2019 NCAA Outdoor East Preliminaries Qualifier (Discus)
2019 Outdoors: Won the discus throw at the Monmouth Season Opener with a personal best throw of 52.52 meters...Also set a PR in the hammer throw at Monmouth, hitting a distance of 51.36 meters (fifth place)...Named MAAC Male Field Performer of the Week on April 2 for his performance...Placed second overall in the shot put at the Sam Howell Invitational on April 6 with a throw of 15.92 meters...Also placed seventh in the discus at Sam Howell, recording a distance of 48.09 meters...Placed third in all three events at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships, setting a PR in the shot put (16.02 meters) while hitting 50.31 meters in the discus and 50.24 meters in the hammer throw...Won the discus event at the Lions Invitational with a 50.64-meter throw...Won bronze in the discus at the MAAC Outdoor Championships, recording a distance of 47.42 meters...Also placed eighth in the shot put (14.97 meters) and ninth in the hammer throw (48.77 meters) at MAACs...Finished eighth overall in the discus at the IC4A Outdoor Championships with a throw of 45.11 meters...Finished the season ranked 46th in the east in the discus (52.52 meters), qualifying for the NCAA Outdoor East Regionals, where he finished 44th overall (47.82 meters.)
2018-19 Indoors: Began the season with a PR in the shot put, hitting a distance of 16.78 meters at the TCNJ Indoor Open on December 1, winning the event...Won the weight throw competition at Fordham's Brian Horowitz Invitational on January 11 with a throw of 16.13 meters...Won the event again a day later at the TCNJ Lions Indoor Invitational, recording a distance of 16.85 meters...Placed fourth in the shot at the Boston University John Thomas Terrier Classic, earning a distance of 16.39 meters...Also placed sixth in the weight throw at BU with a distance of 16.62 meters...Placed third in the shot at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships, throwing 15.80 meters...Also set a PR in the weight throw at Mets with a distance of 17.32 meters, good for fourth overall...Won bronze in the weight throw at the MAAC Indoor Championships, hitting 17.25 meters...Also placed seventh overall in the shot put at MAACs with a distance of 15.64 meters...Qualified for the IC4A Indoor Championships in both the shot put and weight throw, finishing 17th in the shot (14.76 meters) and 14th in the weight throw (16.54 meters).
2018 Outdoors: Placed third in the discus at the Shamrock Invitational with a throw of 48.85 meters to open the season...Set two personal bests at the Metropolitan Outdoor Track and Field Championships, including a 15.50-meter performance in the shot put (second place) and a distance of 49.64 meters in the hammer throw (seventh place)...Also won third in the discus at Mets with a throw of 48.64 meters...Won silver in the discus at the MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a career-best throw of 50.21 meters...Competed in both the shot put and the discus throw at the ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships, earning 11th place in the shot (14.74 meters) and 25th in the discus (43.02 meters).
2017-18 Indoors: Set a personal best in the weight throw at the Penn 8 Team Select meet on January 20, throwing a distance of 17.20 meters (sixth place)...Also threw the shot put at the meet, finishing fifth with a distance of 15.54 meters...Placed fourth in the shot at the Metropolitan Indoor Track and Field Championships, throwing a distance of 15.13 meters...Also earned sixth place in the weight throw at Mets with a distance of 15.45 meters...Placed fifth in the event at the MAAC Indoor Track and Field Championships at The Armory, hitting 16.42 meters...Won the shot at the Brother Jasper Invitational on February 23 with a personal best throw of 16.43 meters...Placed 12th overall in the shot put at the ECAC/IC4A Indoor Championships with a distance of 16.39 meters.
2017 Outdoors: Opened the season with a fourth-place finish in the discus (152’4) and a ninth-place showing in the shot put (46’4) at the Dennis Craddock Carolina Relays on March 17…Took fourth in the shot put (44’10¼), fifth in the discus (147’5) and sixth in the hammer throw (153’10) at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships on April 14…Placed fifth in both the shot put (47’4¼) and discus (158’11) to go along with a seventh-place effort in the hammer throw (143’7) at the Lions Invitational on April 29…Ended up seventh with a season-best mark of 48’11 in the shot put at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 6…Also had a season-best in the hammer throw (154’3) at the MAAC Outdoor Championships, securing 10th place…Finished seventh in the discus (163’8) at the IC4A Outdoor Championships on May 12.
2016-17 Indoors: Took fourth in the shot put (46’0½) and sixth in the weight throw (48’2¾) at the Crowell Open on Dec. 3…Finished seventh in the shot put (45’7) and eighth in the weight throw (44’5½) at the Seahawk Shootout on Dec. 9…Won the shot put competition with a mark of 46’4¼ at the Fordham Vince Forte Invitational on Jan. 13…Grabbed seventh place in the weight throw (51’9) at the Tiger Invitational on Jan. 14…Ended up fifth in the shot put (49’2½) and seventh in the weight throw (50’11½) at the Penn 8-Team Select on Jan. 21…Placed fifth in the shot put (48’2¾) at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships on Feb. 2…Secured seventh place in the weight throw (53’9¼) and eighth in the shot put (49’9¾) at the MAAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 18.
2016 Outdoors: Placed seventh in the shot put (45’2½) at the Roadrunner Invitational on April 1…Finished fourth in both the shot put (40’5) and discus (143’4) at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships on April 8…Grabbed seventh place in the discus (145’11), 10th in the shot put (44’0½) and 15th in the hammer throw (111’11) at the Lions Invitational on April 29…Took seventh in the discus with a season-best toss of 151’6 at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 7.
2015-16 Indoors: Captured fourth place in the shot put (46’2½) and sixth in the weight throw (42’8¼) at the Spartan Regional Preview on Jan. 15…Secured seventh place in the shot put with a toss of 46’6 at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships on Feb. 4…Placed fifth in both the shot put (45’7¼) and weight throw (43’9¼) at the Draddy Invitational on Feb. 13…Had a season-best mark of 48’5¼ to finish 10th in the weight throw at the MAAC Indoor Championships on Feb. 21…Also took 11th in the shot put (45’8½) at the MAAC Indoor Championships.
Before Manhattan: Named best all-around thrower in the county as a senior at Half Hollow Hills High School West…Set school records in the shot put and discus…Selected as team MVP, and also received the Coaches Award and Ed Knocks Award…Achieved all-league, all-division, all-county and all-state recognition as a senior…Also earned all-league honors in wrestling and played football.
Personal: Son of Dean and Ingrid…Has three sisters, Gena, Keteasha and Cheyanne…Majoring in accounting…Born on May 1, 1997.
