Alex Young USA

Date of birth: 1 September 94

Age: 28 years 281 days

Height: 188 cm

Weight: 105 kg

Hammer Throw World Championships finalist 2022

Weight Throw NCAA Indoor Champion 2016

3 National Titles

Weight Throw World Indoor Alltime no. 8 24.84 Spokane WA 27 Feb 2022

Hammer Throw World Alltime no. 182 78.32 Eugene OR 20 Jun 2021

▲PROGRESSION

Personal bests in BOLD.

Shot Put

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

2015 17.93w

Hammond LA

9 May

2016 17.77w

Hammond LA

16 Apr

2017 17.71w

Coral Gables FL

25 Mar

Indoor Alltime Show/hide

2014 16.95iw

Winston-Salem NC

7 Dec

2015 17.21iw

Houston TX

16 Jan

2016 18.01Aiw

Albuquerque NM

23 Jan

Discus Throw

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

2014 50.31w

Knoxville TN

3 May

2015 53.68w

Hammond LA

10 May

2016 50.50w

Hammond LA

16 Apr

2017 51.03w

Mobile AL

15 Apr

Weight Throw

Indoor Alltime Show/hide


2013
Indoor
19.57	1	Tiger Paw	Clemson SC	8 Feb
20.72	1	Big South	Winston-Salem NC	21 Feb
20.68	2		Blacksburg VA	2 Mar
2014
Indoor
19.98	1	Classic	Winston-Salem NC	7 Dec
20.63	2	Niswonger	Johnson City TN	18 Jan
20.95	2	Hilton Garden	Winston-Salem NC	1 Feb
20.27	1		Winston-Salem NC	15 Feb
20.31	1	Big South	Blacksburg VA	28 Feb
20.05A	13	NCAA	Albuquerque NM	14 Mar
2015
Indoor
20.14	1	LSU Inv	Baton Rouge LA	9 Jan
20.97	1	Hilton	Houston TX	16 Jan
19.97	2	Vulcan	Birmingham AL	23 Jan
20.87	1		Lake Charles LA	30 Jan
20.14	1		Baton Rouge LA	7 Feb
21.33	1	Southland	Birmingham AL	17 Feb
21.60	1	Twilight	Baton Rouge LA	20 Feb
20.01	15	NCAA	Fayetteville AR	13 Mar
	18.91 20.01 X
2016
Indoor
21.54	1	Purple Tiger	Baton Rouge LA	8 Jan
20.03	2	Bayou Bengal	Baton Rouge LA	16 Jan
NM			Albuquerque NM	22 Jan
19.85	3		Lake Charles LA	29 Jan
22.58	1	KMS Inv	Birmingham AL	31 Jan
21.93	1	Southland	Birmingham AL	16 Feb
23.80	1	NCAA	Birmingham AL	11 Mar
	20.29 21.94 22.32 22.60 22.60 23.80
2017
Indoor
21.29	1		Lake Charles LA	27 Jan
22.48	2		Baton Rouge LA	3 Feb
22.86	1		Baton Rouge LA	17 Feb
24.02A	1	NC	Albuquerque NM	5 Mar
	23.06 23.99 X 24.02 23.68 X
2018
Indoor
21.36	1		Baton Rouge LA	5 Jan
	1.99 1.96 1.93 1.90 1.87 21.23 21.09 20.81 20.92 X 21.36
22.24	2		Baton Rouge LA	2 Feb
	X 21.78 22.08 21.74 22.24 X
23.50A	2	NC	Albuquerque NM	17 Feb
	22.29 22.44 23.50 21.92 22.55 X
2019
Indoor
22.92	1		Seattle WA	12 Jan
	22.46 X X 21.11 22.56 22.92
23.63A	1		Albuquerque NM	9 Feb
	22.04 22.23 23.13 23.63 22.52 23.60
23.67	3	NC	Staten Island NY	22 Feb
	21.79 22.42 22.78 23.67 23.53 X
2020
Indoor
23.18	1		Chapel Hill NC	11 Jan
	22.55 22.94 22.18 22.31 22.39 23.18
22.78	1		Blacksburg VA	25 Jan
	22.58 X 22.78 X X X
22.48	1		Winston-Salem NC	8 Feb
	22.48 P 21.93 22.02 P 22.44
24.42A	4	NC	Albuquerque NM	14 Feb
	X 23.65 23.38 22.98 23.99 24.42
2022
Indoor
22.41	1		Blacksburg VA	14 Jan
	22.35 21.87 21.37 22.19 X 22.41
23.41	1		Lynchburg VA	11 Feb
	20.82 23.00 22.87 23.41 23.30 X
24.84	1	NC	Spokane WA	27 Feb
	21.68 24.48 24.84 24.30 24.19 23.92
2023
Indoor
22.77	1		Chapel Hill NC	14 Jan
	22.20 X X 21.93 22.77 22.77
22.69	2		Blacksburg VA	3 Feb
	21.70 22.44 X 22.07 22.07 22.69
24.25A	2	NC	Albuquerque NM	17 Feb
	23.19 X 22.97 X 23.64 24.25

