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Tyler Williams

Tyler Williams

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Hanover, PA
  • Highschool:
    South Western
  • Major:
    Mechanical Engineering

Summary

Biography

As a Junior in 2013-2014: Placed second in the weight throw at the MAC Indoor Championships…Finished fourth in the weight throw at the ECAC Championships…Set the school record with a throw of 18.82 meters in the weight throw…Earned All-American status in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships... School record holder in the hammer throw with a throw of 211' 7"…Placed second in the discus at the Widener Invitational…Earned silver at the Penn Relays in the hammer throw… Finished second at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the hammer throw earning a second All-America honor… Named Mideast Region Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association… Named Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-America…Named to Philadelphia Inquirer Spring Academic All-Area Team…Named to MAC Winter Academic All-Conference Team… Named to MAC Spring Academic All-Conference Team.

As a Sophomore in 2012-13: Placed 11th at the NCAA Championships in the Hammer Throw with a distance on 187’ 6”… Broke the Hammer school record at Widener Invitational with a throw of 57.41m... Broke MAC championship record and the MAC conference record in the Hammer with a throw of 58.41m... Won field athlete of the year at MAC championships... Won the Hammer Throw, placed third in the Discus and eighth in the Shot put at the MAC Outdoor Championships… Placed fifth in his division at the Penn Relays in the Hammer Throw… Discus was 46.10m at ECAC championships... Won the Hammer Throw at the Danny Curren Invitational… Finished second in the Weight Throw at the MAC Indoor Championships with a distance of 56; 0.5”

As a Freshman in 2012: At the Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/2) he finished fourth in the weight throw at 14.13 meters. Closed third in the weight throw at 15.78 meters at the MAC Indoor Championships (2/25).

Personal: Son of Robyn G. Blank and Tracy D. Williams... Majoring in Mechanical Engineering.

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