BYU THROWERS

4/28/11

Current MWC Rankings

Here are the updated MWC rankings.... We are currently leading all throwing events and have 9 throwers in the top ten...

Shot Put (Men)

	Athlete	Year	Team	English	Metric	Meet	Meet Date	Date Submitted
1	Arrhenius, Leif	SR-4	BYU	60' 10.5"	18.55m	2011 BYU Robison Invitat...	04/21/11
2	Williams, Tyson	SR-4	Colorado St.	59' 0.75"	18.00m	32nd Sun Angel Track Cla...	04/07/11
3	Barber, Colby	JR-3	BYU	56' 4.5"	17.18m	32nd Sun Angel Track Cla...	04/07/11
4	Tabor, Sean	SO-2	TCU	55' 11"	17.04m	TCU Invitational	03/18/11
5	Lettow, Ian	SR-4	Colorado St.	54' 7.25"	16.64m	Beach Invitational	04/16/11
6	Herbison, Sean	JR-3	Air Force	54' 6"	16.61m	Jack Christiansen Invita...	04/22/11
7	Drye, Robert	JR-3	Air Force	53' 5.5"	16.29m	UC-Irvine Spring Break I...	03/19/11
8	Schwochow, Kyle	JR-3	Air Force	53' 3.5"	16.24m	53rd Annual Mt. SAC Rela...	04/14/11
9	Riccio, Joe	JR-3	Wyoming	53' 1.5"	16.19m	Jack Christiansen Invita...	04/22/11
10	Stetler, Zachary	FR-1	BYU	52' 4.5"	15.96m	SDSU Aztec Invitational	03/17/11

Discus Throw (Men)

	Athlete	Year	Team	English	Metric	Meet	Meet Date	Date Submitted
1	Arrhenius, Leif	SR-4	BYU	200' 8"	61.16m	Utah State Mark Faldmo I...	04/16/11
2	Carter, Cameron	SR-4	Colorado St.	184' 8"	56.30m	Beach Invitational	04/16/11
3	Tabor, Sean	SO-2	TCU	175' 4"	53.44m	UTA Bobby Lane Invitatio...	04/02/11
4	Williams, Tyson	SR-4	Colorado St.	172' 0"	52.43m	Jack Christiansen Invita...	04/22/11
5	Cole, James	JR-3	Air Force	170' 10"	52.06m	Stanford Invitational	03/25/11
6	Stetler, Zachary	FR-1	BYU	168' 11"	51.48m	2011 Clyde Littlefield T...	04/06/11
7	Chambers, James	SO-2	Air Force	166' 3"	50.68m	Jack Christiansen Invita...	04/22/11
8	Herbison, Sean	JR-3	Air Force	166' 1"	50.62m	Jack Christiansen Invita...	04/22/11
9	Lettow, Ian	SR-4	Colorado St.	162' 8"	49.59m	Fum McGraw Triangular	04/02/11
10	Ford, Brian	SO-2	Air Force	160' 9"	49.00m	University of Colorado I...	04/08/11

Hammer Throw (Men)

	Athlete	Year	Team	English	Metric	Meet	Meet Date	Date Submitted
1	Whaley, Oliver	SR-4	BYU	213' 9"	65.16m	2011 BYU Robison Invitat...	04/21/11
2	Drye, Robert	JR-3	Air Force	202' 11"	61.85m	UC-Irvine Spring Break I...	03/19/11
3	Williams, Tyson	SR-4	Colorado St.	191' 8"	58.41m	Jack Christiansen Invita...	04/22/11
4	Riccio, Joe	JR-3	Wyoming	190' 7"	58.08m	University of Colorado I...	04/08/11
5	Lettow, Ian	SR-4	Colorado St.	186' 10"	56.94m	Potts Invitational	03/18/11
6	Carter, Cameron	SR-4	Colorado St.	181' 2"	55.21m	Fum McGraw Triangular	04/02/11
7	Tabor, Sean	SO-2	TCU	181' 0"	55.18m	TCU Invitational	03/18/11
8	Henry-Marshall, Matthew	SR-4	New Mexico	174' 11"	53.31m	Brutus Hamilton Open	04/22/11
9	Sparks, Mark	SO-2	Wyoming	174' 8"	53.24m	53rd Annual Mt. SAC Rela...	04/14/11
10	Herbison, Sean	JR-3	Air Force	170' 0"	51.83m	53rd Annual Mt. SAC Rela...	04/14/11

