2016-17 Track & Field Roster
Austin Stellpflug
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Galesville, Wis.
- High School:
- Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau
Personal Bests (as of June 2018):
Indoor-
Shot put:Â 15.33 meters/50-3.5
Weight throw:Â 16.82 meters/ 55-2.25
Outdoor-
Shot put: 14.84 meters/ 48-8.25
Discus:Â 43.00 meters/141-1
Hammer:Â 47.63 meters/156-3
2017-18:Â
All-BIG EAST (Indoor- weight throw)
Indoor (Jr.):Competed in the BIG EAST Championship placing third in weight throw (16.69m/ 54-5.5) and fifth in shot put (14.87m/ 48-9.5)... Placed sixth in at the John Tierney Classic in both the shot put (14.05m/ 46-1.25 feet) and weight throw (16.23m/ 53-3 feet)... Set a personal best at the Shell Shocker Meet in the shot put with a throw of 14.87 meters (48-9.5 feet).
Outdoor (Jr.): Placed fourth in the shot put (14.38 m/ 47-2.25 ft), sixth in the hammer throw (45.89 m/ 150-7 ft) and ninth in the discus (41.96 m/ 137-8 ft) at the BIG EAST Championships … Placed ninth in the shot put (14.84 m/ 48-8.25) and hammer throw (47.63 m/ 156-3 ft) at the Wisconsin Twilight) … Finished eighth in the hammer throw at the Illinois Twilight (43.45 m/ 142-7 ft) and UNF Spring Break Invitational (43.24 m/ 141-10 ft).
2016-17:
Indoor (So.): Tallied a third place finish at the UW-Parkside Classic after reaching a distance of 14.24 meters (46-8.75 feet) in the shot put ... Brought home bronze in the shot put at the UW-Parkside Fall Finale for a 13.83 meter (45-4.5 foot) throw ... Cracked the top-five, at fourth place, in the weight throw (14.17/46-6) at the UW-Parkside Classic ... Amassed 12 top-10 finishes during the indoor campaign.
Outdoor (So.): Competed in the shot put, discus and hammer throw ... Placed in the top-five at the Marquette Duals in the shot put ,fourth (13.65/44-2.5), and discus, fifth (40.55/133-0) ... During the BIG EAST Championships, Stellpflug placed sixth in the hammer throw for reaching a distance of 43.15 meters (141-7 feet).
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2015-16:
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in six meets as a freshman including the BIG EAST Championships, where he took 8th in the shot put (13.91 meters/45-7.75) ... Took eighth place at the Mark Messersmith Invitational in the shot put with a throw of 13.99 meters/45-10.75 ... Placed ninth at the Wisconsin Open (February 19), Jack Jannett Invitational (January 29) and John Tierney Quadrangular (January 23) in the shot put with tosses of 14.78 meters/48-6*, 13.38 meters/43-10.75 and 13.68 meters/44-10.75.
Outdoor (Fr.): Competed in shot put, discus and hammer throw for the 2015-16 outdoor campaign ... Placed fourth in the shot put at the USF Bulls Invitational (March 17) with a throw of 13.62 meres/44-8.23 ... Finished eighth in two events (hammer throw, 40.31 meters/132-3 and shot put, 13.93 meters/45-8.5) and ninth in one event (discus, 36.76 meters/120-7) at the BIG EAST Championships ... Finished top-ten in the shot put at the Wisconsin Twilight (May 6) with a toss of 14.43 meters/47-4.25.
Prior to Marquette: Stellpflug was a three-year letterwinner in track and field at Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau high school (Galesville, Wis.) ... Named a team captain as a senior ... Recorded the seventh farthest shot put throw in school history at 50 feet, 1 inch ... His career-long discus throw came at sectionals as a senior and was recorded at 138 feet, 5 inches ... Finished in eighth place as a senior is the shot put ... Garnered second team all-conference honors in the discus during his senior campaign ... Named first team all-conference in the shot put as a senior ... Also played football and baseball in high school and was captain of the football team during his senior year.
Personal: Stellpflug was born in Galesville, Wisconsin to Kelly Stellpflug ... Has two older siblings, Jeff and Jackie ... Plans to major in exercise physiology.
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BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
2018-
Shot Put: 4th (14.28/ 47-2.25)
Discus: 9th (41.96/ 137-8)
Hammer Throw: 6th (45.89/ 150-7)
2017-
Hammer Throw:Â 6th (43.15/141-7)
Discus: 9th (38.08/124-11)
Shot Put: 8th (13.95/45-9.25)
2016-
Hammer Throw:Â 8th (40.31/132-3)
Discus: 9th (36.76/120-7)
Shot Put: 8th (13.93/45-8.5)
BIG EASTÂ Indoor Championships
2018-
Shot Put: 5th (14.87/ 48-9.5)
Weight Throw: 3rd (16.60/ 54-5.5)
2017-
Weight Throw:Â 7th (14.86/48-9)
Shot Put: 8th (14.52/47-7.75)
2016-
Shot Put: 8th (13.91/45-7.75)
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