2017-18 Track and Field Roster
Jared Kern
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Machesney Park, Ill.
- High School:
- Harlem HS
- Prev School:
- Lincoln College
TFRRS Bio
2016-17
USATF Championships Qualifier, Shot Put (Outdoor)
Indoor First Team All-American, Shot Put
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, Shot Put (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, Shot Put (Indoor)
MVC Record Holder, Shot Put (Indoor)
MVC Championship Meet Record Holder, Shot Put (Indoor)
5x MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (5/2, 4/18, 4/11, 2/14, 1/31)
Outdoor: Finished 18th in the shot put at the 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships…Qualified for and competed at the NCAA West Prelims, but did not record a legal mark…Placed fifth in the shot put at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships…Earned MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week after he broke a three year old meet record in the shot put at the Lenny Lyles Invitational (4/29) with a heave of 63’-2.25m (19.26m)…Won the shot put at the Gibson Invitational to earn MVC Men’s Field Athlete of the Week (4/18)…Recorded the second-best throw in school history at the Tennessee Relays (4/8) with a toss of 64’-5.75” (19.65m)…Competed at seven outdoor meets.
Indoor: Finished fourth in the shot put at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships to earn All-America first team…Took fourth with a mark of 64’-10.50” (19.77m), which was the best finish by a Saluki shot putter at the indoor national meet since John Marks in 1979…Won his first MVC title in the shot with a MVC Championship meet record heave of 64’-10.5” (19.77m)…Broke Saluki alum John Smith’s 34-year old MVC Championship meet record…Broke Curtis Jensen’s 2014 MVC shot put record, as well as the school record, with a lifetime-best throw of 67’-2” (20.47m) at the Music City Challenge (2/10)…Including his win at MVCs, won the shot put five times, with wins at the Music City Challenge (2/10), Indiana Relays (1/27), Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3) and the Illini Classic (1/14)…Competed at eight indoor meets.
Lincoln College
Won the 2016 NJCAA Outdoor National Champion in the shot put with a toss of 17.90m (58’-08.75’’), winning by more than six inches... Earned All-America honors with a fourth place showing in the shot at the 2015 NJCAA Outdoor National Championships...Named the USTFCCCA Atlantic Division Male Field Athlete of the Year.
High School
Was a two-time state qualifier in the shot put.
Personal
Born on June 10, 1995...Son of Chad and Kimberly Kern...Has two siblings...Majoring in exercise science.
