Bates, a junior, won both the weight throw and shot put at the University of Iowa Invitational. She provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the weight throw with a mark of 55-feet 8.25-inches, setting a Wartburg school record and defeating among others, Iowa’s Becca Franklin, a former top-15 finisher in the Big Ten. Bates’ posted a mark of 41-feet 4.5-inches in the shot put.
