2026-27 Track & Field Roster
Biography
- PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS
- AWARDS & HONORS
- Earned individual USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
- 2026 Outdoor
- Notched a fifth-place, shot-put throw of 16.45m and a 14th-place, hammer throw of 41.46m at the Joyce Morton-Kief Invite (March 27-28)... Took 19th in the shot put with a toss 15.92m at the 2026 Pepsi Florida Relays (April 3-4)… Finished eighth in shot put with a mark of 15.13m, eighth with a discus throw of 43.48m, and sixth with a hammer throw of 42.64m at the Illini Deca-Jam (April 9-11)… Placed 12th with a discus throw of 44.59m and 21st with a hammer toss of 44.71m at the Gibson Invitational (April 16-18)… Accumulated a pair of top-10 finishes with a shot-put mark of 16.28m for seventh place, and a discus throw of 44.87m for 10th at the John McDonnell Invite (April 24)… Recorded a throw of 16.48m in the shot put for ninth overall at the Badger Challenge (May 1)… Registered a seventh-place throw of 15.87m in the shot put, a personal-best throw of 47.84 in discus for fourth, and another personal-best throw in the hammer toss with a mark of 52.14m for sixth place at the Illini Tune-Up (May 8)… Concluded his freshman season with shot-put mark of 16.02m for 11th, and a hammer throw of 45.93m for 16th at the 2026 MVC Outdoor Championships (May 16-17)… Recognized with individual USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
- 2025Â Indoor
- Began his collegiate career with a second-place, shot-put toss of 16.88m and a personal-best, weight toss of 14.52m for sixth place at the Coughlan-Malloy Cup (Jan. 17)… Collected a personal-best throw of 17.56m in the shot put for eighth place at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (Jan. 23-24), ranking 10th all-time in program history… Earned a victory in the shot put with a throw of 17.44m at the 5th Annual Badgers Windy City Invite (Feb. 6-7)… Gathered a shot-put mark of 16.55m for 11th and a weight throw of 13.45m for 18th at the 2026 Blue Demon Alumni Classic (Feb. 13)… Placed fifth with a shot-put throw of 16.87m at the Illini Last Chance (Feb. 20)… Recorded a throw of 17.02m in the shot put for eighth place at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship (March 1-2).
- HIGH SCHOOL
-  MHSAA Outdoor State Champion in shotput in 2025... MHSAA Outdoor State runner-up in shotput and third place in discus in 2024...First-team All-State offensive lineman...2x All-American Honor Roll recipient
- PERSONAL
- Born April 4, 2007...Son of Constance and Dale...Brother Logan...Father Dale currently an assistant throws coach at Eastern Kentucky...Dale spent 17 years at Louisville, including 10 as the Director of T&F...Dale was a four-time NCAA qualifier in throws at Western Michigan...Zachary majoring in Mechanical Engineering.
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