Career Highlights
- Holds the school record with a throw of 66.56m/218-5 at the Throw Town Meet(competing unattached)
- Took second at the 2024 Big 12 Championships
- Placed eighth overall at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships earning First Team All-American honors for the second straight season
Personal
- Parents are Karl and Kristina Shurts
- Has seven siblings (Benjamin, Micheala, Kiana, Kandra, Jonathan, Clarissa and Simon)
- Major: Molecular Biology
- Missionary Service: Served a full-time mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Porto Alegre, Brazil
- German was his first language
- Enjoys music, playing piano, playing guitar, writing music, biking, hiking, swimming and eating
Before BYU
- Took third in state for discus
- State title in discus back-to-back years
- Eighth in shot put at state meet
- Also played basketball, soccer and ran cross country
Personal Bests
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Mark
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Event
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Meet
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66.56m/218-5
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DT
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Throw Town Meet
(competing unattached)
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63.26m/207-6
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DT
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2024 Triton Invitational
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