles of Excellence Scholarship recipient
• 2019 USTFCCCA All-Region honoree in the discus

2021: OUTDOOR:
Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the discus…competed in six meets…scored 16 points for the Blue and Gold at the Peach Belt Conference Championships (April 30 - May1)…crowned conference champion in the discus with a throw of 42.15m (138-3)…turned in a pair of personal best performances at the conference meet with a 35.50m (116-6) throw in the hammer and a 36.82m (120-10) in the javelin.

2019-20 INDOOR: Embry-Riddle Eagles of Excellence Scholarship recipient…competed in two meets…best shot put (9.58/31-5.25) and discus (41.26/135-4) throws of the year came at the Embry-Riddle Indoor-Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 25)…placed second in the javelin (33.76/110-9) and eighth in the hammer (31.82/104-5) at the Embry-Riddle Bahama House First Chance Last Chance Meet (Feb. 22).

2018-19: OUTDOOR: USTFCCCA All-Region honoree in the discus...took first place at in the discus at the Embry-Riddle First Chance Meet with a throw of 44.56m…also won the discus title at the Embry-Riddle Spikes Classic with a toss of 42.02m…recorded a personal-best throw of 34.19m to finish fourth in the javelin at the Peach Beach Conference Track & Field Championships.

2017-18: INDOOR: Won the discus with a mark of 42.80m in her first collegiate event at the ERAU Indoor/Outdoor Challenge (Jan. 20)…won the discus (39.75) and set a personal best in the javelin (33.81m) at the ERAU First Chance Last Chance (Feb. 17). OUTDOOR: Won the discus with a mark of 42.09m at the ERAU-West Virginia Wesleyan Dual (March 5)…won the discus (44.69m) and set a personal best of 9.91m in the shot put at the Spikes Classic (April 6-7)…won the discus (45.33m) and placed fourth in the javelin (31.98m) at the Peach Belt Championships (April 19-21)…also posted a career-best mark of 34.76m at the PBC Championships…won the discus at the North Florida Invitational with a personal-best distance of 46.00m (April 27)…collected her fifth first-place finish in the discus of the season with a mark of 43.77m at the Pure Athletics/NTC Sprint Elite Meet (May 12).
 
PREP: Graduated from Monarch High School in 2015...attended United States Air Force Preparatory School in 2016…set personal best in discus with a throw of 151’ 05’’…two-time Florida State Champion in discus…named captain of her team…recognized as a Broward County scholar-athlete recipient.

PERSONAL: Born in Plantation, Florida…daughter of Kenneth and Martha Gustely…earned first place in the State of Florida DECA entrepreneurship category in high school…majoring in Aviation Business Administration…hopes to be commissioned as a US Air Force officer...member of the Student Veterans Organization...sister, Sophia, also competed for ERAU Track & Field

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Discus/Javelin
    5'5"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Discus/Javelin
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Throws
    5'5"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Throws
    5'5"