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2024 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Joe Patterson

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  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Baden, Pa.
  • High School Ambridge

Biography

Personal: Son of Mary and Paul … Majoring in Health and Physical Education.

2024 (Outdoor): Competed at five meets primarily in the hammer throw … Recorded a season-best mark of 41.38 meters at the John Papa Invite … Opened season with a throw of 40.42 meters at the Carnegie Mellon Invite … Also took part in the shot put on two occasions with top mark of 11.46 meters coming at the John Papa Invitational … A PSAC Scholar-Athlete.

2024 (Indoor): Competed at four meets in the shot put and weight throw … Produced top shot put mark of 11.66 meters at the YSU Mid-Major Invite while best weight throw distance of 12.43 meters came at the SPIRE Indoor Games.

2023 (Outdoor): Competed at six meets … Opened season by producing a season-best shot put mark of 12.50 meters at the Dave Labor Invitational … Also went above 12 meters in the shot put at the and the SRU Last Chance Meet (12.02 / ninth) John Papa Invite (12.01 / 18th) … Capped off season by hitting a season-high hammer throw mark of 41.95 meters to finish sixth at the SRU Last Chance Meet.

2022 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets in the shot put and hammer throw … Season-high mark in the hammer throw was 37.98 meters in a fourth-place finish at the Behrend Invite … Opened year with a mark of 37.74 meters in the hammer throw to finish 15th at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational … Recorded a season-high shot put mark of 11.93 meters as part of a sixth-place showing at the LHU Qualifier … Also finished eighth at LHU in the hammer throw (36.47) ... A PSAC Scholar-Athlete. 

2021 (Outdoor): Competed at seven meets in the shot put and hammer throw … Recorded a season-best mark of 31.22 meters as part of a 10th-place finish in the hammer throw at the SRU Invitational … Top shot put mark of the year of 12.31 meters came in an eighth-place showing at the Penn State Behrend Invite … Opened season with top-10 finishes in the both the shot put (seventh / 12.17 meters) and the hammer throw (ninth / 26.17 meters) at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational … Concluded season by finishing third in the shot put (11.74 meters) and 10th in the hammer throw (30.69 meters) at the LHU Qualifier.

High School: Lettered twice in track & field and twice in football at Ambridge High School … An honor student.  

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

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  • 2022Sophomore

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  • 2024Senior

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