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2018 Men's Track and Field Roster

Andrew Allen

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 200
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Mobile, Ala.
  • Highschool McGill-Toolen Catholic HS

Biography

2017: Outdoor — Qualified for the East Region Preliminary men's javelin, placing 22nd in the event with a 60.13 throw, 22 spots higher than his seeding of 44th ... Finished fourth in the men's javelin at the Sun Belt Championships with a throw of 62.58m ... Placed fifth in the men's hammer throw at the conference championship ... Earned two top-three marks at the South Alabama Invitational, placing second in men's javelin (59.16m) and third in men's hammer (55.56m) ... Finished third in the men's hammer throw at the Southern Miss Open with a toss of 55.40m and placed third in the men's javelin as well with a 62.08-meter mark ... Finished fifth in the men's hammer at the Tiger Track Classic with a 56.87-meter throw ... Placed fourth in the Samford Track Challenge's hammer throw with a season-best mark of 57.12m ... Won the Jaguar Classic's men's javelin (57.90m) and placed third in the men's hammer throw with a toss of 56.41m ... Won the men’s javelin at the Jaguar Opener with a season-best 62.92-meter throw ... Placed seventh (54.21m) in hammer in the same meet.

2016: Outdoor — Finished eighth in the SBC Outdoor Championships’ men's hammer throw (54.54m) ... Placed fourth in the men's hammer at the Jace LaCoste Invitational with a throw of 54.77m, a then personal-best mark.

2015: Outdoor — Scored a pair of points for the Jaguars at the Sun Belt Conference Championships after coming in seventh in the javelin with a throw of 59.85m, the best of his career ... Also secured a top-10 finish in the hammer throw at the conference championship after posting a 52.33m distance ... Had a season-best mark of 52.78m in the hammer throw to finish sixth at the South Alabama Invitational, while also coming in seventh place in the javelin ... Had top-five results in both events at the Southern Miss Invitational ... Was sixth in the javelin at the Yellow Jacket Invitational hosted by Georgia Tech after a throw of 56.45m ... Finished fourth in the javelin and was sixth in the hammer throw at the Battle of I-65. Indoor — Was fourth in the weight throw at the BSC Panther Indoor Invitational with a mark of 14.03m and went on to finish in the top 15 in the event at the Commodore Indoor Invitational.

2014: Outdoor — Competed in three events as an unattached individual ... Best mark in the javelin was 50.55m at the Jaguar Opener, with a long toss of 46.14m in the hammer throw coming at the USA Invitational.

High School: Lettered four years in track & field, three years in football and two years in basketball McGill-Toolen High School in Mobile, Ala. … Member of track & field squads that won sectional and county championships four straight years … Member of back-to-back regional champion football teams in 2011 and 2012.

Personal: Son of Aaron and Ruth Allen … Has one older brother, Matthew … Favorite movie is “Forrest Gump” … Favorite book is “The Hatchet” … Favorite musical artist is Carrie Underwood … Roots for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Los Angeles Lakers and Atlanta Braves … Favorite athlete is Troy Polamalu … Enjoys the outdoors and anything fun and active.

Major: Biology

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Throws
    5'9" 0 lbs
  • 2014-15Redshirt Freshman

    Throws
    5'10" 195 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Throws
    5'10" 190 lbs
  • 2017Redshirt Junior

    Throws
    5'10" 198 lbs
  • 2018Redshirt Senior

    Throws
    5'10" 200 lbs