Owen Russell

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Attleboro, Mass.
High School:
Moses Brown

2019 Outdoor: NCAA Regional qualifier ... placed 14th in the weight throw at the NCAA East Regional ... Second Team All-Ivy ... Runner-up in the hammer throw (216-8) at the Ivy League Championship ... Threw for first in the hammer throw at the Ocean State Invitational … Placed second in hammer throw at the Georgia Tech Invitational and Ivy League Track and Field Championships … Also participated in the Sam Howell Invitational.

2018-19 Indoor: Second Team All-American ... USTFCCCA Northeast Regional Male Field Athlete of the Year ... Placed 11th in the weight throw (68-1.75) at the NCAA Championship ... Second Team All-Ivy ... Placed second in weight throw at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Championship with a personal best throw of (71-11.5) … Threw for first in hammer throw at the Giegengack Invitational, New England Indoor Track & Field Championships, URI Sorlein Invitational, Beantown Challenge, and the Brown University Alden Invitational.

2018 Outdoor: Second Team All-Ivy … NCAA Regional Qualifier … second in the hammer (208-4) at the Ivy League Championship … placed 20th in the hammer at the NCAA East Preliminary … broke his own school record in the hammer at the Larry Ellis Invite with a throw of 221-7 … won the hammer at the Bryant Black & Gold Invite … fourth in the hammer at the Miami Hurricane Invite.

2017-18 Indoor: Second Team All-Ivy in the weight throw ... Started out his season with a first-place finish in the weight throw with a toss if 19.69 meters… won the weight throw at the Dr. Sander Invitational Armory Challenge … had an impressive showing at the Ivy League Indoor Track and Field Championship where he broke the school record in his first throw and the consecutively broke it every throw after ... he finished with a silver medal with a final throw of 21.39 meters.

2017 Outdoor: NCAA Regional Qualifier … placed 27th in the hammer at the NCAA East Preliminary … placed third in the hammer throw (208-7) at the Ivy League Championship … won the hammer throw at the Ocean State Invitational and Mark Young Invitational.

2016-17 Indoor: Placed fourth in the weight throw at the Ivy League Indoor Championships ... captured first-place in the weight throw at the Brown Alden Invitational, Beantown Challenge and BU David Hemery Invitational.

2016 Outdoor: NCAA regional qualifier … competed in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Preliminary … third in the hammer throw (211-11) at the Ivy League Championship … fourth in the hammer at the IC4A Championship … won the hammer at the Mark Young Invite and took third in the event at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting … seventh in the hammer at the Raleigh Relays.

2015-16 Indoor: Posted a third-place finish in the weight toss (63-11.5) at the Ivy League Indoor Championships … Took home first-place in the weight toss at the Harvard Multi Meet and the 30th Brown University Alden Invitational.

Before Brown: Competed in track & field at the Moses Brown School in Providence, R.I. … two-time New Balance Nationals All-American for Hammer Throw, New Balance Nationals All-American for Weight Throw … two-time Junior Olympics All-American for Hammer Throw … while representing Ireland, 1st place in the Hammer Throw at the Celtic Games, U19 Ireland 6K Hammer Record Holder

Personal: Born on August 21, 1997 … son of Delia and James Russell … has one sister, Aine … plans to concentrate in Applied Mathematics-Economics.

College Personal Bests:
Hammer - 221-7(O)
Weight Throw - 70-2.25 (I)