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2024 Track and Field Roster

Zach Dove

  • Position Throws
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Princeton, Ind.
  • Highschool Princeton Community HS

Biography

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Personal-Best Shot Put Distance:
  14.73 meters | 48’4” (4/23/22 at Gibson Invitational - Outdoor)
Personal-Best Discus Throw:  48.72 meters | 159’10” (4/30/22 at Sycamore Open)
Personal-Best Hammer Throw:  49.50 meters | 162.5” (4/22/22 at Gibson Invitational)
Personal-Best Weight Throw:  16.41 meters | 53’10.25” (2/5/22 at Don DeNoon Invitational)
Personal-Best Javelin Throw:  41.92 meters | 137'6" (4/22/22 at Gibson Invitational)

Indoor School Record-Holder In The 35-Pound Weight Throw (16.41 meters - 53'10.25" - 2/5/22)
Outdoor School Record-Holder In The Discus (48.72 meters - 159'10" - 4/30/22)
Outdoor School Record-Holder In The Hammer Throw (49.50 meters - 162'5" - 4/22/22)


All PRs/Records Updated Through 5/10/2022

Spring 2021 (Outdoor):
  • Competed in three of the four outdoor throwing disciplines in all six of UE’s outdoor meets.
  • Placed 16th in both the shot put (13.62 meters | 44’8.25”) and the discus (44.63 meters | 146’5”) at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21).
  • Recorded a personal-best hammer throw of 41.03 meters (134’7”) at the Pacesetter Invitational (5/7/21).
  • Also set a new personal-best mark in the discus of 47.51 meters (155’10”) while winning the event at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/2/21).
  • Also won the discus competition at the Bill Smith Challenge (3/27/21) with a toss of 45.91 meters (150’7”).
  • Best outdoor shot put distance of the spring was 13.62 meters (44’8.25”), which he recorded at both the MVC Outdoor Championships and the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational.
Winter 2021 (Indoor):
  • Competed in the shot put and weight throw in all three of UE’s indoor meets.
  • Established a new personal-best mark in the weight throw at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/19/21) with a UE season-best toss of 14.88 meters (48’10”).
  • Recorded an indoor-best mark of 13.74 meters (45’1”) in the shot put to place 13th overall at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21).
  • Best individual finish of the indoor season was seventh place in the weight throw (14.55 meters | 47’9”) at the John Gartland Invitational (1/23/21).
Spring 2020 (Outdoor):
  • Outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winter 2020 (Indoor): 
  • Competed in both indoor throwing competitions in all five of UE’s meets as a freshman.
  • Placed third in both the shot put (13.63 meters | 44’8’.75”) and the weight throw (14.70 meters | 48’2.75”) at the Marshall Invitational (2/7-8/20).
  • Recorded a personal-best distance of 13.95 meters (45’9.25”) in the shot put at the John Gartland Invitational (1/24-25/20).
  • Posted his best weight throw of the indoor season in his first collegiate meet, with a toss of 14.73 meters (48’4”) at the EIU John Craft Invitational (1/18/20).
Personal:
  • Working towards his Bachelor’s in Exercise Science and Master’s in Athletic Training at UE.
  • Earned four letters in football, track and field, and basketball at Princeton Community High School.
  • Four-time all-conference selection in track.
  • Qualified for the Indiana state track meet in discus.
  • Holds Princeton Community’s shot put and discus school records.
  • Four-time Big 8 Conference and sectional champion.
  • Also a three-time all-conference selection in basketball and two-time all-conference pick in football.
  • Scored over 1,000 career points in basketball in high school.
  • His brother, Matthew, plays basketball at Army West Point.
  • Chose UE because it was close to home and a “great atmosphere.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

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  • 2021-22Junior

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  • 2022-23Senior

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  • 2024Graduate Student

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