2013 20.72iw

Winston-Salem NC

21 Feb

2014 20.95iw

Winston-Salem NC

1 Feb

2015 21.60iw

Baton Rouge LA

20 Feb

2016 23.80iw

Birmingham AL

11 Mar

2017 24.02Aiw

Albuquerque NM

5 Mar

2018 23.50Aiw

Albuquerque NM

17 Feb

2019 23.67iw

Staten Island NY

22 Feb

2020 24.42Aiw

Albuquerque NM

14 Feb

2022 24.84iw

Spokane WA

27 Feb

2023 24.25Aiw

Albuquerque NM

17 Feb

Hammer Throw (6kg)

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide

2013 69.14w

2-19

Des Moines IA

21 Jun

Hammer Throw

Outdoor Alltime Show/hide


2013
Outdoor
62.09	1	Big South	Lynchburg VA	18 Apr
2014
Outdoor
61.62	1	Classic	Charlotte NC	21 Mar
60.45	4	Ga Inv	Athens GA	10 May
61.10	3	GT Inv	Atlanta GA	16 May
64.21	12q	East	Jacksonville FL	30 May
61.90	17	NCAA	Eugene OR	12 Jun
2015
Outdoor
60.57	5	AlabamaR	Tuscaloosa AL	19 Mar
63.79	3	Bobcat Inv	San Marcos TX	27 Mar
62.92	1	Bayou	Baton Rouge LA	4 Apr
62.45	2	Classic	Lake Charles LA	11 Apr
63.56	4	Alumni Gold	Baton Rouge LA	18 Apr
62.99	2	Duckett	Houston TX	25 Apr
64.66	2	Southland	Hammond LA	8 May
65.94	6q	East	Jacksonville FL	28 May
66.50	10	NCAA	Eugene OR	10 Jun
2016
Outdoor
70.08	1	AlabamaR	Tuscaloosa AL	17 Mar
	X X 63.23 70.08 68.65 67.24
72.17	1	Bayou	Baton Rouge LA	9 Apr
	67.16 69.96 70.71 70.01 72.17 70.11
72.47	1		Hammond LA	15 Apr
	68.44 72.32 71.34 72.47 X 72.45
67.23	13	NC	Eugene OR	6 Jul
67.43	3-22	NACAC	San Salvador	16 Jul
2017
Outdoor
71.24	1		Coral Gables FL	25 Mar
	70.06 68.87 70.26 68.97 X 71.24
71.77	1	TexasR	Austin TX	30 Mar
	68.68 71.77 69.92 X X X
71.38	1		Baton Rouge LA	22 Apr
	X 67.52 69.78 70.30 71.38 70.08
71.56	1		Oxford MS	6 May
69.59	1	Southland	New Orleans LA	14 May
71.05	1q	East	Lexington KY	25 May
73.66	2	NCAA	Eugene OR	7 Jun
	X 65.78 70.65 71.51 70.52 73.66
73.75	1	NC	Sacramento CA	22 Jun
	68.02 X 72.49 71.54 X 73.75
71.95	1		Stanford CA	29 Jun
72.60	2		New York NY	6 Jul
72.98	2		Princeton NJ	9 Jul
74.18	2		Princeton NJ	16 Jul
	X X 73.91 X 74.18 74.15
74.39	1		Wallkill NY	19 Jul
72.07	20q	WC	London	9 Aug
	X 72.07 70.93
2018
Outdoor
71.36	1		Stanford CA	31 Mar
	X 64.36 71.36 X 68.36 X
73.57	1		Hammond LA	13 Apr
	70.23 73.57 70.99 73.35 72.49 71.88
76.14	1	MSR	Torrance CA	19 Apr
	70.75 72.22 74.61 75.39 76.14 74.88
76.02	1		Long Beach CA	20 Apr
	74.36 75.19 73.28 76.02 74.73 72.73
74.63	2		Tucson AZ	19 May
	X 69.03 74.63 71.34 X 70.31
73.22	2	NC	Des Moines IA	22 Jun
	72.35 X 73.01 72.23 73.22 X
70.91	3	NC	Trnava	7 Jul
73.98	2	Spitzen	Luzern	9 Jul
	72.88 72.86 73.98 72.77 73.74 73.62
73.19	3		Leiria	14 Jul
73.44	1c2		Leiria	15 Jul
71.90	1	Motonet	Lapinlahti	28 Jul
	69.38 71.42 X 71.90 X X
72.75	2	NACAC	Toronto	11 Aug
2019
Outdoor
68.01	10	MSR	Walnut CA	18 Apr
	X 64.21 68.01
73.68	2		Long Beach CA	20 Apr
	67.91 69.92 70.98 73.68 71.92 71.16
72.31	1	Jordan	Stanford CA	2 May
	72.31 69.43 68.35 68.69 X 69.36
73.38	4		Tucson AZ	16 May
	69.01 71.16 70.17 72.66 X 73.38
73.43	4		Tucson AZ	18 May
	70.43 72.60 72.03 X 73.43 72.65
76.39	1	Bush	Long Beach CA	29 Jun
	76.39 X 71.15 73.82 74.66 X
74.80	6	NC	Des Moines IA	26 Jul
	X 73.20 X 72.73 74.80 73.20
70.33	7		Nikíti	6 Sep
	X 70.33 69.76 68.95 X 70.19
2021
Outdoor
75.77	1		Raleigh NC	27 Mar
	72.76 73.51 74.32 72.60 73.93 75.77
75.20	1		Durham NC	9 Apr
	75.20 71.28 X X 74.70 X
75.25	6		Eugene OR	23 Apr
	73.08 72.85 74.69 X 75.25 70.48
69.30	4		Fort Worth TX	18 May
	68.97 X X X 66.33 69.30
77.07	4		Tucson AZ	22 May
	75.10 75.27 73.37 X 77.07 75.17
78.30	2		Chula Vista CA	29 May
	73.98 75.71 77.33 78.30 77.56 73.87
77.09	3q	OT	Eugene OR	18 Jun
	74.82 76.82 77.09
78.32	3	OT	Eugene OR	20 Jun
	74.64 75.73 76.01 74.25 74.45 78.32
75.09	16q	OG	Tokyo	2 Aug
	75.09 75.02 X
2022
Outdoor
73.81	1		Durham NC	8 Apr
	72.24 71.62 73.37 73.65 73.81 73.80
75.52	4		Walnut CA	16 Apr
	75.52 75.06 75.43 X 74.12 72.93
75.12	1	Jordan	Stanford CA	29 Apr
	72.66 75.12 72.54 72.28 X 74.39
77.02	1		Knoxville TN	7 May
	X 72.20 77.02 X 75.23 76.32
75.79	4		Tucson AZ	19 May
	74.80 75.79 74.61 X P P
74.85	5		Tucson AZ	21 May
	X 74.34 72.66 74.74 X 74.85
76.60	3	NC	Eugene OR	25 Jun
	74.22 76.60 75.23 76.37 76.42 76.17
74.67	12q	WC	Eugene OR	15 Jul
	74.67 X 72.97
73.60	12	WC	Eugene OR	16 Jul
	73.60 73.53 X
2023
Outdoor
70.39	6	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	27 Apr
	X X 68.16 70.39 70.39 X
68.36	4		College Park MD	5 May
	65.32 68.21 66.58 66.48 67.06 68.36
66.77	14		Tucson AZ	20 May
	X X 66.77
71.63	7		Westwood CA	26 May
	69.23 71.63 69.97 70.96 71.43

