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RS Senior
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| Hometown:
Clearwater, Kan.
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| High School:
Clearwater
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| Last College:
Arizona
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| Event:
Discus
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• 2012 Big 12 Discus Champion
• 2012 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Discus)
• 2011 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Discus)
• 2010 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Discus)
• 2009 Big 12 Discus Champion
• 2009 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (Discus)
Indoor Collegiate Bests
Shot Put: 45-6.50
Outdoor Collegiate Bests
Discus: 203-0 (61.87)
2012
(Indoor) Finished sixth in the shot put at the J.D. Martin Invitational (45-6.50). (Outdoor) Opened the year with a win in the discus throw at the Tulsa Duels (198-4) ... Won section A of the discus throw at the Texas Relays (197-9) ... Finished third in the premier section of the discus at the Sun Angel Classic (190-3) ... Finished third in the USATF sanctioned Old Style Discus Challenge in Norman with a collegiate-best throw of 203-0 ... Top collegiate finisher in the discus throw at the John Jacobs Invitational (202-4) ... Threw 197-7 to take 10th overall (top collegiate finisher)in the discus throw at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Won the Big 12 Championship discus title with a throw of 202-1 ... Qualified for the NCAA Championship with the top mark at the NCAA West Preliminary (197-8).
2011
(Indoor) Did not compete. (Outdoor) Top collegiate finisher in the discus at the North Texas Classic with a throw of 182-8 ... Finished fourth in the discus at the Texas Tech Open with a throw of 186-8 ... Took fourth in the discus at the Mesa Classic with a throw of 182-5 ... Earned a third-place finish in the discus at the Sun Angel Track Classic with a throw of 187-2 ... Top collegiate finisher in the discus at the John Jacobs Invitational with a throw of 191-5 ... Finished third at the Michael Johnson Classic with a throw of 180-1 ... Scored in the discus with a fifth-place finish at the Big 12 Championship, recording a throw of 189-10 ... Closed out the year 17th in the discus at the NCAA West Preliminary with a throw of 174-10.
2010
(Indoor) Did not compete. (Outdoor) Finished second in the discus at the Horned Frog Invitational with a throw of 190-1 ... Claimed second overall and first among collegiate competitors in the discus at the Bobby Lane Invitational with a throw of 174-3 ... Finished sixth in the discus at the Texas Relays with a throw of 182-9 ... Upped mark in the discus with a throw of 194-10 at the North Texas Spring Classic ... Took third in the discus at the Sooner Invitational with a mark of 185-11 ... Picked up first discus title of the season at the Texas Invite with a winning throw of 182-3 ... Finished second overall in the discus at the Sooner Open with a toss of 194-3 ... Finished fifth in the discus at the Big 12 Championship with a distance of 180-11 ... Qualified for NCAAs by finishing ninth in the discus at the NCAA West Prelims with a throw of 180-11 ... Finished 14th in the discus at the NCAA Championship with a throw of 175-10.
2009
(Indoor) Did not compete. (Outdoor) Claimed the discus title at the Tulsa Duals with a throw of 186-7 ... Took second in the discus at the Texas Relays with a regional qualifying throw of 186-3 ... Continued his regional qualifying streak with a throw of 175-10 to finish second at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Added another regional qualifying mark in the discus with a toss of 179-2 to win the event at the John McDonnell Invitational ... Moved atop the Big 12 rankings in the discus with a throw of 192-1 at the Sooner Invitational ... Finished first in the discus with a throw of 184-5 at the Sooner Twilight ... Won the Big 12 discus title with a throw of 189-2 ... Automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships with a second-place finish in the discus at the NCAA Midwest Regional, tossing the implement a distance of 186-1 ... Finished 15th in the discus at the NCAA Championship with a throw of 181-4.
At Arizona
Redshirted ... Competed unattached in seven meets ... Had five meets over 180-0 in the discus ... Tossed collegiate personal best of 187-10 at Paradise Valley Meet in April 2008.
High School
Competed for Clearwater (Kan.) High School ... holds the Kansas 4A State Meet record with a distance of 205-5 ... won the 2007 Golden West Invitational (205-10), 2007 Nike Outdoor Nationals (201-7) and the 2007 Great Southwest Meet (197-8) ... finished second in the 2007 U.S. Junior Nationals ... joined current Sooner Kevin Snyder as a member of the U.S. team at the 2007 Pan-Am Junior Athletics Championships where Bryant claimed the discus title with a throw of 195-0 (59.45) ... also lettered three years in basketball and one year in football.
Personal
Full name is Luke Andrew Bryant ... Son of Larry and Marge Bryant ... Has one sister, Jill.
