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Grand Valley State University Athletics

2012 Men's Track and Field

Nathan Dekam

Nathan Dekam

  • Ht./Wt.:
    0-0 / 0
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    McBain, Mich.

Summary

Biography

2012-13: Threw exclusively the weight throw during the indoor season, notching seven top-10 finishes in eight meets...Had a aseason-best mark of 16.95 meters (55'7.5") at the Mike Lints Alumni Open to finish seventh...Threw both the discus and javelin during the outdoor season, notching a season-best javelin throw of 49.36 meters (161'11") at the GLIAC Outdoor Championship, where he finished 10th...Won the discus event at the Al Owens Classic with a toss of 51.41 meters (168'8")...Had a season-best discus throw of 52.17 meters (171'2") at the Aquinas College Twilight meet, where he finished third...Qualified for 2013 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championship, where he finished 12th with a toss of 50.42 meters (165'5").

2011-12: During the indoor season, he finished third in both the weight throw (15.73m) and shot put (13.44m) at the GVSU Laker Early Bird...Finished seventh in both the weight throw (15.91m) and shot put (14.29m) at the GVSU Holiday Open...Had a season-best weight throw of 17.01 meters at the GVSU Tune-Up to finish second...Finished ninth in the weight throw at the GLIAC Indoor Championships with a toss of 16.94 meters...During the outdoor season, he finished third in the discus throw at the Hillsdale Invite with a toss of 44.76 meters...Finished sixth in the discus at the GVSU Al Owens Classic with a throw of 46.11 meters...Had a season-best javelin throw of 53.72 meters at the GLIAC Outdoor Championship to finish seventh...Had a season-best discus throw of 49.81 meters to finish seventh at the GVSU 2nd to Last Chance Meet.

2010-11: Placed second in the weight throw at the GVSU Holiday Open with a toss of 15.41 meters...Won the event at the GVSU Early Bird Open with a distance of 15.83 meters...Finished seventh in the shot put at both the SVSU vs GVSU Dual Meet (13.83m) and GVSU Tune-Up (14.27m)...Finished fourth in the weight throw at the GVSU Tune-Up with a toss of 15.99 meters...Threw a personal-best 16.43 meters in the weight throw at the SVSU vs GVSU Dual Meet...In the outdoor season, he had three top 10 finishes in the discus throw...Finished eighth at the MSU Spartan Invite (44.90m), sixth at the ISU Pacesetter Invitational (47.05m) and fourth at the Purdue Dave Rankin Invitational with a personal best 49.01 meters.

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