Kyle Walker

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

2014-15
Scored a team point at the 2015 MVC Outdoor Championships with an eighth-place finish in the hammer throw to help Southern's men win their first MVC outdoor title since 1992 … Notched his best hammer throw of the outdoor season at the Pacesetter Invitational (5/2) with a toss of 177’-11” (54.24m) to finish fourth … Also finished fourth in the hammer throw at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/28) … Took 11th in the weight throw at the 2015 MVC Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/28) … Was the runner-up in the weight throw at the Indiana University Relays (1/31) … Set a season-best in the weight throw at the SIU Invitational with a mark of 59’-7.5” (18.17m).

2013-14
Placed fourth out of 15 in the weight throw at the Saluki Fast Start meet with a 16.51m mark...Threw 16.37m to earn seventh out of 44 in weight throw at the GVSU Big Meet...Finished the indoor season with seven top-10 finishes in the weight throw...Threw 47.52m to place 11th in the hammer throw at the MVC Outdoor Championships...Threw 49.27m- a season-best- in the hammer throw at the Kansas Relays...Competed in the weight throw and the shot put in eight indoor meets...Participated in the hammer throw in seven outdoor meets...MVC Academic Honor Roll.

2012-13
Participated in the shot put and weight throw in seven meets indoors and the shot put, hammer throw and discus in six meets outdoors...Set personal bests in the discus (33.68m), hammer throw (50.03m) and weight throw (16.11m).

2011-12
Competed in three events in eleven meets in the indoor and outdoor seasons combined...Best finish of the indoor season came at the SIU Invitational where he placed 11th in the weight throw...Personal best of the indoor season in the weight throw came at the EIU Friday Night Special where he recorded a mark of 14.42m...Best finish of the outdoor season was ninth place at the Memphis Tiger Invitational in the hammer throw.

Personal
Full name is Richard Kyle Walker... Born on April 27, 1993 in Carbondale, Illinois...Son of Rick and Eileen Walker...Father is head SIU swimming and diving coach...Majoring in kinesiology-exercise science.