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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

John Hoplin

  • Position Javelin
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Grand Forks, N.D.
  • Highschool Red River HS

Biography

Season and Career Results


WSU All-Time Top-10 Lists
#9 Outdoor Javelin - 68.88m/226-0 (2018)
NCAA Outdoor West Preliminaries Qualifier
Javelin 63.91m/209-8 - 20th (2018)
Javelin 63.25m/207-6 – 22nd (2017)
All-Conference
2017 Outdoor Javelin (Second)(MVC)
Academic Honors
2018 Academic All-Conference
2018 Spring AD Honor Roll
2017 Fall AD Honor Roll
2018 : Outdoor - Competed in eight meets, including three top-three finishes in the javelin...Placed third at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (63.23m/207-5), Central Missouri Mule Relays (58.44m/191-9) and Shocker Open (63.76m/209-2)...Threw a personal best and the ninth farthest mark in school history 68.88m/226-0 to place fifth at th American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.

2017: Outdoor- Competed in nine meets, including six top five finishes in the javelin...Placed third at the Arkansas Spring Invitational (185-8/56.60m) and Texas Tech Red Raider Shoot-Out (199-6/60.80m)...Finished second at the MVC Outdoor Championship with a personal best of 210-11/63.25m...Finished 22nd at the NCAA West Preliminaries.
 
2016: Outdoor- Was fourth at the MVC Outdoor Championship with a javelin throw of 195-5/59.56m, a personal-best... Competed in eight meets with four top-10 finishes.

2015: Redshirted at UND before transferring to Wichita State for the 2015-16 season.

2014: Runner-up in the javelin throw at the NDSU Tune-Up with a mark of 180 feet (54.86 meters) … Won the javelin at the Ron Masanz Classic with a personal-best throw of 185-00 (56.38 meters).
 
High School: A 2013 graduate of Red River High School where he was a two-time state champion in the javelin and runner-up once... Also placed third at state in the discus... Lettered four times in track & field, basketball and football … Helped his basketball team to the state title, too... Placed 12th in the javelin at the 2013 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a throw of 54.48 meters.
 
Personal: Son of Jeff and Lisa Hoplin... Has brothers, Paul and Luke, and a sister Elisabeth... Dad and brother, Luke, played football at North Dakota and brother, Paul, competed in track and field at Minnesota... Also recruited by North Dakota... Majoring in Management.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Redshirt Sophomore

    Javelin
  • 2016-17Redshirt Junior

    Javelin
  • 2017-18Redshirt Senior

    Javelin