2011-12 Track and Field Roster

Thomas Lynch
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Washington, D.C.
Lynch[apos]s Career Best Performances | |
Event | Mark (Date) |
Discus | 51.81m (170[apos] 0') (3/29/13) |
Shot Put | 12.70m (41[apos] 8') (4/14/12) |
2013-14 (Junior)
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in ten regular-season meets, as well as the Conference USA Outdoor Championships...competed only in the discus throw...notched a season-high throw of 48.57 meters (159-4) at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/17), good for ninth place...placed fifth at the Stanford Invitational (4/4) with a throw of 48.44 meters (158-11)...won the Tulane Team Challenge (3/29) discus throw event title with a toss of 43.37 meters (143-7)...placed in the top ten in all but one of the meets he competed in on the season.
Earned Conference USA Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll honors.
2012-13 (Sophomore)
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in ten regular season meets, as well as the Conference USA Outdoor Championships and the NCAA East Regionals...was the only male to compete in the discus on the season...became the first - along with Devon Breaux - male athlete in the Tulane track and field program to qualify for an NCAA regional...broke the school record in the discus with a toss of 51.81 meters (170[apos] 0') at the Stanford Invitational (3/29)...eclipsed the previous school record - a 48.76 meter throw notched by Millard White in 1939 and tied in 2000 by Nathan Junius - a total of six times on the year...was a Conference USA bronze medalist in the discus at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships with a toss of 48.91 meters (160[apos] 5')...posted a throw of 46.94 meters (154[apos] 0') at the NCAA East Regionals for a 44th place finish.
2011-12 (Freshman)
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in six of the team[apos]s eight meets...competed in the discus and shot put...ranked 15th in the shot put and 13th in the discus among Conference USA participants...was the team[apos]s top performer in the discus and the shot put...owned the team[apos]s top four marks in the shot put and the top six marks in the discus...posted a season-best toss of 46.55-meters at the Lion Invitational (4/20) in the discus...threw the discus 46.09-meters at the Golden Eagle Classic (4/28)...competed at the Conference USA Championships (5/13) with a throw of 45.05-meters in the discus...also threw the discus 42.96-meters at the LSU Relays (3/24), 42.60-meters at the Jaguar Invitational (3/31) and 41.86-meters at the South Alabama Invitational (4/14)...had a season-best throw of 12.70-meters in the shot put at the South Alabama Invitational...tossed the shot put 12.56 meters at the Lion Invitational...also posted marks of 11.81-meters at the Golden Eagle Classic and 11.30-meters at the LSU Relays in the shot put.