Javelin (Men)

	Athlete	Year	Team	English	Metric	Meet	Meet Date	Date Submitted
1	Richardson, Sean	SR-4	BYU	230' 11"	70.38m	2011 UVU Collegiate Invi...	04/01/11
2	Lauritzen, Michael	FR-1	Air Force	213' 5"	65.04m	Oregon Preview	03/19/11
3	Reno, Chris	JR-3	BYU	213' 1"	64.95m	2011 Clyde Littlefield T...	04/06/11
4	Urista, Timothy	FR-1	Air Force	213' 1"	64.94m	UC-Irvine Spring Break I...	03/19/11
5	Van Fossen, Conner	SR-4	Air Force	211' 5"	64.44m	53rd Annual Mt. SAC Rela...	04/14/11
6	Ellis, Michael	FR-1	New Mexico	189' 4"	57.70m	Brutus Hamilton Invitati...	04/23/11
7	Santiago, Jon	SR-4	Air Force	187' 6"	57.16m	UC-Irvine Spring Break I...	03/19/11
8	York, Richard	SO-2	New Mexico	186' 3"	56.78m	2011 Clyde Littlefield T...	04/06/11
9	Bettis, Phillip	SR-4	BYU	185' 1"	56.42m	2011 BYU Robison Invitat...	04/21/11
10	McMillin, Josh	SO-2	Colorado St.	179' 5"	54.69m	Jim Click Combined Event...	03/31/11

4/25/11

Other Pics and Vids From The Robison Invite-

This past Saturday we had our first home meet of the year. It was horrible weather with temperatures dropping in the 30's and heavy rain for most of the meet. There were some really amazing performances though, and a lot of throwers pr'd. Oliver threw two throws over his previous pr with a throw of 65.16. Mitch pr'd by over 3 feet in the shot throwing 15.88. All the throwers did really well considering the weather and other factors.

Here are the results-

Men's Shot Put Finals

1. Leif Arrhenius 18.55 60-10.25
2. Daniel Stahl 16.89 55-05
3. Colby Barber 16.77 55-00.25
4. Mitchell Swensen 15.88 52-01.25
5. Zachary Stetler 15.48 58-08

Men's Hammer Throw Finals

1. Oliver Whaley 65.16 213-09.25

Men's Discus Throw Finals

1. Leif Arrhenius 60.94 199-11.25
2. Daniel Stahl 49.77 163-03.50
3. Winston Wilkinson 45.88 150-06.25
4. Zachary Stetler 45.79 150-02.75
5. Aaron Clark 44.82 147-00.50
6. Clinton Prestwich 44.52 146-00.75
7. Seth Weiler 43.30 142-00.75
8. Colby Barber 42.83 140-06.25
9. William Matthews 39.35 129-01.25
11. Mitchell Swensen 36.82 120-09.50

Men's Javelin Throw Finals

1. Sean Richardson 69.60 228-04.25
2. Blaine Baker 61.92 203-01.75
3. Kyle Baker 61.29 201-01

This is Oliver's and Mitch's pr throws-

4/17/11

Results from this weekend....

Some of us throwers threw at Utah St. this past weekend, and there were some good results. Oliver and Leif both did season's bests and the others did really well considering the weather.

