2016-17 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2016 Outdoor: Competed in seven outdoor meets ... Top Belmont finisher in the Hammer Throw at the Alabama Relays, taking 14th ... Placed second in the Hammer at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... At the highly competitive Florida Relays took 15th in the Hammer ... Notched a second-place finish in the Hammer at the Bellarmine Invitational ... Took fourth in the Hammer at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... At the OVC Outdoor Championships earned a bronze in the Hammer Throw ... Earned OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll distinction.
2015 Outdoor: Competed in seven outdoor meets ... Recorded six top-five finishes during the season ... Finished second in the Hammer Throw at the Belmont-Lipscomb Dual Meet ... Also placed fifth in the Discus at the same meet ... At Vanderbilt Black and Gold took third in the Hammer Throw (56.60m) ... Won the Hammer Throw at the Boston-Moon Classic (53.90m) ... Was second-best BU finisher in the Discus at the same meet ... Finished second in the Hammer Throw at the Austin Peay Govs Invitational with a PR mark of 57.32m ... Also placed sixth in the Discus at the same meet with a PR of 34.73m ... In deep Hammer Throw field at Vanderbilt Black and Gold, took 11th ... At the OVC Outdoor Championship placed sixth in the Hammer Throw ... Named to OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll.
2014 Indoor: Did not finish outside the top-15 while competing in all six indoor meets ... Was Belmont's top performer and eighth place finish in the weight throw at the Music City Invitational (15.02m) ... Recorded a top-15 finish in the weight throw at the Commordore Indoor Invitational ... Recorded a top-15 finish in the weight throw at the Gladstein Invitational ... Recorded a season best thrid place finish in the weight throw at the MT Invitational (16.20m) ... Recorded a seventh place finish in the weight throw at the Samford Multi & Invitational ... Ended the season with an eighth place finish in the weight throw at the OVC Indoor Championships (15.86m).
2014 at Lipscomb: Placed fourth at the Emory Crossplex Invitational in the weight throw (12.60m) ... Threw a personal best in the weight throw at the Southern Miss Cupid Classic (13.85m) ... Finished second at the Boston-Moon Classic in the hammer throw with a personal-best throw of 50.95m breaking the outdoor school record ... Placed second in the shot put (10.74m) ... Placed fourth at the A-Sun Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw (50.50m).
Prep: Competed in track and field under Coach Rayna Stewart at Battle Ground Academy... Lettered in football four years, track two years, and wresting one year while attending Battle Ground Academy ... Recorded personal marks in discus (142'9", second best in the school), shot put (40'3"), and hammer throw (100'4") ... Qualified for the USATF National Junior Olympics his first year throwing ... Recipient of the Jack and Jill of America Oratorical Grand Champion-Southeast Region and Bancorp South Player of the Week for football ... Selected as peer counselor his senior year as well as selected to perform at Carnegie Hall with BGA Chamber Choir.
Personal: Son of Del, Sr. and Leisa ... He has one sister (Lauryn) ... Marketing & Management major.
Personal Records
HT: 58.71m
WT: 17.52m
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