Career Performance List
Honors
USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (Shot Put - 2021 Indoor)
Big Ten Silver Medalist (Shot Put - 2024 Indoor)
Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2019, 2021, 2023; Spring 2021)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2020)
2024
Indoor: Earned Second-Team All-America honors, placing 14th in the shot put at NCAAs with a 60-9 1/2 (18.53m)…claimed second in the shot put at the Big Ten Championships with a 65-3 1/4 (19.89m), tying his career-high from the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational and moving to eighth all-time…won the shot put at the Tyson Invitational (64-1 3/4,19.55m), Mark Colligan Memorial (63-1 1/4,19.23m) and Graduate Classic (63-2,19.25m).
2023
Indoor: Recorded a 57-9 3/4 (17.62m) in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships to place 11th...Won the shot put at the Graduate Classic with a distance of 63-2 1/4 (19.26m)...Finished second in the shot put at the Nebraska Tune-Up (60-7 3/4, 18.48m) and the Mark Colligan Memorial (61-6 1/4, 18.75m)... Placed third in the shot put at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a 62-2 1/4 (18.95m) and fourth at the Texas Tech Open with a 60-4 (18.39m).
Outdoor: Recorded a season-best shot put mark at the Big Ten Championships with a 64-11 1/2 (19.80m) to place sixth…finished fourth in the shot put at the Drake Relays (60-4, 18.39m)…threw for 61-5 (18.72m) in the shot put at the Michael Johnson Invitational to finish fifth…placed fourth at the Jim Click Shootout (63-7, 19.38m) and eighth at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (61-9 3/4, 18.84m).
2022
Indoor: Placed sixth in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a mark of 18.98m (62' 3.25")... Won the shot put at the Nebraska Adidas Classic, throwing 18.71m (61' 4.75")... Recorded four top-5 finishes in the shot put during the indoor season.
Outdoor: Placed 14th in the shot put at the NCAA West Preliminaries, throwing 19.08m (62' 7.25")... Earned a sixth place finish in the shot put at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, throwing 18.82m (61' 9")... Recorded four top-5 finishes in the shot put during the outdoor season, including a third place finish at the ASU Invitational with a throw of 17.82m (58' 5.75")... Set a season-best mark in the discus at the Michael Johnson Invitational, throwing 44.58m (146' 3").
2021
Indoor: Placed 16th in the shot put with a mark of 59-8 1/2, (18.20m) at the NCAA Indoor Championships…Finished fourth in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a distance of 62-3 (18.97m)…Won the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a season-best launch of 63-2 3/4 (19.27m) in the shot put…Won the shot put at the Husker Triangular and had a runner-up finish at the Husker Quad.
Outdoor: Finished 15th in the shot put (55-7 1/2,16.95m) and 28th in the discus (149-2, 45.46m) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…Had a season-best mark of 60-8 1/2 (18.50m) with a 19th-place finish in the shot put at NCAA Prelims…Placed seventh in the discus at the M City Classic with a season-best throw of 156-0 (47.54m)…Posted a third-place finish at the Indiana Big Ten Invitational and had a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the B1G North Florida Invitational.
2020
Indoor: Finished 10th in the shot put at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with a throw of 57-0 1/4 (17.38m)...recorded a season-best toss of 58-8 (17.88m) at the adidas Classic.
Outdoor: Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help combat the spread of the virus, both the Big Ten Conference and the University of Nebraska suspended all team activities, effective March 13.
Before Nebraska
Joins the Huskers after a prep career at West Omaha High School in Nebraska…set prep bests in the shot put with a mark of 62-5 and discus with a distance of 173-6…two-time Nebraska state champion in the shot put (2018 and 2019).
Personal
Born Jan. 10, 2001...parents are Leland and Susan...management major who earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2023...currently studying applied science.