TicketsQUICK NOTES: Ranks among the Top 10 all-time in program history in both shot put events, ranking fourth all-time indoors with a best of 16.95m (55-07.50) and fifth outdoors at 17.31m (56-09.50).
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (JR): Scored in the shot put at the AAC Outdoor Championships in Cincinnati by placing seventh overall… twice recorded PRs with his best of 17.31m (56-09.50) at the Jim Click Shootout moving him up to #5 in UC history… that throw also earned him a berth in the NCAA East Region Championships where he finished 38th overall… posted PR in the discus of 50.097m (164-03) at the Tennessee Relays and added a best of 50.19m (164-08) in the hammer at the Nikoloff Open… earned American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (JR): Scored for the team in his first conference meet by placing fifth in the shot put at the AAC Indoor Championships… hit a toss of 15.89m in the first competition of the year (Hoosier Open) to crack the Top 10 list in his UC debut… moved up to #4 at the Notre Dame Invitational (16.78m) before posting his season best at the Indiana Relays with a toss of 16.95m (55-07.40), the #4 mark in program history… recorded a PR in the weight throw three times with this best of 17.14m (56-03.00) at the Music City Challenge placing him at #6 in UC history.
PRIOR TO UC: Comes to Cincinnati after competing for two years at Gardner-Webb… three-time Big South Conference champion for the Runnin’ Bulldogs, sweeping the shot put at the indoor and outdoor meets in 2017 after capturing the outdoor titles in 2016… his indoor shot put title came with a personal-best mark of 17.40m (57-01.00), which also broke the school record at GWU… conference runner-up in the indoor shot put (2016) and outdoor discus (2017)… placed third in the indoor weight throw at the 2017 meet, scoring 16 points for his team… prior to joining GWU, he graduated from Victory Christian Center School (Charlotte, N.C.)… 2015 NC Milesplit Field Athlete of the Year… Charlotte Observer Field Athlete of the Year (three times)… four-times earned USATF All-America honors… swept the outdoor titles in the shot put and discus all four years at the North Carolina state meet… holds the NCISSA Division I state record in the shot put and discus… broke the Mecklenburg County record in the shot put, a mark that had stood for 35 years.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Indoor Track & Field
Shot Put • 17.40m/57-01.00 (Big South Championships • 2/26/17) * / 16.95m/55-07.50 (Indiana Relays • 1/26/18) • UC #4
Weight Throw • 17.14m/56-03.00 (Music City Challenge • 2/10/18)
* with Gardner-Webb
Outdoor Track & Field
Shot Put • 17.31m/56-09.50 (Jim Click Shootout • 4/7/18) • UC #5
Discus • 50.07m/164-03 (Tennessee Relays • 4/14/18)
Hammer • 50.19m/164-08 (Nikoloff Open • 3/30/18)
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (JR): Scored in the shot put at the AAC Outdoor Championships in Cincinnati by placing seventh overall… twice recorded PRs with his best of 17.31m (56-09.50) at the Jim Click Shootout moving him up to #5 in UC history… that throw also earned him a berth in the NCAA East Region Championships where he finished 38th overall… posted PR in the discus of 50.097m (164-03) at the Tennessee Relays and added a best of 50.19m (164-08) in the hammer at the Nikoloff Open… earned American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2018 IN (JR): Scored for the team in his first conference meet by placing fifth in the shot put at the AAC Indoor Championships… hit a toss of 15.89m in the first competition of the year (Hoosier Open) to crack the Top 10 list in his UC debut… moved up to #4 at the Notre Dame Invitational (16.78m) before posting his season best at the Indiana Relays with a toss of 16.95m (55-07.40), the #4 mark in program history… recorded a PR in the weight throw three times with this best of 17.14m (56-03.00) at the Music City Challenge placing him at #6 in UC history.
PRIOR TO UC: Comes to Cincinnati after competing for two years at Gardner-Webb… three-time Big South Conference champion for the Runnin’ Bulldogs, sweeping the shot put at the indoor and outdoor meets in 2017 after capturing the outdoor titles in 2016… his indoor shot put title came with a personal-best mark of 17.40m (57-01.00), which also broke the school record at GWU… conference runner-up in the indoor shot put (2016) and outdoor discus (2017)… placed third in the indoor weight throw at the 2017 meet, scoring 16 points for his team… prior to joining GWU, he graduated from Victory Christian Center School (Charlotte, N.C.)… 2015 NC Milesplit Field Athlete of the Year… Charlotte Observer Field Athlete of the Year (three times)… four-times earned USATF All-America honors… swept the outdoor titles in the shot put and discus all four years at the North Carolina state meet… holds the NCISSA Division I state record in the shot put and discus… broke the Mecklenburg County record in the shot put, a mark that had stood for 35 years.
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Indoor Track & Field
Shot Put • 17.40m/57-01.00 (Big South Championships • 2/26/17) * / 16.95m/55-07.50 (Indiana Relays • 1/26/18) • UC #4
Weight Throw • 17.14m/56-03.00 (Music City Challenge • 2/10/18)
* with Gardner-Webb
Outdoor Track & Field
Shot Put • 17.31m/56-09.50 (Jim Click Shootout • 4/7/18) • UC #5
Discus • 50.07m/164-03 (Tennessee Relays • 4/14/18)
Hammer • 50.19m/164-08 (Nikoloff Open • 3/30/18)