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She finished twelfth at the 2006 United States of America Outdoor Track and Field Championships and improved to sixth place the following year with a personal best throw of 17.47 meters.
She finished twelfth at the 2006 United States of America Outdoor Track and Field Championships and improved to sixth place the following year with a personal best throw of 17.47 meters.
Coached by James Parman, Ruston received National Collegiate Athletic Association Outdoor All-America honours in 2007. She finished as the runner-up to Jillian Camarena at the 2008 United States of America Indoor Track and Field Championships, throwing a personal best of 18.03 m at the competition. As a result she was selected for the 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships and finished in eleventh place, outdoing her compatriot Camarena.
In the outdoor season that year, she threw a personal best of 18.13 m in May, but only managed eighth at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials with a throw of 17.41 m.
She is currently training at Texas State University and coached by James Parman
All information taken from IAAF profile.