University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2019 Track and Field Roster
Sokol, Graham
Graham Sokol
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Gainesville, Fla.
- High School:
- Bucholz
- Prev School:
- Barton County CC
Bio
• 2019 Third-Team All-Sun Belt Conference (indoor weight throw)
2019-20: Indoor - Injured, did not compete.
2018-19: Outdoor - Claimed first-place honors in the hammer throw at the Louisiana Classics after producing a season-best throw (185-11) ... was fourth in the hammer throw at the McNeese Cowboy Relays (177-3) and 15th at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (169-1 ... top mark in the discus (129-0) came at the McNeese Cowboy Relays. Indoor - Earned third-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in the weight throw after producing a season-best throw (59-81/4) ... bettered his previous season-best (56-4) set at the Samford Open ... was second overall at the LSU Bayou Bengal (55-2) and fourth at the McNeese Indoor II (55-101/2).
Junior College: A two-time NJCAA All-American at Barton County (Kan.) Community College … helped BCCC to the 2018 NJCAA outdoor national title and a national runner-up finish at the NJCAA indoor meet … finished second overall in the hammer throw (185-10) at the NJCAA meet to earn All-America honors … earned All-America honors in the weight throw after finishing seventh overall at the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships … was third in the hammer throw (177-8) at the 2018 Region VI Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
High School: Competed in the discus and shot put at Gainesville’s Bucholz High School … posted top mark in the discus (127-6) at the Sanford-Seminole Invite at the NTC … finished seventh in the discus (115-1) at the FHSAA District 1-4A meet.
Personal: Born June 9, 1998 in Gainesville ... the son of Jill Dygert and Peter Sokol ... has one brother ... a kinesiology major.
2019-20: Indoor - Injured, did not compete.
2018-19: Outdoor - Claimed first-place honors in the hammer throw at the Louisiana Classics after producing a season-best throw (185-11) ... was fourth in the hammer throw at the McNeese Cowboy Relays (177-3) and 15th at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (169-1 ... top mark in the discus (129-0) came at the McNeese Cowboy Relays. Indoor - Earned third-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors in the weight throw after producing a season-best throw (59-81/4) ... bettered his previous season-best (56-4) set at the Samford Open ... was second overall at the LSU Bayou Bengal (55-2) and fourth at the McNeese Indoor II (55-101/2).
Junior College: A two-time NJCAA All-American at Barton County (Kan.) Community College … helped BCCC to the 2018 NJCAA outdoor national title and a national runner-up finish at the NJCAA indoor meet … finished second overall in the hammer throw (185-10) at the NJCAA meet to earn All-America honors … earned All-America honors in the weight throw after finishing seventh overall at the NJCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships … was third in the hammer throw (177-8) at the 2018 Region VI Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
High School: Competed in the discus and shot put at Gainesville’s Bucholz High School … posted top mark in the discus (127-6) at the Sanford-Seminole Invite at the NTC … finished seventh in the discus (115-1) at the FHSAA District 1-4A meet.
Personal: Born June 9, 1998 in Gainesville ... the son of Jill Dygert and Peter Sokol ... has one brother ... a kinesiology major.
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