Men Shot Put
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Name Year School Finals Points
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2 Stahl, Daniel Unattached 16.81m 55-02.00
4 Stetler, Zachary Byu 15.81m 51-10.50
6 Swensen, Mitchell Byu 14.91m 48-11.00

Men Discus Throw
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Arrhenius, Leif Byu 61.16m 200-08
2 Stetler, Zachary Byu 51.27m 168-02
3 Stahl, Daniel Unattached 50.18m 164-07
9 Clark, Aaron Byu 45.76m 150-01
10 Prestwich, Clinton Byu 43.49m 142-08

Men Hammer Throw
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Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Whaley, Oliver Byu 63.35m 207-10

4/12/11

Leif Is MWC athlete of the week!!!!

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 12, 2011) - BYU senior Leif Arrhenius has been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's Co-Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week. Arrhenius shares the honor with Justin Tyner of Air Force.

Hailing from Orem, Utah, Arrhenius claimed first-place honors in the discus throw at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays last weekend in Austin, Texas. Arrhenius registered a throw of 199’-4.00” (60.75m) to win the event. That mark ranks third all-time in Mountain West history and is first in the Conference and second in the NCAA during the 2011 outdoor season.

Arrhenius also competed in the shot put at the Texas Relays, finishing in fifth place with a throw of 60'-1.75" (18.33m). The senior is the fourth Cougar to be recognized as Men's Athlete of the Week for the outdoor season.

Leif is the third thrower from BYU to get this award.....

4/10/11

Results From This Weekend

The throwers were split between asu and texas this week. Colby hit a pr throw of 17.18m and Leif threw a season best in discus with 60.76m. Here are the results-

Texas Relays-
Men Discus Throw Section B Univ/Coll

8 Stetler, Zachary FR BYU 51.48m 168-11
48.50m FOUL 51.48m 48.89m 50.58m FOUL

Men Discus Throw Section A Univ/Coll

1 Arrhenius, Leif SR BYU 60.75m 199-04
57.80m 59.03m 60.75m FOUL FOUL FOUL

Men Javelin Throw Section A Univ/Coll

7 Richardson, Sean SR BYU 68.53m 224-10
64.06m 64.03m 68.53m FOUL 66.36m 63.58m

13 Reno, Chris JR BYU 64.95m 213-01
62.26m 62.85m 64.95m

Men Shot Put Section A Univ/Coll

5 Arrhenius, Leif SR BYU 18.33m 60-01.75
FOUL FOUL 18.33m FOUL FOUL FOUL

Sun Angel Classic-
sun angel results can be found here- http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/c-track/stats/2010-2011/satcfull.html

4/6/11

Sean is MWC athlete of the week!

BYU senior Sean Richardson and TCU senior Mychal Dungey have been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's Co-Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week, while BYU junior Ada Robinson has been named the Women's Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Week.

Richardson, from Silver City, New Mexico, claimed first-place honors in the javelin throw at the Utah Valley University Invitational last weekend in Orem, Utah. Richardson registered a throw of 230'-11.00" (70.38m) to win the event. That mark, which beat the next closest competitor by over eight meters, ranks third all-time in MWC history. Richardson's throw also ranks first in the Conference and 15th in the NCAA this season.

4/4/11

Results from this past weekend....

UVU-

Men's Javelin Finals

1. Sean Richardson SR BYU 70.38 230-10.75

2. Chris Reno JR BYU 61.83 202-10.25

Men's Discus Finals

1. Winston Wilkinson SO Unattached 47.92 157-02.50

3. Aaron Clark SO Unattached 45.91 150-07.50

8. William Matthews FR Unattached 40.74 133-08

9. Clinton Prestwich FR BYU 40.11 131-07.25

USC TRI-MEET

Men Discus Throw

1 Stetler, Zachary FR BYU 51.45m 168-09

4 Swensen, Mitchell FR BYU 41.05m 134-08

Men Shot Put

1 Stetler, Zachary FR BYU 15.73m 51-07.25

2 Swensen, Mitchell FR BYU 14.11m

next meet- texas relyas, sun angel classic

3/30/11

Stanford Invitational

Some throwers competed this last weekend at the Stanford Invitational. This was also the first meet for our javelin throwers Sean and Chris. The weather was really bad and the results weren't what the throwers all wanted.

