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2023 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Dalton Anderson

  • Event Multi/Javelin
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Grove City, Pa.
  • High School Moniteau

Biography

Career Highlights
• Four-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier
• Two-Time All-PSAC Honoree
• Two-Time PSAC Champion
• Three-Time All-Region
• USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Year (2022)
• Two-Time National Qualifier
• One-Time All-American (Javelin - 1st Team)

2023 (Outdoor): Competed at nine meets in the javelin … A USTFCCCA All-Region honoree … Qualified for the NCAA Championships, finishing 14th with a mark of 61.70 meters at the national meet … Produced a season-best throw of 67.54 meters to win the javelin conference title at the PSAC Championships … Also went over 60 meters at the Shamrock Invite (63.53 / second), the Westminster Invitational (61.45 / second) and the Bison Classic (60.30 / sixth) … Posted victories at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge (59.71) and the Dave Labor Invitational (58.66).

2022 (Outdoor): Named the USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Field Athlete of the Year … Also tabbed the PSAC Field Athlete of the Year … Earned All-America honors after finishing eighth in the javelin at the NCAA Championships … Also won the conference title in the javelin after posting a mark of 65.44 meters at the PSAC Championships … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the high jump as well, placing 16th at 1.82 meters … Season-best mark in the javelin was 66.85 meters, coming in a winning effort at the Red Flash Open … Also earned javelin victories at the Bison Classic (63.97m) and the Westminster Invitational (57.84m) … Best high jump clearance of 1.85 meters came at the Dave Labor Invitational as part of a sixth-place finish ... USTFCCCA All- Academic honoree ... PSAC Scholar Athlete.

2022 (Indoor): Competed at seven meets … Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors in the heptathlon … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the heptathlon, placing sixth with 4,381 points … Opened year by finishing second with a season-high 4,539 points in the heptathlon at the Mike Kowal Multi Meet … Finished sixth in the heptathlon with 3,780 points at the YSU Mid-Major Invite … Earned top-10 finishes at the Al Hall Freedom Games in the high jump (1.85m / second), the 60-meter hurdles (8.86 / fifth) and the shot put (12.62 / ninth) … Cleared 1.84 meters in the high jump to finish second at the YSU Invite.

Before The Rock: Graduate transfer from Westminster College (Pa.) ... NCAA Division II first team All-American in the javelin with third place finish at 2021 NCA DIII National Championships ... placed in the top six in six different events at the 2021 President's Athletic Conference Championships ... collegiate PRs of 62.22m in javelin, 15.79 seconds in 110-meter hurdles and 4,266 points in heptathlon.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Senior

    Multi/Javelin
  • 2023Senior

    Multi/Javelin