2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Biography
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Personal-Best Shot Put Distance: 15.34 meters | 50’4” (4/23/22 at Gibson Invitational - Outdoor)
Personal-Best Discus Throw: 48.60 meters | 159’5” (5/14-16/21 at MVC Outdoor Championships)
Personal-Best Hammer Throw: 46.97 meters | 154.1” (4/24/21 at Sycamore Open)
Personal-Best Weight Throw: 15.67 meters | 51’5” (2/29-3/1/20 at MVC Indoor Championships)
Personal-Best Javelin Throw: 40.79 meters | 133’10” (3/16/19 at Stan Lyons Invitational)
Indoor School Record-Holder In The Shot Put (15.22 meters – 49’11.25” - 2020)
Outdoor School Record-Holder In The Shot Put (15.34 meters - 50'4" - 2022)
All PRs/Records Updated Through 5/10/2022
Spring 2021 (Outdoor):
- Produced one of the top throwing seasons in UE history as a junior.
- Set new school records in both the discus and hammer throws.
- Set a new UE standard in the discus with a throw of 48.60 meters (159’5”) at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21), while placing 11th overall.
- Also set a new UE record in the hammer throw with a toss of 46.97 meters (154’1”) at the Sycamore Open (4/24/21).
- Also produced UE’s best shot put mark of the spring with a throw of 14.64 meters (48’0.5”) at the Sycamore Open.
- Finished second in the discus at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/2/21) with a toss of 46.88 meters (153’10”).
- Also placed second in the shot put, discus, and hammer throw at the Bill Smith Challenge (3/27/21).
Winter 2021 (Indoor):
- Competed in the shot put and weight throw in all three of UE’s indoor meets.
- Placed 11th in the shot put at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21) with an indoor-season-best throw of 14.89 meters (48’10.25”).
- His best weight throw of the indoor season came at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/19/21), when he produced a toss of 14.63 meters (48’0”).
- Best individual finish of the winter was ninth in the shot put at the John Gartland Invitational (14.36 meters – 47’1.5” – 1/23/21).
Spring 2020 (Outdoor):
- Outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winter 2020 (Indoor):
- Set indoor school records in both the weight throw and shot put as a sophomore.
- Established a new indoor school record in the weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1/20) with a personal-best mark of 15.67 meters (51’5”).
- Set the indoor school record in the shot put at the Hoosier Hills Open (2/14/20) with a personal-best throw of 15.22 meters (49’11.25”) to place sixth overall.
- Won the shot put competition at the Marshall Invitational (2/7-8/20) with a throw of 14.52 meters (47’7.75”).
- Also placed second in the weight throw at the Marshall Invitational with a toss of 14.84 meters (48’8.25”).
- Finished in the top six in the shot put in four of the five meets in which he competed in.
Spring 2019 (Outdoor):
- Competed in all four outdoor throwing disciplines for UE as a freshman.
- Placed 10th in the discus at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19) with a mark of 43.88 meters (143’11”).
- Also finished 12th in the shot put at the MVC Championships with a throw of 14.17 meters (46’6”).
- Finished second among Valley freshmen in both events at the league championships.
- Won the discus events at both the Bellarmine Classic (47.47 meters – 155’9” – 4/13/19) and the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (46.33 meters – 152’0” – 4/5/19).
- Won the shot put competition at the Stan Lyons Invitational (13.00 meters – 42’8” – 3/16/19).
- Also finished second in the javelin at the Stan Lyons Invitational with a personal-best throw of 40.79 meters (133’10”).
- His best hammer throw mark of the season was 37.02 meters (121’5”) at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational (4/26-27/19).
Winter 2019 (Indoor):
- Competed in all five of UE’s indoor meets as a freshman.
- Best shot put throw of the indoor season came at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/1-2/19) with a mark of 13.35 meters (43’9.75”) to place ninth overall.
- Recorded his best weight throw of the season at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24/19) with a toss of 12.84 meters (42’1.5”).
- Best individual finish was sixth in the shot put at the Mastodon Invitational (12.73 meters – 41’9.25” – 1/19/19).
Personal:
- Majoring in Mechanical Engineering at UE.
- Was a three-sport athlete at Evansville Mater Dei High School, earning four letters each in track and field and football and three in wrestling.
- Set high school PR marks of 174’0” in the discus and 51’0” in the shot put as a senior at Mater Dei.
- Helped the Mater Dei football team to an Indiana 2A State Runner-Up finish in 2014.
- His brother, Bernie, played football at Kentucky Wesleyan College.
- Chose UE because he “got to pursue track and field and the degree that I wanted at a good price.”
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