Desmond Coleman Season 2025-26

PositionThrows

ClassSenior

HometownCharlotte, N.C.

Previous SchoolLiberty

Earned the win in the discus at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational with the third-best mark in program history (59.42).
Had an impressive showing at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational, winning the discus with 58.9m.
Also won the discus at the East Coast Relays (55.24m).
Represented the Hurricanes at both the ACC Outdoor Championship and National Championship, earning bronze in the discus at ACCs.

Finished in the top five in all but one event during the indoor season.
Opened the season with a second-place finish in the weight throw, the fourth-best in program history (20.83m).
His 20.84m weight throw at the Tiger Paw Invitational landed him fourth all-time in program history.
Posted a 21.28m weight throw at the ACC Championship, improving his fifth-best mark in program history.

Finished sixth in the hammer throw in his Hurricanes debut.
Win the discus at the Hurricane Invitational just one week later.
Finished on the podium in the discus at Florida Relays.
Secured bronze with 54.64m in the discus at the ACC Championship advancing to the National Championship where he later finished 11th overall.

Set a personal best of 60.53m in the discus at the Pepsi Florida Relays, good for a third-place finish.
Earned first-place in the hammer throw with 59.57m in the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
2024 Conference USA Outdoor Championship silver medalist in the discus with 55.54m

Silver medalist in the weight throw with 20.22m at the Conference USA Indoor Track and Field Championship
All-Conference USA in the shot put with 15.98, good for fourth.
Set a personal best of 20.74m in the weight throw at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, good for a first-place finish.

Came in 13^th in the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round discus competition, falling just one centimeter shy of national qualification
ASUN third-place discus finisher and took eighth in the shot put
Season-best 194-3 discus mark at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier set a Liberty freshman record and ranked No. 1 nationally among freshmen in 2023. It also moved him up to No. 3 in program history for the event.
Two-time ASUN Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (March 22 and May 10) and two-time ASUN Men’s Freshman of the Week (March 22 and March 29)
VaSID State Men’s Field Rookie of the Year
VaSID First Team All-State honoree (throws)

Matched his season-best shot put mark of 52-9.5 for seventh place in the ASUN final

Did not compete in any meets for Liberty and was redshirted
Competing unattached, heaved the discus a personal-best 177-5 at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier
USA U20 men’s discus champion with a mark of 197-2 (1.75 kg implement), earning the right to compete at the 2022 World U20 Championships in Colombia
Placed seventh in the men’s discus at the World U20 Championships with a throw of 198-3 (1.75 kg implement), marking the best finish by a Team USA men’s discus thrower at this meet since 2012

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