University of South Alabama Athletics

2017: Outdoor  — Placed fifth at the Drake Relays men's hammer with a throw of 60.00m .... Won the South Alabama Invitational's men's hammer throw with a 60.31-meter toss, placed sixth in both men's shot put (15.22m) and discus (49.64m), the latter a personal best .... Blahnik threw for 61.94m in the hammer to win the event at the Tiger Track Classic.. he also competed in the men's discuss (46.10m) and shot put (15.20m) finishing ninth and 14th, respectively ... Won the men's hammer at the Samford Alabama Track Challenge with a 60.49-meter mark, took third in men's shot put (15.03m) and placed fourth in discus (46.33m) ... Blahnik posted one victory in the men's hammer throw (62.16m) and two second-place marks in shot put (15.45m) and discus (49.12m) at the Jaguar Classic ...  Earned Sun Belt Field Athlete of the Week once after the Jaguar Classic ... Indoor — Placed fifth in shot put at the Sun Belt Championship meet with a 14.28m throw, also finish 13th with a throw for 17.21m in the weight throw in the meet ... Placed ninth in the South Alabama Invitational weight throw (17.26m) and 11th in shot put with a 14.27-meter mark ... finished sixth in the Vanderbilt Invitational's weight throw (17.17m), 25th in shot put (13.64m) ... in the season opener UAB Blazer Invitational, Blahnik placed fourth in the weight throw with a 16.94-meter mark and seventh in shot put with a 14.24-meter throw. 


2015: Outdoor — Qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminary Round in the hammer throw, posting a 58.21m mark at the meet ... Career-best throw in the event of 61.03m came at the Tiger Track Classic hosted by Auburn, leading to a third-place result ... Finished third in the shot put at the South Alabama Invitational with a toss of 14.76m to go along with a 45.69m discus throw, his best marks of the year in the two disciplines ... Also third at that meet with a 59.88m hammer throw ... Was second in the event at Auburn's War Eagle Invitational (58.59m) and the Battle of I-65 (60.21m) as well as third at the Jaguar Opener (59.75m) and Jaguar Challenge (58.24m) ... Placed seventh in the hammer throw at the Sun Belt Conference Championship ... Earned a second-place finish in the shot put at the Jaguar Opener with a 13.90m mark, ending up fifth in the discus as well (45.63m) ... Had top-five performances in both disciplines at the Battle of I-65, and was among the top 10 in each at the Tiger Track Classic ... Indoor — In his only competition of the season, had marks of 14.47m in the weight throw and 13.87m in the shot put at the UAB Vulcan Invite.

2014: Outdoor — Competed as an unattached individual at three meets ... Finished with season-best marks of 55.39m in the hammer throw and 13.34m in the shot put at the Battle of I-65 — placing fifth and eighth, respectively — while coming in third in the discus with a distance of 46.46m ... Had top-10 finishes in the hammer throw and shot put at the Jaguar Opener ... Was second in the discus at the South Alabama Invitational with a career-best 48.93m mark, also placing fourth in the hammer throw (54.84m) and eighth in the shot put.

2013: Outdoor — At the Jaguar Opener, finished third in the discus (45.38m), fourth in the hammer throw (48.03m) and sixth in the shot put (13.79m) ... Placed fourth in the hammer throw (51.75m) and seventh in the discus (46.46m) at the Samford Invitational ... Finished sixth in both the hammer throw (51.65m) and discus (46.16m) at the Jaguar Invitational and took seventh in the shot put (13.57m) ... Placed fifth in the shot put (12.60m) and hammer throw (50.14m) and sixth in the discus (44.67m) at the USA Invitational ... Earned a seventh-place finish in the hammer throw (50.92m) and a ninth-place finish (43.87m) in the discus at the War Eagle Invitational ... Placed fifth in the discus (45.63m) and shot put (14.82m) and seventh in the hammer throw (50.43m) at the Coach “O” Invitational ... At the SBC Championships, finished eighth in the hammer throw at 52.45m, the sixth-best mark in Jaguar history... Indoor — Finished 14th in the shot put (12.65m) and 18th in the weight throw (12.96m) in his collegiate debut at the Birmingham Ice Breaker.

High School: Lettered all four years in both track & field and football...Set the state record in the discus his senior year.

Personal: Son of Terri Blahnik...Has an older sister and two younger sisters...Favorite movie is The Shawshank Redemption...Favorite team is the Green Bay Packers...Favorite foods are alfredo, spaghetti, and steak.

Major: Exercise Science