Florida Gators

• Weight Throw - 2019

WHAT. A. FINISH. @AJ_UF77.

Broke his own school record by 2.5 FEET to win the #SECTF title ?????????? pic.twitter.com/CJxUWBHeBp

— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 23, 2019

• Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (hammer throw, 2018-19)
• 2019 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America First Team (weight throw)
• Two-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Second Team (weight throw, 2017-18)
• 2019 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (hammer throw - bronze medalist)
• 2018 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (weight throw - bronze medalist)
• Five-time SEC Academic Honor Roll

• School Record - Weight Throw (23.35m - 2019 SEC Indoors)
• No. 3 - Hammer Throw (71.68m - 2019 NCAA Outdoors)

Collegiate PR | HT: 235-2 (71.68m); WT: 76-7.25 (23.35m); DT: 178-10 (54.50m)
High School PR | DT: 172-11 (52.70m); SP: 47-8 (14.52m)



AJ McFarland's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

2019: USTFCCCA Indoor All-America First Team (weight throw) and fourth-place finisher at NCAA Indoor Championships ... USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (hammer throw) and sixth-place finisher at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... SEC Champion (weight throw) ... Broke his own weight throw school record four times during season ... Bronze medalist in the hammer throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Also finished 13th in the discus throw at SEC Outdoors ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2018: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (hammer throw) ... USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (weight throw) ... Eighth-place finisher at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Ninth-place finisher at NCAA Indoor Championships ... SEC Indoor Championships weight throw bronze medalist (highest finish by a Gator since 2013) ... Broke his own weight throw school record three times, with the last coming at Tiger Paw Invitational (22.20m / 72-10) ... Topped his hammer throw PR by 17 feet (5.20 meters) at season's end--had throws of 71.29m (233-10) and 70.89m (232-7) at NCAA Outdoors ... Sixth-place finisher at SEC Outdoor Championships  ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2017: USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (weight throw) ... Finished 12th in the weight at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Fifth-place weight thrower at SEC Indoor Championships ... Broke the weight throw school record (21.67m / 71-1.25) at the Virginia Tec "Doc Hale" Elite Meet ... Took eighth in the hammer throw and 15th in the discus throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Set PRs in the hammer throw (66.09m / 216-10) and discus throw (54.50m / 178-10) at Tom Jones Memorial ... NCAA East Preliminary qualifier in both hammer throw and discus throw ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2016: Finished 14th overall in the weight throw at SEC Indoor Championships ... Placed 15th overall in the hammer throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Recorded his season-best weight throw mark (63-4.75/19.32m) at Tyson Invitational ... Posted his season-best hammer throw mark (202-1/61.59m) at Pepsi Florida Relays ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2015: Redshirted ... Finished eighth in the hammer throw at USATF Outdoor Junior Championships ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed at Father Lopez High School in Daytona Beach, Fla. … Won the 2014 FHSAA Class 1A Outdoor Finals discus throw title and took sixth in the shot put … Finished fourth at the 2014 Pepsi Florida Relays with a high school discus throw PR of 172-11 (52.70m) … Won the discus at the 2013 FHSAA Class 1A District 6 meet … Took seventh in the shot put and eighth in the discus at the 2013 Golden South Classic.