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Lydia Wehrli
Position: Throws
Height: 5'8"
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Anieres, Switzerland
High School: College Calvin

Sat out the 2011-12 season to fulfill NCAA transfer requirements.

Before Manhattan: Holds the Swiss Under-23 record in the hammer throw (197'0)...Won back-to-back Swiss Under-20 championships in 2008-09, and the Under-23 Swiss title in 2010...Set the College Calvin school record in the shot put in 2006...Also competed in gymnastics for six years.

Personal: Daughter of Eric Wehrli and Tamara Retchitzky...Has two sisters, Samantha and Nissa...Plans to become a pediatrician...Helped organize two concerts in March 2010 that raised 3000 Swiss francs for relief efforts in Haiti...Also organized a "Protect Yourself" Day for AIDS awareness in Geneva...Born on May 15, 1990.

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