Rob Mays III
Rob Mays III
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Brownsburg, Ind.
  • High School:
    Brownsburg
  • Major:
    Biology
  • Events:
    Throws
Bio

2024 Track & Field: Made 13 starts across both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Scored for Wooster at NCAC Outdoor Championships (May 3-4) with an eighth-place finish in shot put, tossing 44 feet … Also competed in discus, hammer and javelin at outdoor NCACs … Contributed to Wooster team total at outdoor All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 13), placing sixth in discus (130 feet) and eighth in shot put (43 feet, 7.75 inches) … Competed in both shot put and weight throw at NCAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24), placing ninth in shot with a mark of 45 feet, 0.5 inches … Pair of collegiate bests came during Denison Invitational (Apr. 26) with 137 feet, 9 inches in hammer throw and 128 feet, 8 inches in javelin … Hammer throw mark ranks as the fourth-longest in school history … Outdoor shot put season best of 44 feet, 6 inches at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 14-16) … Tossed collegiate best of 45 feet, 10.5 inches in shot put at indoor All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) … Followed that up with a 41 feet, 5 inch collegiate best in weight throw during Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 16).

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.

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