ACC Field Performer of the Week – 3/28/19
2019 Outdoor: Won the men’s hammer throw with a then-leading NCAA mark of 71.07m at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge… Finished seventh in the hammer throw at the Florida Relays with a mark of 68.94m…Finished first in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 70.75m at the Alumni Invitational.
2019 Indoor: Posted a mark of 20.37m in the Men’s Weight Throw at the UAB Blazer Invite… Competed in thr shot put for the first time in his collegiate career and recorded a mark of 20.37m at the UAB Vulcan Invite… Won the men’s weight throw at the Texas Tech Classic with a mark of 20.36m… Surpassed his former UM program record at the Tiger Paw Invite in the weight throw with a mark of 20.67m… Finished fourth in the men’s weight throw, registering a mark of 20.55m at the ACC Indoor Championships.
2018 Outdoor: Began the outdoor season breaking a UM record in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 68.33m, finishing second at the Hurricane Invitational… Went on to beat his own school record at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge in the hammer throw with a mark of 69.83m… Finished fifth in the men’s invite hammer throw at the Florida Relays with a mark of 69.33m… Was third in the men’s hammer invitational section with a throw of 69.18m at the Hurricane Alumni Meet… Threw his third personal-best throw of the season with a mark of 70.64m in the hammer throw at the Virginia Challenge… Placed fourth with a mark of 64.48m in the men’s hammer throw at the Nation Relay Championships… Earned the silver medal in the men’s hammer throw at the 2018 ACC Outdoor Championship… Earned a spot in the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a mark of 67.27m in the men’s hammer at the East Preliminary… Finished his 2018 season placing 10thwith a throw of 70.07m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the men’s hammer throw.
2018 Indoor: Posted a mark of 19.31m in the weight throw at the Tiger Paw Invitational that ranks second all-time in UM history…recorded personal-best 20.28-meter and 20.75-meter throws – the latter putting him second all-time in Miami history – to earn a bronze medal at his first ACC Indoor Championships.
