SEC Field Athlete of the Week honor for Texas A&M's Ioannis Kyriazis on Texas Relays victory

BIRMINGHAM – Track and field Athlete of the Week honors in the SEC included Texas A&M sophomore Ioannis Kyriazis earning the conference award for men's Field Athlete of the Week following his javelin victory during the Texas Relays.
 
Reaching a career best distance of 268 feet, 7 inches (81.87) on his first throw of the event made Kyriazis the eighth best collegian all-time and second on the A&M all-time list with the third best performance.
 
Currently the collegiate leader in the event, having surpassed the previous leading mark of 265-10 (81.03) set by Mississippi's State's Curtis Thompson, Kyriazis also ranks fifth on the 2016 world list.
 
Collegiate all-time Javelin list
292-4     89.10       Patrick Boden (Texas)                      1990
273-3     83.30       Tom Pukstys (Florida)                      1990
273-2     83.26       Matti Narhi (UTEP)                           1999
272-10   83.16       Cyrus Hostetler (Oregon)                2009
272-2     82.97       Corey White (USC)                            2009
271-1     82.62       Dag Wennlund (Texas)                    1987
268-8     81.90       Sam Humphreys (Texas A&M)      2013
268-7     81.87       Ioannis Kyriazis (Texas A&M)        2016
268-7     81.86       Esko Mikkola (Arizona)                    1998
268-4     81.80       Chris Hill (Georgia)                           2009
 
Updated national and dual meet rankings
 
Texas A&M men remain No. 1 in the Track & Field News dual meet rankings with the Aggie women ranked No. 4. In the USTFCCCA national rankings the A&M men are No. 3 and the Aggie women are No. 5.
 
USTFCCCA Men rankings
1. Florida
2. Oregon
3. Texas A&M
4. Texas
5. LSU
6. Virginia
7. Arkansas
8. Alabama
9. South Carolina
10. Illinois
11. Georgia
12. Texas Tech
13. USC
14. Tulsa
15. Ohio State
16. Stanford
17. Penn State
18. Colorado
19. Virginia Tech
20. North Carolina
21. Oklahoma State
22. Middle Tennessee
23. Penn
24. Mississippi State
25. TCU
 
USTFCCCA Women rankings
1. Arkansas
2. USC
3. LSU
4. Texas
5. Texas A&M
6. Oregon
7. Georgia
8. Florida
9. Kentucky
10. Kansas State
11. Mississippi State
12. Harvard
13. Stanford
14. Oklahoma
15. Miami
16. Baylor
17. Tennessee
18. New Mexico
19. Notre Dame
20. Virginia Tech
21. Auburn
22. Florida State
23. Oklahoma State
24. Michigan
25. Michigan State