This weekend Mitch and Zach will throw at a tri meet at USC, while the rest of us will throw at a meet at UVU. Results will be posted after the meets......

3/22/11

Oliver Is MWC Athlete of the Week!

Big congrats to Oliver for being conference athlete of the week. Oliver opened up well this last weekend in San Diego and is going to have an amazing season! Good job O!

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Mar. 22, 2011) - BYU senior Oliver Whaley has been selected as the Mountain West Conference Men's Outdoor Track & Field Co-Athlete of the Week. Whaley shares the honor with Air Force junior Robert Drye.

The product of Kayenta, Ariz., won the hammer throw title at the Aztec Invitational last weekend in San Diego, Calif. In his first competition of the outdoor season, the senior recorded a throw of 62.21m (204-01) in the event.

The mark is the best in the Mountain West this season and also ranks seventh in the NCAA in 2011, according to the website TFRRS.org.

links-
http://www.themwc.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/032211aab.html
http://www.byucougars.com/Filing.jsp?ID=15360

Also.....this past weekend a lot of the throwers opened up their seasons and threw well. Results from the San Diego Invite can be found here....
http://www.tfrrs.org/results/18763.html

3/13/11

National Championships

This weekend the NCAA Indoor Championships were held at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX. Leif competed in both the shot put and the weight throw. Leif threw a new pr of 19.92m in the shot put and won the competition. This is is first national championships. Leif threw 20.45m in the weight throw and got 9th place. The team ended up in 3rd place which is the best it's ever placed.

Results-

Shot Put-
1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 19.92m 65-4 ¼
2 Mason Finley SO Kansas 19.75m 64-9 ¾
3 Eric Werskey SR Auburn 19.64m 64-5 ¼
4 Stephen Saenz FR Auburn 19.32m 63-4 ¾
5 Hayden Baillio SO Texas 19.11m 62-8 ½
6 Luke Pinkelman JR Nebraska19.00m 62-4
7 Jacob ThormaehlenJR Texas 18.83m 61-9 ½
8 Robert Golabek SR Buffalo 18.71m 61-4 ¾

weight-
1 Walter Henning SR LSU 22.16m 72-8 ½
2 Alexander ZieglerSO Virginia Tech 21.27m 69-9 ½
3 Adonson Shallow SR SE Louisiana 21.19m 69-6 ¼
4 J.C. Lambert JR Southern Illinois21.07m 69-1 ½
5 Lonnie Pugh SO Michigan State 21.06m 69-1 ¼
6 Alec FaldermeyerFR UCLA 20.81m 68-3 ¼
7 Mike Zajac SR South Carolina 20.71m 67-11 ½
8 Micah Hegerle SO Minnesota 20.67m 67-9 ¾
9 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 20.45m 67-1 ¼

2/27/11

MWC CHAMPS

The men's team won the MWC indoor champs this past weekend. Here are the results from the throwing events-

Event 29 Men Shot Put
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NCAA Auto: A 19.30m
MWC Meet: M 65-04 2/28/2004 Niklas Arrhenius, BYU
MWC All-Time: C 66-10 2/2/2001 Jim Roberts, BYU
ABQ Conv Ctr: F 69-08.25 2010 Ryan Whiting, Arizona State
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals

1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 18.80m 61-08.25 10
18.26m 18.69m 18.74m FOUL 18.80m FOUL
2 Ian Lettow SR Colo St. 16.91m 55-05.75 8
16.23m 16.55m 16.87m FOUL 16.91m 16.45m
3 Robert Drye JR Air Force 16.74m 54-11.25 6
FOUL 16.15m FOUL 16.74m 16.43m 16.73m
4 Sean Tabor SO TCU 16.60m 54-05.50 5
FOUL 16.37m 16.08m 16.60m FOUL 16.50m
5 Joe Riccio JR Wyoming 16.18m 53-01.00 4
16.18m FOUL 15.64m FOUL FOUL FOUL
6 Sean Herbison JR Air Force 16.11m 52-10.25 3
15.59m 15.90m 15.96m 15.52m 15.51m 16.11m
7 Colby Barber JR BYU 15.98m 52-05.25 2
15.57m 15.98m FOUL 15.56m FOUL FOUL
Event 31 Men Weight Throw
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NCAA Auto: A 21.50m
MWC Meet: M 74-01.75 2/25/2000 Jason Gervais, Wyoming
MWC All-Time: C 74-01.75 2/25/2000 Jason Gervais, Wyoming
ABQ Conv Ctr: F 82-00 2010 A.G. Kruger, Nike
Name Year School Finals Points
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Finals

