Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Kyriazis Made Point With Javelin In 2017
June 7, 2017
Like the implement he threw, Ioannis Kyriazis of Texas A&M made a point in 2017: If you want to talk about the greatest javelin throwers in collegiate history, his name better be in that conversation.
Truth be told, Kyriazis did that on his first-and-only attempt at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays that year when he launched the javelin 88.01m (288-9) for the second best mark in collegiate history behind Patrik Boden’s former world record of 89.10m (292-4).
Fast forward a few months and Kyriazis entered the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Historic Hayward Field the prohibitive favorite. Not only that, but the 19-year-old meet record held by Esko Mikkola of Arizona at 81.86m (268-7) was in danger, too.