| Jake Dunkleberger |
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 | Class: Senior
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 | Hometown: Smyrna, Ga.
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 | High School: The Lovett School
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 | Event: Throws
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2004-05: All-American Hammer Throw ... All-MAC First Team ... finished seventh at the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw, earning All-America status for the second straight year ... successfully defended his hammer throw title at the MAC Championships ... won four of the nine hammer events he entered, including wins at UC Irvine, Cincinnati, the Southern Ohio Cup and the MAC meet ... also won the weight throw at Indiana indoors and the shot put outdoors at the Miami Invitational.
2003-04: All-American in Hammer Throw ... MAC Hammer Throw Champion ... All-MAC First Team ... All-Ohio Champion - Hammer Throw ... became the first Miami to earn all-American honors in the hammer, taking sixth with a school-record throw of 213-7 ... was the only freshman to advance from the prelims ... eclipsed the school record for the first time, reached an Olympic `B' Standard and qualified for the NCAA Championships with a hammer throw of 210-5 at the NCAA Regionals ... Won the conference title in the hammer ... Placed eighth in the shot put to score an additional point for Miami at the conference meet ... Qualified for regionals in the hammer at every meet he competed in, winning five-of-six times ... Also qualified for regionals in the shot put, taking second at the Southern Ohio Cup ... Had top-three finishes in the shot put and discus as well.
High School:Very accomplished high school thrower ... at the Late Summer Throws Classic, threw 219-0 in the hammer, breaking his own Georgia state record ... distance ranks number two in the nation ... at the Adidas Outdoor National Meet in Summer of 2003, placed in the top six in three events, finishing third in the hammer throw, fifth in the discus and sixth in the shot put ... also competed at the Junior Nationals, taking seventh place in the hammer throw ... named all-America in the hammer and weight throws, as well as the shot put ... earned Junior all-America status in the hammer ... at the state level, broke the state record for the hammer, an event that netted a state championship ... was a three-time state champion in the discus, and won state once each in the weight and shot put as well ... honored as the Atlanta Track Club's Discus Man of the year as a junior, and repeated as a senior ... helped his team to a pair of second-place finishes at the state meet and three regional championships ... personal bests: Shot Put (60-5), Weight Throw (70-7), Discus (183-0), and Hammer Throw (219-0).
Personal: Son of William and Karen Dunkleberger ... born October 6, 1984 ... majoring in organizational leadership.