Devin Bogert

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
High School:
Home school
Hometown:
Tomball, Texas

2011 (FRESHMAN): Big 12 runner-up with a then personal best of 222-10 (67.91), finishing second to teammate Sam Humphreys ... Set another pair of career best throws during NCAA West preliminary rounds to advance to NCAA Championships, hitting marks of 232-7 (70.89) and 236-1 (71.97) ... Currently ranks seventh on the Texas A&M all-time list with his collegiate best of 236-1 ... Finished 12th at NCAA Championships with a toss of 232-11 (70.99) ... USATF Junior runner-up with a 219-9 (66.97) ... Made United States squad that competed at the World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain ... Threw 220-8 (67.27) during qualifying round of the World Juniors ... Opened his season placing fifth at Arizona State (202-4 / 61.67) and placed seventh at Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational (210-11 / 64.30) ... Finished second at Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational (217-6 / 66.30) ... Placed fifth at LSU Alumni Gold Invitational (216-10 / 66.10).

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2011 from Keystone National high school, home schooled in Tomball, Texas ... Started competing at age 10 ... Competed for club team Northwest Flyers for eight seasons, coached by his dad in the javelin, where his best marks were 252-2 (700g) and 221-8 (800g) ... Named 2009 USA Today first-team All-American ... 2009 Nike National champion and 2010 runner-up in javelin ... 2009 USATF Junior Olympic champion in Intermediate division ... USATF Junior bronze medalist in 2009, placed fourth in 2010 ... Great Southwest champion and meet record holder in 2009 (216-8 / 66.04) and 2010 (221-8 / 67.57) ... Won 2010 Youth Olympic trials (230-0 / 70.11) in Arlington, Texas ... In international competition, earned silver medal at 2010 Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore with a mark of 252-2 (76.88) that established an America Youth record for the javelin ... In 2009 placed seventh at World Youth Championships with setting the American Youth record with a toss of 231-8 (70.61).

PERSONAL: Devin Charles Bogert is the son of David and Lisa Bogert ... Born May 27, 1993 in Red Bank, New Jersey ... Has an older sister, Kirsten ... Majoring in Business.