Cole Knuth

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
High School:
Prosper
Hometown:
Prosper, Texas

Career Best * Weight - 59-5 ½ * Discus - 166-3 * Hammer - 178-10 2010 (JUNIOR): Set three personal best marks in hammer throw, reaching a distance of 178-10 (54.51) to place third at Texas Invitational ... Won Rice Twilight (177-10) and placed 12th at Big 12 Championships (176-9) ... Finished third at Michael Johnson Classic (169-10) in Waco and fifth at J. Fred Duckett Twilight (172-10) ... Opened the outdoor season with career best efforts in Puerto Rico (173-5) and Arizona State (176-9) ... Threw a season best of 166-3 in the discus, placing ninth at Texas Invitational ... Won a pair of titles in discus at Michael Johnson Classic (158-0) and Rice Twilight (162-7) ... Finished third at Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational (155-5) and fifth at J. Fred Duckett Twilight (163-3) ... Indoors Knuth established a career best of 59-5 ½ in weight throw to place fourth at the Texas A&M Challenge ... Won two meets, the Reveille Invitational (53-3) and the Texas dual meet (58-2) ... Finished seventh at Big 12 Championship with a toss of 59-4 ... Placed third in two other home meets, A&M Invitational (58-3 ¼) and A&M Challenge II (57-8 ½). COLLEGE: Attended the University of Illinois ... Member of football team at Illinois that played in the 2008 Rose Bowl against USC ... Competed in the discus and javelin for the Illini track and field team. HIGH SCHOOL: 2007 graduate of Prosper High School ... Lettered four years in track and field ... Established school record of 175-8 in the discus ... Had a best of 48-6 in the shot put ... Set his discus school record claiming a State 3A title in his senior year with a fourth round toss that won by five inches ... Region II-3A runner-up (168-0) in 2008 ... Also a regional qualifier in the discus as a sophomore and junior ... Also lettered in football (three years), baseball (two years), basketball (two years) and golf (one year). PERSONAL: Cole Knuth is the son of Ken and Marsha Knuth ... Born May 13, 1988 ... Began competing in track and field in seventh grade at age of 13 ... Majoring in Kinesiology ... Chose Texas A&M since he wanted to be part of a winning program where everyone wants to be their best.