1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 20.19m 66-03.00 10
20.19m FOUL FOUL FOUL 19.61m FOUL
2 Oliver Whaley SR BYU 19.52m 64-00.50 8
17.92m 17.78m 18.70m 19.52m FOUL FOUL
3 Cameron Carter SR Colo St. 19.06m 62-06.50 6
16.86m 17.75m 18.41m 18.48m 18.23m 19.06m
4 Ian Lettow SR Colo St. 18.50m 60-08.50 5
18.50m FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL FOUL
5 Robert Drye JR Air Force 18.48m 60-07.75 4
FOUL FOUL 17.88m 18.48m 17.40m FOUL

2/13/11

Results from Air Force

Men Shot Put Open
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Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Mason Finley SO Kansas 20.71m 19.89m 65-03.25 10
2 Niklas Arrhenius unat (Provo) 19.75m 18.74m 61-05.75
3 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 18.98m 18.71m 61-04.75 8
4 Cody Hunt JR Chadron St 18.62m 18.30m 60-00.50 6
5 Kyle Schwochow JR Air Force 16.99m 17.66m 57-11.25 5
6 Max Alonso JR Fort Hays St 18.10m 17.53m 57-06.25 4
7 Tyson Williams unat (Ft Collins 18.80m 17.49m 57-04.75
8 Brian Bishop SR Kansas 16.59m 15.93m 52-03.25 3
9 Robert Drye JR Air Force 16.82m 15.91m 52-02.50 2
10 Jeff Conner FR Wichita St 15.15m 15.91m 52-02.50 1
11 Zachary Stetler FR BYU 16.58m 15.84m 51-11.75

Men Weight Throw Open
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Name Year School Seed Finals Points
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1 Leif Arrhenius SR BYU 21.56m 21.06m 69-01.25 10
2 Robert Drye JR Air Force 18.97m 18.61m 61-00.75 8
3 Mitch Sahlfeld SR Fort Hays St 19.03m 18.60m 61-00.25 6
4 Cameron Carter SR Colorado St 18.02m 17.74m 58-02.50 5
5 Oliver Whaley SR BYU 19.78m 17.25m 56-07.25 4

2/4/11

Results of New Balance Invite in New York

Colby and Zach threw shot today in New York....here are the results-

The Armory - Site License
New Balance Collegiate Invitational - 2/4/2011 to 2/5/2011
The New Balance Track and Field Center

Event 79 Men Shot Put Championship
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Name Year School Finals
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Finals
1 Finley, Mason Kansas 20.40m
2 Garrett, Richard Utsa 18.77m
3 Thormaehlen, Jacob Texas 18.42m
4 Baillio, Hayden Texas 18.37m
5 Elardo, Vincent Monmouth 17.62m
6 Barbas, Michael Duke 17.42m
7 Alleman, Mike Connecticut 17.34m
8 Jones, Nick Abilene Christian 17.01m
9 Kwiatkowski, Dan Pittsburgh 16.93m
10 Hickey, John Unattached J16.93m
11 Schallmo, Mike Duke 16.85m
12 Drenon, Brandon Texas 16.84m
13 Stetler, Zachary Byu 16.24m
14 Grace, Bobby Youngstown St. 15.99m
15 Rodriguez, Daniel Utsa J15.99m
16 Krause, Joel Kansas 15.98m
17 Barber, Colby Byu 15.91m