2013 62.09w

Lynchburg VA

18 Apr

2014 64.21w

12q

Jacksonville FL

30 May

2015 66.50w

Eugene OR

10 Jun

2016 72.47w

Hammond LA

15 Apr

2017 74.39w

Wallkill NY

19 Jul

2018 76.14w

Torrance CA

19 Apr

2019 76.39w

Long Beach CA

29 Jun

2021 78.32w

Eugene OR

20 Jun

2022 77.02w

Knoxville TN

7 May

2023 71.63w

Westwood CA

26 May

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS


Outdoor
Hammer Throw
WC	2017:	20q	72.07
OG	2021:	16q	75.09
WC	2022:	12	73.60	12q	74.67

▲PERSONAL BESTS

note:click on indoor/outdoor to see PB progression.

Shot Put

Outdoor

17.93

Hammond LA

9 May 2015

Indoor

18.01A

Albuquerque NM

23 Jan 2016

Discus Throw

Outdoor

53.68

Hammond LA

10 May 2015

Weight Throw

Indoor

24.84

Spokane WA

27 Feb 2022

Hammer Throw (6kg)

Outdoor

69.14

Des Moines IA

21 Jun 2013

Hammer Throw

Outdoor

78.32

Eugene OR

20 Jun 2021

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

Hammer Throw, 10 best results (legal):
78.32	3	Eugene OR	20 Jun 2021
78.30	2	Chula Vista CA	29 May 2021
77.09	3q	Eugene OR	18 Jun 2021
77.07	4	Tucson AZ	22 May 2021
77.02	1	Knoxville TN	7 May 2022
76.60	3	Eugene OR	25 Jun 2022
76.39	1	Long Beach CA	29 Jun 2019
76.14	1	Torrance CA	19 Apr 2018
76.02	1	Long Beach CA	20 Apr 2018
75.79	4	Tucson AZ	19 May 2022

