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02/14/2012
Sun Devils Trank and Field Cracks Top Ten
The Sun Devils entered the top 10 for the first time since 2010 on the heels of six top-25 marks.
02/11/2012
Sun Devils Wrap Up Eventful Weekend of Competition in Boise and Seattle
Houlihan clocks the school record in the mile; Clarke takes the shot put victory at Boise Team Challenge.
02/08/2012
A Week in the Life - A Sun Devil Video Blog
NCAA shot put champion Jordan Clarke discusses his past week on the ASU track & field team.
02/02/2012
Track & Field Heads to Small-Scale Meet In Flagstaff
The Sun Devil men and #17 women will send the sprinters, jumpers and some throwers to the NAU Open on Saturday.
01/25/2012
A Week in the Life - A Sun Devil Video Blog
2011 NCAA Shot Put Champion Jordan Clarke discusses the life of a Division I student-athlete.
Arizona State: Was the NCAA Champion in the shot put at the 2011 NCAA Outdoor Championships as a sophomore... recorded marks in all five weight events (two indoor, three outdoor) that rank among the Top 10 all-time in Arizona State history... outdoors, his NCAA toss of 64-9.75 (19.75m) in the shot put earned him first place at the national meet in 2011 and ranks him fifth on ASU's career list in the event...2011 Outdoor: Won the NCAA Division I Championships in the shot put where he throw of 64-9.75(19.75m) was a career best and the fifth best throw in Arizona State's history in the event... took first at the Pac-10 Championships in the shot put with a throw of 62-06.00 (19.05m)... qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary round in the shot put, discus and hammer throw events... threw a career best in the hammer with a mark of 203-5 (62.00m) at the 2011 UCSD Triton Invitational... there, he also recorded a career best in discuss with a throw of 185-10(56.66m)... Ranks in the ASU career top-10 in the shot put, discus and hammer throw... Finished no worse than second in any shot put final on the season...2011 Indoor: Advanced to the shot put finals at the NCAA Devision I Indoor Championships where he just missed earning All-America honors with a ninth-place finish with a career-best throw of 61-04.25 (18.76) - good for the fifth-best indoor throw in school history... placed second in shot put at the MPSF Indoor Track & Field Championships as well as fifth in the weight throw with a 59-00.75 (18.00m) throw...competed in the shot put and weight throw at the Northern Arizona Team Challenge where he placed first in shot put and second in weight throw with a 57-2.75 (17.44m) and 61-6.75 (18.76m) respectively...2010 Outdoor: Advanced to his first NCAA meet by competing in the shot put and finishing fifth overall to earn All-America honors... his mark of 63-00.25 (19.21m) was a personal best (and the eighth-best all-time at ASU) and made him one of three Sun Devils to finish in the Top 8 nationally... qualified by placing fifth in the west... Pac-10 runner-up behind only Ryan Whiting (2010 NCAA Champion)... joined Whiting and Jason Lewis (third) in a sweep of the Top 3 at the Pac-10 meet... also scored in the discus at the conference meet by finishing sixth (177-02/54.01m)... toss of 185-1 (56.41m) at the Double Dual placed him fourth in the event and moved him up to 10th on the all-time ASU list... moved into sixth on the hammer list with a toss of 199-6 (60.81m) to finish third at the Double Dual... 2010 Indoor: Missed out on the NCAA meet by one position with a season-best toss of 60-10.00 (18.54m) at the Mountain `T' Invitational... recorded a personal-best throw of 61-03.00 (18.67m) in the weight throw in each of the last two meets of the season... finished fourth at the MPSF Championships with that distance, which ranks fifth all-time in school history... 2009 Track: Redshirted... competed in the U.S. Outdoor Championships and won the junior division shot put with a toss of 20.46m (67-01.50)... took fourth in the discus at 58.30m (191-03)... also competed in the senior division of the shot put and placed 21st overall... represented the U.S. at the Pan-American Junior Championships in Trinidad and captured the silver medal in the shot put with a toss of 19.97m (65-06.25).
High School: A 2008 graduate of Bartlett High School (Anchorage, Alaska)... lettered in track & field and football four times each... twice named team captain for the football team... named the 2007 Gatorade Player of the Year for Alaska... three-time state champion in the shot put and discus... holds the state, region and school record in both throws (71-03.00 in the shot put and 204-0 in the discus)... named the Anchorage Daily News Athlete of the Year (2007, 2008)... Boy's Athlete of the Meet at the 2008 state track meet... in football, earned first-team all-state (center) in 2006 and 2007.
Personal: Major is exploratory... parents are Michael and Christine Clarke... has one brother: Matthew... born July 10, 1990, in Anchorage, Alaska... full name is Jordan Michael Clarke.
Personal Bests • Shot Put: 64-09.55 (indoor) / 63-00.25 (outdoor) • Discus: 185-10 • Hammer: 203-5 • Weight: 61-6.75
In NCAA Championship Meets
2011 OTF * Shot Put (f) * 64-9.75 * 1st
2011 ITF * Shot Put (f) * 61-6.5 * 9th
2010 OTF* Shot Put (f) * 63-00.25 * 5th
* Indicates All-America honors attained
