University of South Alabama Athletics

2021: Outdoor— Set a personal record in the discus (48.11m) and placed sixth at the USA Invitational ... Recorded a personal-best hammer throw (54.18m) and placed 11th at the Auburn Tiger Track Classic ... Picked up a third-place finish in the hammer throw (51.22m) and a fourth-place finish in the discus (46.81m) at the Southern Miss Invitational. Indoor— Did not compete.
 
2020: Outdoor— Competed in the discus and the hammer throw at the Jaguar Opener. Indoor— Recorded a 12.55m distance in the weight throw at the Jaguar Invitational … Posted a personal best in the weight throw (13.96m) at the Samford January Invite.
 
2019: Outdoor— Competed unattached in five meets, recording personal-bests with a second-place discus finish at the Southern Miss Invitational (45.91m) and a fifth-place hammer throw at the South Alabama Invitational (45.97m) … Placed third in the discus at the Southern Miss Open (45.53m) and South Alabama Invitational (43.03m). Indoor— Redshirted his first year with the program.
 
High School: Lettered four years in track & field at Thompson High School in Alabaster, Ala. … Won the 2018 AHSAA 7A outdoor discus championship and set a new state record in the event.
 
Personal: Son of Mike and Barbi Turek … Born Nov. 18, 1999, in Memphis, Tenn. … Has one brother and two sisters … Father, Mike, played football at the University of Delaware … Favorite athletes are J.J. Watt and Tom Brady … Favorite class is math … Likes hiking.
 
Major: Arts & sciences - general