Average: 76.874

Weight Throw, 10 best results (legal):
24.84i	1	Spokane WA	27 Feb 2022
24.42Ai	4	Albuquerque NM	14 Feb 2020
24.25Ai	2	Albuquerque NM	17 Feb 2023
24.02Ai	1	Albuquerque NM	5 Mar 2017
23.80i	1	Birmingham AL	11 Mar 2016
23.67i	3	Staten Island NY	22 Feb 2019
23.63Ai	1	Albuquerque NM	9 Feb 2019
23.50Ai	2	Albuquerque NM	17 Feb 2018
23.41i	1	Lynchburg VA	11 Feb 2022
23.18i	1	Chapel Hill NC	11 Jan 2020

Average: 23.872

Shot Put, 10 best results (legal):
18.01Ai	1	Albuquerque NM	23 Jan 2016
17.93	1	Hammond LA	9 May 2015
17.77	1	Hammond LA	16 Apr 2016
17.71	3	Coral Gables FL	25 Mar 2017
17.67	1	New Orleans LA	13 May 2017
17.59	30q	Jacksonville FL	30 May 2015
17.58	2	Tuscaloosa AL	19 Mar 2016
17.42	2	Mobile AL	15 Apr 2017
17.34i	1	Birmingham AL	31 Jan 2016
17.27	3	Baton Rouge LA	23 Apr 2016

Average: 17.629

Total results in db: 151

By event:

Shot Put:	22
Discus Throw:	8
Weight Throw:	44
Hammer Throw (6kg):	1
Hammer Throw:	76

▲IN 2023

position in the world list in brackets following the season's best,
junior list position in green and youth list position in orange.
help: click on competition name or Venue to see competition results.
help: click on placing to see event results in the competition.

Weight Throw
22.77iw	SB	1		Chapel Hill NC	Chapel Hill NC	14 Jan
		22.20 SB X X 21.93 22.77 SB 22.77 =SB
22.69iw		2		Blacksburg VA	Blacksburg VA	3 Feb
		21.70 22.44 X 22.07 22.07 22.69
24.25Aiw	SB (3)	2	NC	Albuquerque NM	NC, Albuquerque NM	17 Feb
		23.19 SB X 22.97 X 23.64 SB 24.25 SB
Hammer Throw
70.39iw	SB	6	DrakeR	Des Moines IA	DrakeR, Des Moines IA	27 Apr
		X X 68.16 SB 70.39 SB 70.39 =SB X
68.36iw		4		College Park MD	College Park MD	5 May
		65.32 68.21 66.58 66.48 67.06 68.36
66.77iw		14		Tucson AZ	Tucson AZ	20 May
		X X 66.77
71.63iw	SB (93)	7		Westwood CA	Westwood CA	26 May
		69.23 71.63 SB 69.97 70.96 71.43

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

Season	Ind/Out	Event	Pos	Result
2013	Outdoor	Hammer Throw (6kg)	41	69.14
2013	Indoor	Weight Throw	27	20.72
2014	Indoor	Weight Throw	32	20.95
2015	Indoor	Weight Throw	25	21.60
2016	Outdoor	Hammer Throw	81	72.47
2016	Indoor	Weight Throw	3	23.80
2017	Outdoor	Hammer Throw	40	74.39
2017	Indoor	Weight Throw	1	24.02A
2018	Outdoor	Hammer Throw	23	76.14
2018	Indoor	Weight Throw	7	23.50A
2019	Outdoor	Hammer Throw	26	76.39
2019	Indoor	Weight Throw	4	23.67
2020	Indoor	Weight Throw	4	24.42A
2021	Outdoor	Hammer Throw	13	78.32
2022	Outdoor	Hammer Throw	22	77.02
2022	Indoor	Weight Throw	2	24.84
2023	Outdoor	Hammer Throw	93	71.63
2023	Indoor	Weight Throw	3	24.25A

▲WINSTREAKS

Significant winstreaks Shot Put
(at least 5 finals):

Winstreak 1: 5 (finals) 16 Jan 2016 -> 19 Feb 2016 Show/hide

Significant winstreaks Hammer Throw
(at least 5 finals):

Winstreak 1: 5 (finals) 25 Mar 2017 -> 14 May 2017 Show/hide

TILASTOPAJA

▲PROGRESSION

▲IN MAJOR EVENTS

▲PERSONAL BESTS

▲AVERAGES & 10 BEST RESULTS

Total results in db: 151

By event:

▲IN 2023

▲TOP 100 WORLD LIST POSITIONS

▲WINSTREAKS