Slippery Rock University Athletics

- Highlights: Five-time PSAC champion in the shot put, three-time Division II All-American in the shot put, former SRU record holder in the shot put, six-time NCAA National Championship qualifier, PSAC Field MVP in 1999.
 
Cory Darr held the SRU indoor and outdoor records in the shot put for more than a decade after a dominant run in the event that saw him go four-for-four in PSAC outdoor titles during his career.   
 
A native of Kane, Pennsylvania, Darr finished his SRU career in 2002 after winning a total of five PSAC titles in the shot put. He was unstoppable outdoor, claiming four PSAC titles in the event. He went three-for-three from 1998-00 and then picked up a fourth title in 2002 when he returned for graduate school. He also won an indoor title as a grad student to pick up five PSAC titles in his career. For his dominance in the event, he was named the PSAC Field MVP at the outdoor championships in 1999.
 
Darr qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships a total of six times during his SRU career with three appearances indoor and three outdoor. He earned All-America honors at all three indoor championship meets he qualified for, picking up his first All-America award in 1999 and following that up with honors in 2000 and 2002.
 
He was the first SRU male thrower to ever earn indoor All-America honors and was just the second male shot put thrower in SRU history to be named an All-American. To date, Darr is one of only three men in SRU history to earn All-America honors in the shot put, joining John Eakin (2022) and Clint Bonetti (1992).  
 
Darr held the outdoor shot put record at SRU for 20 years with his career-best throw of 17.50 meters from 2002. That effort stood until Eakin broke the record in 2022.
 
In addition to his excellence in the shot put circle, Darr was also a PSAC Scholar-Athlete and earned a pair of degrees from The Rock. He got his undergraduate degree in safety management in 2000 and earned a master's degree in sport management in 2003.
 
Since 2007, Darr has served as a safety and personnel director at Highlander Energy Products, Inc. in his hometown of Kane, Pennsylvania. He also serves as the boys' varsity basketball coach at Kane Area High School and served three years as president of the Kane Little League. Prior to his current role, he served two years as a program director at the Clarion University Health Science Education Center.
 
Darr and his wife, Shannon, a special education teacher at Kane Area High School, are the proud parents of two teenage sons, Landon and Preston.