2022-23 Track & Field, Cross Country Roster
Biography
CAREER ACCOLADES
- Recognized as MAC Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer and First Team All-MAC in 2023
- Won discus title at 2023 MAC Outdoor Championships
- Named MAC Field Freshman of Year in 2019
- Received Miami Athletics' Phillip Shriver Graduating Champions Medal of Honor in 2022
- Finished in top 10 of four different individual events at MAC Outdoor Championships for three consecutive seasons
- Earned Academic All-MAC honors in three consecutive years
- Recognized as a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
- Honored as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
- Competed at NCAA East Prelims in discus in 2022
- Ranks in top 10 all-time in program record books in four different events
2022-23 HIGHLIGHTS
- Took first place in discus at MAC Outdoor Championships (50.63m)
- Earned total of 24 points in MAC Outdoor Championships, finishing in top five in all four throwing events (third in shot and javelin, fifth in hammer)
- Named MAC Men's Most Outstanding Field Performer and First Team All-MAC
- Academic All-MAC honoree
- Set PR in hammer (58.59m) at RedHawk Invitational (outdoor)
- Won javelin throw at Billy Hayes Invitational (outdoor)
- Earned top-two finishes in all four throwing events (including first place in discus) at RedHawk Invitational (outdoor)
- Finished first in javelin (53.16m) and shot put (16.55m) at Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
- Recognized as Men's Field Athlete of Week (3/29)
- Established new PRs in shot put (17.71m) and weight throw (18.14m) at Flag City Open (indoor)
2021-22 HIGHLIGHTS
- Presented with Miami Athletics’ Phillip Shriver Graduating Champions Medal of Honor
- Named Academic All-MAC
- Competed at NCAA East Prelims in discus, taking 45th place with a throw of 45.18m
- At MAC Outdoor Championships, earned third place in discus (50.02m), fourth in shot put (16.13m), seventh in hammer (56.96m), and seventh in javelin (54.86m)
- Set new PR in hammer (58.27m) at Penn Relays, the fifth-longest throw in program history
- Finished fourth in college division at Penn Relays (discus) with a throw of 54.51m, ranking fifth on program’s all-time list
- Set PR in shot put (outdoor) at Indiana with a throw of 17.07m, seventh-best in RedHawks’ record books
- Took first place in discus (53.56m) and shot put (16.82m) at Miami’s Blizzard Buster (outdoor)
- Set PRs in shot put (17.25m) and weight throw (17.82m) at Flag City Open (indoor)
- Recognized as a USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
2020-21 HIGHLIGHTS
- Named a MAC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete
- Earned Academic All-MAC honors
- Came in second in javelin at MAC Outdoor Championships with a PR of 61.97m, which ranks sixth on program’s all-time list
- Also came away from MAC Outdoor Championships with top-10 finishes in shot put (fourth place), discus (seventh), and hammer (ninth)
- Finished first in discus at Bob Harris Open (outdoor) with a throw of 50.96m
- Took first place in shot put (16.06m) and javelin (57.39m) at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (outdoor)
- Finished first in shot put (17.12m) at Sycamore Team Challenge (indoor)
2019-20 HIGHLIGHTS
2018-19 HIGHLIGHTS
- Competed in all four throwing events during MAC Outdoor Championships, taking fifth in the javelin (55.81m) and discus (46.74m), seventh in the shot put (15.55m) and 12th in the hammer (46.73m)
- Was named MAC Field Freshman of the Year
- Season-best discus was 49.62m at Billy Hayes Invitational, good for fourth place
- Threw a season-best 16.02m in shot put at Ohio State
PRIOR TO MIAMI
- Lettered three times in track & field and twice each in football and tennis
- Set school and city record in the javelin (176’)
- Qualified for state meet twice outdoors and once indoors, finishing as high as fifth in shot put and ninth in discus
- Earned All-State accolades in 2018
- Won 2018 OHSAA State/NFHS Award for Sportsmanship, Ethics and Integrity
- Member of both the National Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society
PERSONAL
- Son of Kim and Trey Smith
- Studying Sport Leadership and Management (earned undergraduate degree in Finance)
- Has a December birthdayÂ
- Brother, Adam, is a sophomore thrower for Miami
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