This weekend, a seasoned senior and a youthful freshman will bring their talents and experience to the NCAA Midwest Regional meet in College Station, Texas.

Senior Susan Sherman will compete in the discus and hammer throw at the regional meet. Freshman leaper Agata Kosuda will also compete, performing in the triple jump.

Along with qualifying for the discus and hammer throw, Sherman also qualified in the shot put at the Midwest Regional meet. Throws coach Dan O’Mara said Sherman just chose not to throw the shot at regionals.

“The shot is not one of her favorites,” O’Mara said. “She has a better shot of making nationals in the other events.”

Sherman has her own reasons for deciding to not compete in the shot put.

“Basically, I despise the shot put,” Sherman said. “And in all reality, I had no shot of making nationals in the shot.”

O’Mara said she has a good chance of making the national meet in both her chosen events, but a better shot in the discus.

“In the hammer throw, she has to throw a new season best by one meter,” O’Mara said. “She is more capable of making nationals in the discus, but still needs a season best. She is a good competitor and has more experience, less anxiety and knows how to deal with pressure better in the discus.”

Since Sherman competed in last year’s outdoor NCAA qualifier, this regional meet will be nothing new for her.

“The competition will be pretty familiar,” Sherman said. “[The competition] will pretty much come from most of the Big 12 schools and a lot of Midwest schools that I have already competed against.”

Sherman, who has thrown the discus since high school and is an ISU discus-record holder, has some goals at the regional meet.

“This is my last chance to qualify for nationals,” Sherman said. “It would be great to compete in the discus at nationals.”

Kosuda also has high expectations at the Midwest regional.

“I expect to do well and to qualify for the NCAA meet,” Kosuda said. “There will be many good jumpers there. It is good to have [good competition] because you can jump better with better people.”

Jumps coach Ron McEachran said Kosuda won’t face any trouble from the pressure of regionals.

“She will do well. She is battle-tested, and I don’t see her getting intimidated,” McEachran said. “If she jumps the same length of what she had in the indoor season, she will advance to nationals.”

McEachran said Kosuda’s track season in Poland is different than that at Iowa State.

“She has high-volume workouts in the summer in Poland. Their track season is at a different time in Poland,” McEachran said. “This summer she will compete in the Polish Championships. She is young but has a chance of making the Olympics.”

Kosuda said she enjoys the technical part of the triple jump.

“[The triple jump] is one of the hardest events in track and field,” Kosuda said.