Rob Mays III
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Brownsburg, Ind.
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- High School:
- Brownsburg
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- Major:
- Biology
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- Events:
- Throws
2023 Track & Field: Competed in eight meets … Opened outdoor season with collegiate-best 45 feet, 1 inch in shot put at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 16-18) … Runner-up in shot put (37 feet, 7.25 inches) in dual meet against Oberlin (April 8) … Tossed 134 feet, 9 inches for a collegiate discus best at Denison Invitational (April 28) … Threw a collegiate-best of 127 feet, 4 inches in hammer at NCAC Championships (May 5-6), the sixth-longest toss in school history … Competed in six indoor meets … Debuted with 32 feet, 8.25 inches in shot put and 34 feet, 5.5 inches in weight throw at home Wooster Invitational (Jan. 14) … Top showing came at Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17), winning shot put with a season-best 44 feet, 0.5 inches and placing fourth in weight throw with a collegiate-best 36 feet, 11 inches … Threw in both shot put and weight throw at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25).
2022 Football: Played in six games in the defensive line rotation … Logged a sack at Hiram (Sept. 10) for first collegiate tackle in debut … Also had a tackle at NCAC champion DePauw (Sept. 24).
Prior to Wooster: Part of a sectional championship team at Brownsburg High School … Four-year letterwinner in football and two-year letterwinner in track & field … Prepped for John Hart and Casey Popenfoose.
Personal: Parents are Robert and Euliza Mays … Biology major and part of the public health pathway program … Vice president of Black Student Association on campus … Member of Men Working for Change student organization.
