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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Dylan Rykert

Dylan Rykert

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Oakfield, NY
  • Highschool:
    Oakfield-Alabama

Summary

Biography

TFRRS Stats

At UR 2024-25: Indoor: Fifth-year competed seven times in the shot put indoors...Placed 10th in the shot put at the Liberty League Championships...Earned four top-10 finishes, with a season-high seventh-place finish at the RIT Indoor Invitational on Jan. 30...Season-best throw of 13.08m at the Brockport Multi & Invitational on Feb. 8.

Outdoor: Appeared in six meets outdoors, competing in the shot put and discus...Contested both the shot put and discus at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships, earning top-15 marks in both events...Had five top-10 finishes in the throwing events...Opened the year with a season-best seventh-place finish in the discus at the Bill Q Invitational at Geneseo on March 29...Tallied two top-10 results in the shot put (10th) and discus (9th) at the UR Alumni Invitational on April 19.

At UR 2023-24: Indoor: Appeared seven times during senior year indoors, participating in the shot put at each event...Posted a season-best mark of 13.28 meters at the Liberty League Championships, earning a podium finish in 7th place...Was 5th in the shot put at the RIT February Friday Invitational...Overall, had six top-10 results on the season.

Outdoor: The senior thrower competed at six events during the season, including in the shot put and discus at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships...Finished on the podium in both events at the conference meet, posting a career-best toss of 40.78 meters in the discus, good for 6th place, while also ranking 7th in the shot put (13.39m)...Lifetime best mark of 13.79 meters in the shot put at the Rochester Spring Twilight, finishing 4th overall...Accumulated 11 total top-10 finishes...Was top-8 twice at the Towson Invitational on Mar. 29...Had season-best javelin mark of 35.82 meters in 11th place result at the UR Alumni Invitational on Apr. 7...Member of the Liberty League All-Academic Team for the third straight season.

At UR 2022-23: Indoor: Competed in the shot put in seven meets as a junior thrower...Scored points for Rochester at the Liberty League Championships, finishing seventh in the shot put with a 13.03m throw...Three Top-10 finishes during the indoor season.

Outdoor: Logged throws in six meets...Scored points for UR in the shot put at Liberty Leagues, placing sixth with a 13.33m throw...Also notched a new PR in the discus (13th, 38.25m) at the conference championships...Earned four Top-10 finishes during the outdoor season...9th-place javelin hurl (38.17m) at the St. John Fisher Cardinal Classic on April 29...Finished eighth in the javelin (38.85m) at the Brockport Multi & Invitational on April 14-15...Secured first Top-10 result of the year at the RIT Invitational on April 8th in the shot put (8th, 12.86m)...Earned Liberty League All-Academic honors.

At UR 2021-22: Indoor: Sophomore thrower appeared in seven competitions...Qualified for the Liberty League indoor meet and ended 6th in the shot put (13.28 meters) and 13th in the weight throw (season-best 13.22 meters)...Posted season-best 4th place result in the shot put at the Nazareth Alumni Invite, tossing a mark of 13.13 meters...Five top-10's during the season.

Outdoor: Competed at five meets during the outdoor season...Finished 5th in the shot put at the Liberty League Outdoor Championships, tossing a season-best 13.61 meters...Ended 8th in the javelin at the UR Alumni Invitational, posting a season-long toss of 40.53 meters during the meet...Four overall top-10 finishes during the season...Named to the Liberty League All-Academic Team for the spring.

At UR 2020-21: Indoor: Competed in two events to open indoor season at the Nazareth Triangular...Finished 8th in the shot put.

Outdoor: Seven meet appearances as a first-year...Competed in three events at the Liberty League West Championships, ranking 5th in the shot put, 9th in the javelin and 13th in the discus...Finished in the top-8 in four events at the Geneseo-Ithaca-UR Tri-Meet on Apr. 17, including posting season-best marks in the discus (33.88m) and javelin (37.29m)...Season-best finish of 3rd place came twice in the shot put in back-to-back weeks on Apr. 17 and Apr. 23.

HS: Attended Oakfield-Alabama HS where he was a member of the football and indoor and outdoor track & field teams...Named Hornets football and outdoor track & field captain for two seasons...Was a GR league All-Star in football as a senior...Named NYSHSFCA Class D Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2019...Recipient of the National Football Foundation Gold Scholarship...Posted 81 tackles, 30 TFL and 12 sacks in senior season...Helped team to two sectional titles for 8-man football and win the upstate championship...Two sectional titles with outdoor track & field team...Ranked #2 in class and was part of the Math Team and Mock Trial Club.

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