2024-25 Track & Field/XC Roster
Purvis, John
John Purvis
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Winslow Township HS
- Hometown:
- Atco, N.J.
- Prev School:
- Morgan State / Marshall
Bio
TFFRS (Marshall)Â IÂ TFFRS Bio (Morgan State)Â I TFFRS Bio (UNT)
Personal Bests
Honors and Awards
• School Record Holder (Shot Put, Indoors)
• 2023 MEAC Conference Champion (Shot Put, Outdoors)
• 2023 MEAC Conference Champion (Shot Put, Indoors)
• 2021 MEAC Conference Champion (Shot Put, Outdoors)
2025 Outdoors
Spent time across all three throwing events at six meets ... Logged four top-10 finishes on the season with two in the hammer throw and two in the shot put ... Started his season with top-10 finishes in the hammer throw and shot put at the TCU Alumni Invite ... Set a personal best in the hammer throw (52.59m) at the AAC Championships to take 12th place ... Finished eighth in the shot put with a mark of 15.89 meters at the Alumni Muster.
2025 Indoors
Competed at five meets during the indoor season ... Set the indoor shot put school record with a mark of 17.24 meters on his first attempt at the AAC Championships where he eventually took fifth place ... Collected a third-place finish in the shot put at the UW Invite ... Made his first appearance of the season in the weight throw at the conference meet where he placed 11th.
Prior to UNT
Spent the 2023-24 season at Marshall after three seasons under coach Marco Brown at Morgan State University ... Broke Marshall's program record set from 1980 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships in the shot put (17.54m) ... Also set a personal best in the discus at the conference meet ... Competed in 12 meets in his career at Morgan State, scoring in 11 of those appearances ... A three-time conference champion in the shot put, including a sweep in the 2022-23 year when he won the conference title at the indoor and outdoor meets.
Personal Bests
| Shot Put | 17.54m |
| Discus | 48.82m |
| Hammer Throw | 52.59m |
| Weight Throw | 17.65m |
| Javelin | 46.23m |
Honors and Awards
• School Record Holder (Shot Put, Indoors)
• 2023 MEAC Conference Champion (Shot Put, Outdoors)
• 2023 MEAC Conference Champion (Shot Put, Indoors)
• 2021 MEAC Conference Champion (Shot Put, Outdoors)
2025 Outdoors
Spent time across all three throwing events at six meets ... Logged four top-10 finishes on the season with two in the hammer throw and two in the shot put ... Started his season with top-10 finishes in the hammer throw and shot put at the TCU Alumni Invite ... Set a personal best in the hammer throw (52.59m) at the AAC Championships to take 12th place ... Finished eighth in the shot put with a mark of 15.89 meters at the Alumni Muster.
2025 Indoors
Competed at five meets during the indoor season ... Set the indoor shot put school record with a mark of 17.24 meters on his first attempt at the AAC Championships where he eventually took fifth place ... Collected a third-place finish in the shot put at the UW Invite ... Made his first appearance of the season in the weight throw at the conference meet where he placed 11th.
Prior to UNT
Spent the 2023-24 season at Marshall after three seasons under coach Marco Brown at Morgan State University ... Broke Marshall's program record set from 1980 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships in the shot put (17.54m) ... Also set a personal best in the discus at the conference meet ... Competed in 12 meets in his career at Morgan State, scoring in 11 of those appearances ... A three-time conference champion in the shot put, including a sweep in the 2022-23 year when he won the conference title at the indoor and outdoor meets.
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