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2020-21 Men's Track & Field Roster

Zach Llewellyn

  • Position Throws
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Alton, IL
  • Highschool Alton

Biography

COLLEGIATE BESTS:
INDOOR:
Weight Throw: 15.65, 2020 Principia Relays
Shot Put: 16.55m, 2020 GLVC Championship (1st)

OUTDOOR:
Shot Put: 16.20m, 2019 NCC Dr.Keller T&F Meet
Discus Throw: 48.17m, 2019 Lewis Twilight
Hammer Throw: 39.98m, 2018 Lindenwood Dual
Javelin Throw: 45.14m, 2019 Bellarmine Invitational

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
2020:
Competed in five meets… set a new provisional standard in shot put (16.55m) at the GLVC Indoor Championships and received 1st place All-Conference honors… set new personal bests in weighted throw (15.65m) and shot put... GEICO Academic All-GLVC... Brother James Gaffney Distinguished Scholar Award honoree

2019: Competed in 13 meets… finished the outdoor season by setting a personal best distance in the shot put at the NCC Dr. Keller Meet with a 16.20m throw....Competed in the GLVC Outdoor Championships finishing sixth in the shot put with a 15.38m throw, in tenth place in the discus throw with a final distance of 43.28m, and 13th in the javelin with a 41.50m throw.... Set a new personal best in the Javelin with a 45.14m toss at the Bellarmine Invitational.... Went on to set another personal best at the Lewis Twilight Meet with his 48.17m discus throw....Threw for fifth place at the Indoor GLVC Championships with a 16.03m throw in the shot put and then came in 14th in the weight throw with a 13.42m distance... Recorded a new personal best distance in the weight throw at the St. Louis Collegiate Indoor Classic with a 14.98m throw

2018: Competed in 12 meets… Earned his highest ranked finish in the GLVC Outdoor Championships with a seventh place finish in the discus throw with a final distance of 43.79m.... Set a new personal best in the hammer throw at the Lindenwood Dual in April with a final distance of 39.98m... Placed fifth in the shot put at the Indoor GLVC Championships with a 15.47m throw

BEFORE McK: Was a double qualifier in the shot put with a throw of 55'3"in and in discus with a throw of 160'3" his senior year. Was MVP both junior and senior years for the Alton Redbirds track team.

PERSONAL: Is the son of Christine and Christopher Llewellyn


Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2018-19Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2019-20Redshirt Junior

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  • 2020-21Fifth Year

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