Athletic Accolades
2013 First Team All-American
2016 Honorable Mention All-American
2013 Big Ten champion
2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
2013 First Team Big Ten selection
2016 Second Team Big Ten selection
Two-time Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week
Competed at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials
Academic Achievements
Two-time Academic All-Big Ten selection (2016, 2017)
Three-time Ohio State Scholar Athlete (2015, 2016, 2017)
PR
Javelin – 75.23m (246-10.00)
School Records
Javelin – 75.23m (246-10.00)*
*Big Ten-championship record
2017 Outdoor (Senior)
Competed solely in the javelin throw … claimed gold at the All-Ohio Championships with a season-best toss of 65.93m (216-04) … finished fourth at the Jesse Owens Classic with a throw of 59.76m (196-01) … placed 13th at the Baldy Castillo Invitational with a heave of 59.98m (196-09) … competed at the Florida Relays.
2016 Outdoor (Junior)
Competed solely in the javelin throw … named Honorable Mention All-American for 23rd-place showing at the NCAA Championships … took silver at the Big Ten Championships with a heave of 72.32 meters (237-3) … won gold three times during the season: Power Conference Cardinal and Gold (season best 72.98 meters/239-5), Jesse Owens Classic (68.57 meters/225-0) and Drake Relays (67.57 meters/221-8) … finished second at the LSU Battle on the Bayou with a throw of 72.38 meters (237-6) … collected bronze at the Alabama Relays with a mark of 72.57 meters (238-1).
2015 Outdoor
Did not compete due to injury.
2014 Outdoor (Redshirt)
Competed in three meets prior to injury, collecting three first-place finishes … turned in a season-best mark of 74.38 meters (244-0.00) at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational … two-time Big Ten Field Athlete of the Week.
2013 Outdoor (Freshman)
First Team All-American with a fourth-place finish in the javelin at the NCAA championships (72.79m/238-10.00) … NCAA Great Lakes regional runner-up at 73.02m (239-6.75) … 2013 Big Ten Freshman of the Year and Big Ten champion with a personal-best, school-record and Big Ten championship-record throw of 75.23m (246-10.00) at the conference championships … set an Ohio State school record on the first throw of his collegiate career, 72.16m (236-9.00) at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational …claimed first place in the first six meets of his collegiate career.
South Park High School
2012 PIAA state champion and national high school-record holder in the javelin (75.21m/246-9.00) … 2012 Pennsylvania Track and Field Coaches Association Male Athlete of the Year … 2012 ESPN/Gatorade Pennsylvania Male Player of the Year … Penn Relays high school-record holder in the javelin (68.05m/223-3.00) … 2011 Pennsylvania Class AAA runner-up in the javelin … 2010 USATF Junior Olympics national champion in the javelin … chose Ohio State over Penn State, Purdue and Nebraska.
