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2026 Track and Field Roster

Rob Mays III

Rob Mays III

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Brownsburg, Ind.
  • High School:
    Brownsburg
  • Major:
    Health Disparities in Sports Medicine (self-designed)
  • Events:
    Throws

Summary

Biography

 
2026 Track & Field: Had the most prolific season of his career, breaking the school’s outdoor hammer throw record three separate times, most recently with a mark of 171 feet even at the NCAC Outdoor Championships (May 1-2) … NCAC hammer throw champion and first career All-NCAC accolade with that mark … Competed in the three other throwing disciplines at outdoor NCACs, putting up a pair of sixth-place finishes in the discus (137 feet, 4 inches) and shot put (outdoor season-best 45 feet, 9.75 inches) and a collegiate-best in javelin throw (129 feet, 5 inches) … Hammer throw runner-up and All-Ohio honor with a then-school record mark of 170 feet, 11 inches at the All-Ohio Outdoor Championships (Apr. 10-11) … Barely missed a second All-Ohio accolade with fourth place in the discus throw with a mark of 142 feet, 11 inches, vaulting into eighth place on the program top-10 list … Named NCAC Athlete of the Week for the first time in his career on April 14 following All-Ohio performance … Improved discus PR at the Denison Big Red Invitational (Apr. 24), winning the event with 144 feet, 11 inches and moving up to sixth place on the program top-10 … Landed on the hammer throw podium two other times with 157 feet even for third at the Bob Kahn Invitational (March 27-28) and 162 feet even for second at the Duane Gomez Invitational (Apr. 18) … Tossed a collegiate best 48 feet, 7.5 inches as the runner-up in weight throw at the home Fighting Scots Invitational (Jan. 24) … Also won the shot put at that meet with an indoor season-best 46 feet, 6.75 inches … Placed ninth in shot put (45 feet, 9.25 inches) and 11th in weight throw (47 feet, 0.25 inches) at the NCAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27-28) … Won shot put at both the season opening Wooster Invitational (Jan. 17) with 44 feet, 4 inches and at the Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 20) with 44 feet, 8.25 inches … Was also runner-up in weight throw with a toss of 41 feet, 8 inches at Kenyon meet … Member of the AD Honor Roll for the spring semester.

2025 Track & Field: Competed in all four throwing events at the NCAC Outdoor Championships (May 2-3) … Top NCAC outdoor performance was eighth-place in shot put with a mark of 43 feet, 11.75 inches … Took fifth in shot put at NCAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-March 1) with an indoor-best 46 feet, 4.25 inches … Opened outdoor season with collegiate-best 48 feet, 6 inches in shot put for sixth-place at multi-divisional Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 20-22), which ties for ninth in program history … Tossed a collegiate-best 146 feet, 3 inches in hammer throw to take third at the Denison Invitational (April 25), good for fourth-longest hammer mark in school history … Had collegiate-best weight throw mark of 46 feet, 2 inches at NCAC indoor meet, placing 11th overall … Won shot put at Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 21) with 42 feet, 2 inches … Season-best discus mark was 131 feet, 9 inches at Bob Kahn Invitational (March 28-29) … Also had season-best javelin throw of 116 feet, 9 inches at Bob Kahn meet.

2024 Track & Field: Made 13 starts across both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Scored for Wooster at NCAC Outdoor Championships (May 3-4) with an eighth-place finish in shot put, tossing 44 feet … Also competed in discus, hammer and javelin at outdoor NCACs … Contributed to Wooster team total at outdoor All-Ohio Championships (Apr. 13), placing sixth in discus (130 feet) and eighth in shot put (43 feet, 7.75 inches) … Competed in both shot put and weight throw at NCAC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24), placing ninth in shot with a mark of 45 feet, 0.5 inches … Pair of collegiate bests came during Denison Invitational (Apr. 26) with 137 feet, 9 inches in hammer throw and 128 feet, 8 inches in javelin … Hammer throw mark ranks as the fourth-longest in school history … Outdoor shot put season best of 44 feet, 6 inches at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 14-16) … Tossed collegiate best of 45 feet, 10.5 inches in shot put at indoor All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 10) … Followed that up with a 41 feet, 5 inch collegiate best in weight throw during Kenyon Tune Up (Feb. 16).

2023 Track & Field: Competed in eight meets … Opened outdoor season with collegiate-best 45 feet, 1 inch in shot put at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 16-18) … Runner-up in shot put (37 feet, 7.25 inches) in dual meet against Oberlin (April 8) … Tossed 134 feet, 9 inches for a collegiate discus best at Denison Invitational (April 28) … Threw a collegiate-best of 127 feet, 4 inches in hammer at NCAC Championships (May 5-6), the sixth-longest toss in school history … Competed in six indoor meets … Debuted with 32 feet, 8.25 inches in shot put and 34 feet, 5.5 inches in weight throw at home Wooster Invitational (Jan. 14) … Top showing came at Kenyon Invitational (Feb. 17), winning shot put with a season-best 44 feet, 0.5 inches and placing fourth in weight throw with a collegiate-best 36 feet, 11 inches … Threw in both shot put and weight throw at NCAC Championships (Feb. 24-25).

2022 Football: Played in six games in the defensive line rotation … Logged a sack at Hiram (Sept. 10) for first collegiate tackle in debut … Also had a tackle at NCAC champion DePauw (Sept. 24).

Prior to Wooster: Part of a sectional championship team at Brownsburg High School … Four-year letterwinner in football and two-year letterwinner in track & field … Prepped for John Hart and Casey Popenfoose.

Personal: Parents are Robert and Euliza Mays … Self-designed health disparities in sports medicine major and Africana studies minor … Vice president of Black Student Association on campus … Member of Wooster Christian Fellowship
 

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