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Personal Bests (thru 2021 outdoors)

  • Hammer (12 lb.): 192-9 (58.75m)
  • Shot put (12 lb.): 54-7 ½ (16.64m)
  • Discus (1.6 kg.): 165-3 ¾ (50.37m)
  • Weight throw (35 lb.): 63-6 (19.35m)

Prior to Stanford

  • Third at the 2019 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in the hammer, throwing a best of 178-9 (54.48m)
  • His 2020 personal best of 192-9 (58.75m) was No. 19 in the country
  • Won the 2019 California State Games in the hammer and discus
  • One of only two throwers to rank top-5 in the sophomore class in two events in 2019
  • Set his shot put best of 54-7 ½ (16.64m) at a March 2020 meet a week before the pandemic shutdown
  • Won the Inland Empire championship in the shot put and discus as a sophomore in 2019
  • Seventh at the 2019 CIF-Southern Section Division I meet in the discus

Personal

  • Has 3.7 million followers on TikTok