Career Bests
2021-22
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships with a season best throw of 64-3 ¼ … also finished ninth in the shot put at the Summit meet with a season best throw of 50-9 ¼ … took second in the weight throw at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge in 63-8 ¾ … tallied 12 top-10 finishes during the season … named USTFCCCA All-Academic.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the hammer throw … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the hammer throw … broke the school record in the hammer on the final throw of his career at the NCAA West Preliminary, launching it 211-2 to finish in 15th place at the meet … placed third in the hammer throw and sixth in the discus at the Summit League Championships … won the hammer throw at the Wildcat Invitational … posted a season-best discus throw of 167-6 at the USD Early Bird and finished in fourth place … finished runner-up in the hammer throw at the South Dakota Challenge in 208-2 … notched 14 top-10 finishes during the spring … named USTFCCCA All-Academic … made the Summit League honor roll.
2020-21
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fifth in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships with a mark of 63-9 ¾ (19.45m) … also took 11th in the shot put with a throw of 53-1 ¾ (16.20m) at the league meet … finished runner-up in the weight throw at the USD Invitational with a personal best mark of 65-6 (19.96m) … the mark ranks third in USD program history for the weight … placed second in both the shot put and weight throw at the Dakota Realty Invitational … posted a season-best of 53-4 ½ (16.27m) in the shot put at the meet … finished runner-up in the shot put at the Division I Challenge … launched the weight 64-4 ½ (19.62m) for fifth place at the SDSU Last Chance meet … tallied 13 top-10 finishes during the season.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the hammer throw and eighth in the discus throw at the Summit League Championships … launched the hammer 198-10 (60.60m) and the discus 166-7 (50.78m) in the league competition … also took 11th in the shot put at the Summit meet with a season-best throw of 52-9 ½ (16.09m) … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the hammer throw … recorded a personal best of 203-1 (61.90m) in the hammer throw at the USD Early Bird … the mark ranks third in USD program history … placed third in the discus throw at the South Dakota Tune-Up with a personal best throw of 168-4 (51.30m) … took seventh in the hammer throw at the Drake Relays … tallied 13 top-10 finishes during the spring … made the Summit League honor roll.
2019-20
Indoor Track & Field
Placed fourth in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships with a throw of 63-8 ¾ … also took 12th in the shot put at the league meet with a season-best mark of 53-6 ¼ … launched the weight a personal of 65-1 ½ to win the elite weight throw competition of the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … the mark moved him to second on the Coyote top-10 list for the weight throw … placed fifth in the weight throw at the Iowa State Classic with a mark of 59-8 ½ … sent the weight 60-1 for eighth place at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … finished third in the weight throw at the Adidas Classic … tallied nine top-10 finishes during the season.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Season cancelled by NCAA and The Summit League due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19
Indoor Track & Field
Placed seventh in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships with a personal best toss of 61-8 ½ … the mark moved him to third on USD’s all-time charts for the weight throw … also took 11th in the shot put at the Summit League Championships with a season-best throw of 53-1 ½ … first surpassed the 60-foot barrier in the weight throw at the Nebraska Tune-Up, taking fifth with a mark of 61-5 ¾ … finished fourth in the weight throw at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet with a distance of 59-4 ¾ ... sent the shot put 53-1 at the SDSU Holiday Invitational … tallied 10 top-10 finishes during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field
Took 10th in the shot put and 11th in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships … launched the hammer a personal best 183-8 to take third place at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic … the mark ranks seventh on the Coyote top-10 list for the hammer throw … also recorded a season-best shot put throw of 52-0 at the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic … placed third in the hammer with a heave of 182-8 at the Ashland Alumni Open … took third at the Sioux City Relays in the hammer throw … recorded 14 top-10 finishes outdoors.
2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the shot put at the Summit League Championships with a throw of 54-1 … also took 10th in the weight throw with a distance of 55-8 ½ at the Summit meet … placed third in the shot put at the SDSU Holiday Open with a season best of 54-6 ¾ … the shot put mark ranks sixth in USD program history … launched the weight throw a season best of 56-8 ¾ at the Nebraska Tune-Up … the weight throw of 56-8 ¾ ranks ninth in USD program history … placed third in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … tallied six top-10 finishes during the season.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Placed eighth in the hammer throw at the Summit League Championships with a throw of 181-7 … took 11th in the discus in 156-11 and 12th in the shot put in 51-1 at the league meet … launched the hammer a personal best of 182-4 for fourth place at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … the hammer throw of 182-4 also ranks seventh in USD program history … recorded the ninth-best shot put mark in school history at the Kip Janvrin Open, throwing 53-8 ½ … finished runner-up in the hammer throw at the USD Twilight with a toss of 176-0 … placed in the top-four of the shot put, hammer throw and discus at the Red Raider Open … recorded 18 top-10 finishes during the season.
Prep
Launched the hammer 206-0 at the Iron Wood Classic over the summer in 2016 to break the Pennsylvania state record ... the mark ranks fourth in the nation by MileSplit ... also holds the Pennsylvania District II record in the discus at 187-4 from 2016, which ranks 19th nationally ... finished runner-up in the discus in back-to-back years at the 2016 and 2017 Pennsylvania Class AAA State Championships ... also finished runner-up at the state meet in the shot put his senior season with a final throw of 59-8 ... posted a pair of top-10 finishes in the weight throw at the New Balance Nationals indoor ... finished ninth as a senior with a throw of 68-10 1/2 ... placed eighth in the discus and 10th in the hammer throw at the 2017 New Balance Nationals outdoor meet.
Personal
Son of Mike Slagus and Judy Slagus ... sport marketing and media major.
