2021 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
2020: Outdoor – Recorded personal-bests in the discus throw (43.33m) and in the hammer throw (51.56m) at the Jaguar Opener … Indoor – Earned First-Team All-Sun Belt honors in the shot put (16.47m) and recorded a personal-best in weight throw (17.57m) at the Sun Belt Championships … Won in the shot put (17.43m) and placed third in the weight throw (17.46m) at the Samford Bulldog Invite … Finished third in the shot put (17.35m) and sixth in the weight throw (16.53m) at the Jaguar Invitational … Recorded a 16.90m distance in the shot put at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Won in the weight throw (17.40m) and placed third in the shot put at the Samford January Invite.
2018-2019 (St. Thomas Aquinas College): Outdoor – Qualified for the NCAA DII Track and Field Championships finishing 22 (16.47m) in the shot put … Claimed East Coast Conference titles in both the shot put & the discus for the third consecutive season, and earned ECC all-conference recognition in the hammer throw for the second time in his career … Threw a personal record 17.67m in the shot put at the Miami Hurricane Invitational. Indoor – Was the ECC conference champion in the shot put for a second straight season, and he also earned all-conference honors in the weight throw finishing third.
2017-2018 (St. Thomas Aquinas College): Outdoor – Recorded ECC titles in the shot put (16.07m) and discus (46.06m) for the second time in his career, while earning his first all-conference recognition in the hammer throw (40.12m) … Threw for a life time best 47.68m in the discus throw at the 2018 Lafayette 8-Way Invitational … Recorded a personal best performance in the hammer throw at the Miami Hurricane Invitational with a mark of 44.26m. Indoor – Won the shot put at the ECC championships with a mark of 15.42m, and his performance of 13.73m in the weight throw was enough to earn a third place finish … Set a personal record of 14.83m in the weight throw at the Elm City Challenge.
2016-2017 (St. Thomas Aquinas College): Outdoor – Earned his first conference championship honors by winning the ECC titles in the shot put and discus at the ECC Outdoor Championships with marks of 14.27m and 43.74m respectively. Indoor – Received his first all-conference recognition with his third place finish in the shot put (14.09m) at the ECC Indoor Championships.
High School: Lettered in track and field and football at Nyack High School in Nyack, N.Y.
Personal: Son of Pierre and Jude Opont … Born October 26, 1997 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. … Is the oldest of three siblings … Favorite movie is “Remember the Titans” … Favorite pro sports team is the New York Giants … Favorite Athlete is Saquon Barkley … Favorite musical artist is Post Malone … Favorite food is Alfredo pasta.
Major: Masters in sports management
Historical Player Information
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2020Graduate Student
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5'10"
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