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2023 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Joshua VanDeMark

  • Event Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Brockport, N.Y.
  • High School Brockport

Biography

Career Highlights
• One-Time All-American
• One-Time National Qualifier
• Three-Time USTFCCCA All-Region Honoree
• One-Time PSAC Champion
• Two-Time All-PSAC Honoree
• Five-Time PSAC Championship Qualifier

Personal: Son of Lisa and Chris VanDeMark ... Majoring in Communications. 

2023 (Outdoor): Competed at nine meets primarily in the hammer throw … A USTFCCCA All-Region honoree … Earned All-PSAC honors after finishing third at the conference championships with a top mark of 56.82 meters … Top mark of the season was 57.42 meters as part of a winning effort at the John Papa Invite … Also recorded hammer throw wins at the Dave Labor Invitational (55.09), the Mountaineer Twilight Meet (55.03), the Westminster Invitational (54.98) and the SRU Last Chance Meet (53.41).

2023 (Indoor): Competed in the weight throw at eight meets … Earned All-America honors after placing 11th at the NCAA Championships following a throw of 19.36 meters … A USTFCCCA All-Region honoree … Won the weight throw at the PSAC Championships after producing a school record mark of 19.38 meters … Broke 18 meters in the event at both the Mount Union Tune-Up (18.94 / third) and the YSU Icebreaker (18.19 / second) … Also recorded top-five finishes at the YSU Mid-Major Invitational (third / 17.98), the Jim Wuske Open (third / 16.35), the YSU Invite (fourth / 17.17) and the SPIRE Indoor Games (fifth / 17.78).

2022 (Outdoor): Competed at 11 meets, primarily in the hammer throw … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing fourth at 53.78 meters … Top mark of season was 54.13 meters in a second-place finish at the Westminster Invitational … Also broke the 50-meter mark at the Dave Labor Invitational (53.78 / fourth), the Jim Thorpe Invite (51.32 / eighth) and the Shamrock Invitational (50.21 / eighth) … Won the hammer throw at the Behrend Invite (48.59m).

2022 (Indoor): Competed in the weight throw at five meets … Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors … Qualified for the PSAC Championships, placing fourth with a mark of 16.74 meters … Won the weight throw at the Edinboro Invite with a season-best mark of 17.78 meters … Also posted top-10 finishes at the YSU Mid-Major Invite (16.62 / third), the YSU Invite (16.44 / fifth) and the Doug Raymond Qualifier (14.59 / 10th).

2021 (Outdoor): Competed at eight meets in the shot put, hammer throw and discus … Qualified for the PSAC Championships in the hammer throw, placing fifth after turning in a season-best mark of 52.71 meters … Recorded season-best marks in both the shot put (12.47 meters) and the discus (37.25 meters) at the IUP Invitational … Opened season by placing sixth in the hammer throw at the Carnegie Mellon Invitational with a mark of 42.05 meters … Took eighth place in the hammer throw at the Bill Lennox Invitational following a mark of 44.67 meters … Recorded a pair of top-10 finishes at the SRU Invitational in the hammer throw (fourth / 46.71 meters) and the shot put (eighth / 12.01 meters) … Produced a mark of 46.34 meters to come in third at the Penn State Behrend Invite … In final preparation for the PSAC Championships, placed second in the hammer throw (50.08 meters) and 10th in the shot put (9.60 meters) at the LHU Qualifier.

2019 (Outdoor): Competed in one meet … Set a new PR in the discus throw at 31.71-meters.

High School: Lettered two years in track and field, football and tennis at Brockport High School. 

Historical Player Information

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