2011-12
Indoor: Took third at the Big Meet (Feb. 10) in the weight throw with a mark of 56-06.00 ... followed up with a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the Boilermaker Invite (Feb. 18) with a toss of 48-08.75 ... tossed a season-best 57-04.75 in the weight throw at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 25) for 11th place.
Outdoor: Tossed a season-best 138-10 in the discus at the ISU vs. SIU Dual (April 7) for eighth place ... followed with a season-best 49-00.75 in the shot put at the Lenny Lyles Invitational (April 20) ... threw 160-08 in the hammer throw at the same meet, finishing ninth ... threw a season-best 162-03 at the Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 11), finishing 16th.
2010-11
Indoor: Took back-to-back third-place finishes in the shot put at the Indiana State Dual and Redbird Invite with marks of 49-01.50 and 50-02.50, respectively ... the 50-02.50 mark is a new career-best ... took 10th at the MVC Indoor Championships in the shot put ... took second in the weight throw at the Indiana State Dual with a toss of 58-03.75.
Outdoor: Finished third at the Gateway Classic in the shot put with a mark of 45-10.00 ... tossed a season-high 48-02.00 in the shot put at the Billy Hayes Invitational ... tossed the discus a season-high 141-09 at the MVC Outdoor Championships ... took 12th at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 162-01.
2009-10
Indoor: Recorded a personal-best throw in the shot put at the Redbird Open with a toss of 49-06.25 to finish in fifth place ... finished third in the shot put at the Indiana State dual with a throw of 48-09.50 ... recorded a throw of 48-10.75 in the shot put at the MVC Indoor Championships ... earned back-to-back top-five finishes in the weight throw at the Early Bird Open and Indiana State Dual ... recorded a personal-best throw of 58-10.75 in the weight throw to finish sixth at the MVC Indoor Championships.
Outdoor: Finished fifth at the SIU Spring Classic in the shot put with a throw of 49-09.75 ... finished fourth at the EIU Big Blue Classic in the shot put with a throw of 50.07.25 ... recorded a season-best throw of 51-03.50 in the shot put at the Lenny Lyles Invite and finished in fifth place ... finished third at the Redbird Spring Invite in the shot put with a throw of 50.01.25 ... recorded a throw of 48-09.00 in the shot put at the MVC Outdoor Championships for a 12th-place finish ... finished third at the EIU Big Blue Classic in the hammer throw with a distance of 160-07 ... recorded a season-best throw of 165-10 in the hammer throw at the Sea Ray Relays and finished in 17th place ... finished 11th at the MVC Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw with a toss of 152-03.
2008-09
Outdoor: Took fourth in the hammer throw with a season-best distance of 156-3 at the Lee Calhoun Memorial ... finished eighth in the shot put at the Pacesetter Invitational with a throw of 47-4.5.
2007-08
Indoor:Recorded his season-best shot put in the first meet of the season throwing 45-11.25 at the Redbird Open to finish in 10th place ... threw a season-best 42-8.75 in the weight throw to place sixth at the Redbird Invite.
Outdoor: Redshirted.
At Wheaton High School: Named all-conference in the shot put ...12th-place finish at the state meet in the shot put senior year ... was also a four-year member of the football team.
Personal: Born 6/30/89 ... son of John and Jean Trofimuk ... siblings are John, Peter and Catie ... majoring in special education.
