Born in Edinburg, Pennsylvania, she attended Wilmington Area High School before going on to study sociology at Purdue University between 1997 and 2002.
[2] The latter performance earned her the chance to represent the United States at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics, but she did not achieve the qualifying standard within the time period.
[3] Following a new personal record of 54.72 m (179 ft 6+1⁄4 in) at the USATF Midsummer Classic meet, Ross made her international debut at the 2001 Summer Universiade, where she ended seventh overall.
SAC Relays before setting a personal record of 57.30 m (187 ft 11+3⁄4 in) to win her first Big Ten Conference title in that discipline.
[5][6][7] She following this up with the first and only national title of her career at the 2002 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, improving her own American record to 60.06 m (197 ft 1⁄2 in) in the process.
As she had not formally retired, she was still under USA Track & Field rules and subsequently failed a doping test in 2006 for two banned diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide and triamterene).