Bradley Sauer

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Murphysboro, Ill.
High School:
Murphysboro

TFRRS Bio

2015-16
Indoor First Team All-American, Weight Throw
MVC Champion, Weight Throw (Indoor)
NCAA National Qualifier, Hammer Throw
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, Hammer Throw
All-MVC, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
MVC Men's Field Athlete of the Week (2/9/16)
Outdoor: Finished 18^th in the hammer throw at the NCAA National Championships...Set a personal-best with a toss of 213'-5” (65.05m) at the NCAA West Regional, finishing sixth...Took third in the hammer throw at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Set a PR in the shot put at the MVC Outdoor Championships, finishing ninth...Won the hammer at the Pacesetter Sports Invitational and the Joey Haines Invitational...Competed in nine outdoor meets in three different events.
Indoor: Finished fifth in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships, earning first team All-America honors...Won his first career MVC title, winning the weight throw at the MVC Indoor Championships with a toss of 70'-8” (21.54m)...Scored team points with a seventh place finish in the shot put at the MVC Indoor Championships...Took home first in the weight throw at five meets...Won the weight throw at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a personal-best toss of 72'-4.50” (22.06m)...Tied his PR to win the weight throw at the Don DeNoon Invitational...Competed in eight indoor meets in two different events.

2014-15
All-MVC, Weight Throw (Indoor)
All-MVC, Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
Took second in the weight throw with a mark of 20.39m at the MVC Indoor Championships...Finished in the top-three (three runner-ups, three third-places finishes and one event title) in the weight throw at all seven indoor meets he competed at...Won the Kentucky Invitational with a mark of 20.42m...Competed in the shot put at seven indoor meets, finishing fifth at the Fred Wilt Invitational with a PR of 16.33m...Competed in the shot put and the hammer throw in eight outdoor meets...Finished third with a PR in the hammer throw of 63.92m at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Tallied second-place finishes in the hammer at the Pacesetter Quad and the Bill Cornell SC...Scored team points with a fifth-place finish in the shot at the MVC Outdoor Championships.

2013-14
Did not compete due to injury.

2012-13
Second-team All-American, Weight Throw
All-MVC, Weight Throw (Indoor) and Hammer Throw (Outdoor)
MVC Scholar-Athlete
NCAA National Qualifier...NCAA Regional Qualifier outdoors in the hammer throw...MVC Field Athlete of the Week (Feb. 20)...MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Week (Feb. 1)...Set personal bests in the weight throw (21.17m) and hammer throw (62.45m) that rank third and fifth all-time at SIU, respectively...Won five weight throw titles indoors...In addition to All-MVC performance in the hammer throw at the MVC Outdoor Championships, also scored in the discus (fifth place) and shot put (fifth place)...Notched 11 top-third finishes indoors and 12 outdoors.

2011-12
NCAA Regional Qualifier in the outdoor season...Competed in four events in 16 meets combined in the indoor and outdoor seasons...Notched nine top-three finishes, including a win in the discus at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (49.43m)...Competed in the NCAA D-I West Prelims in the hammer throw.

High School
Placed eighth in state senior year... All-state in track and wrestling... Two time all-conference selection in football.

Personal
Born May 21, 1993, in Carbondale, Ill. ...Son of Tom and Teresa Sauer...Has one brother, Brian...Majoring in physiology.