2024 Track & Field Roster
Beverage, Gavin
Gavin Beverage
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Ona, W.V.
- High School:
- Cabell Midland
- Exchange Profile:
- Pitch an NIL Deal
Bio
2024: Outdoor – Recorded a throw of 18.00 meters/59 feet, ¾ inches to finish second in the shot put at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational…Improved his mark to 18.26m/59-11 at the Battle on the Bayou, placing fifth overall…Finished ninth in the shot put invite at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with a mark of 19.20m/63-0…Victorious at the Georgia Tech Invite with a top throw of 18.09m/59-4.25…Recorded a season-best throw of 18.72m/61-5 to earn third place at the LSU Invitational…Placed 10th at the SEC Championships with a 17.84m/58-6.50…Recorded a throw of 18.65m/61-2.25 to finish 15th at the NCAA East Prelims...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors.
Indoor – Opened the season with a third-place finish in the shot put at the Clemson Invite, posting a mark of 17.17 meters/56 feet, 4.75 inches…Recorded a throw of 18.19m/59-8.25 at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown to place fourth…Recorded a season-best throw of 18.36m/60-3 to place seventh at the SEC Championships.
2023: Outdoor – Finished runner-up in the shot put at the Spec Towns & Torrin Lawrence Invitational with a mark of 18.81 meters/61 feet, 8 ½ inches, which ranks ninth in school history…Placed 10th in the shot put at the SEC Championships (17.79m/58-4.50)…Finished 29th at the NCAA East Prelims with a mark of 17.80m/58-4.75…Won the discus at the Spec Towns & Torrin Lawrence meet after reaching 47.70m/155-6.
Indoor – Posted his best mark of the season in the shot put at the Texas Tech Open, reaching 17.74 meters/58 feet, 2.50 inches…Runner-up at the Clemson Invite with a 17.26m/56-7.50…Finished 11th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 17.25m/56-7.25 in the shot put.
2022: Outdoor – Reached 18.73/61-3 for runner-up honors in the shot put at the Tom Jones Memorial…Missed scoring by one spot after taking ninth in the shot at the SEC Championships with a mark of 18.56/60-10.75…Fouled out at the NCAA East Prelims…Scored at SECs after reaching 53.23/174-8 for eighth in the discus.
Indoor – Won the Samford Invite thanks to a top effort of 18.47 meters/60 feet, 7 ¼ inches in the shot put…Finished first in the shot at the USC Indoor Open after reaching 18.10m/59-4.75…Took 13th at the SEC Championships thanks to a top mark of 17.48m/57-4.25.
2021: Outdoor – Topped out at 61 feet, ¾ inches to take fourth in the shot put at the FSU Relays…Also reached 60 feet (60-4.50) for fourth place in the shot at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Had his third-best shot mark of the season at the NCAA East Prelims and finished 30th (58-3)…Competed at his first SEC Outdoor Championships.
Indoor – Won the USC Indoor Open after launching the shot 59-5.50…Grabbed top honors at the Razorback Invitational thanks to an effort of 58-6.50…Fouled out at the SEC Championships.
UC Riverside – 2020: Did not compete.
High School: Fifth in the shot put for All-America honors at the 2019 New Balance Outdoor Nationals…2019 WVSSAC AAA shot put champion with a mark that topped Olympian Randy Barnes’ 35-year-old state record and was the country’s seventh-best prep throw for the year…Was also state discus runner-up…West Virginia Gatorade Track & Field Player of the Year…2018 runner-up in the discus and third in the shot put…School record holder in the discus and shot…Personal-best marks of 20.07 meters (65 feet, 10 ½ inches) in the shot put and 52.52m (172-4) in the discus…Also a member of Cabell’s marching band.
Personal: Born June 5, 2001…Son of Timothy and Samantha Beverage…Majoring in Fisheries and Wildlife and Animal and Dairy Science.
Indoor – Opened the season with a third-place finish in the shot put at the Clemson Invite, posting a mark of 17.17 meters/56 feet, 4.75 inches…Recorded a throw of 18.19m/59-8.25 at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown to place fourth…Recorded a season-best throw of 18.36m/60-3 to place seventh at the SEC Championships.
2023: Outdoor – Finished runner-up in the shot put at the Spec Towns & Torrin Lawrence Invitational with a mark of 18.81 meters/61 feet, 8 ½ inches, which ranks ninth in school history…Placed 10th in the shot put at the SEC Championships (17.79m/58-4.50)…Finished 29th at the NCAA East Prelims with a mark of 17.80m/58-4.75…Won the discus at the Spec Towns & Torrin Lawrence meet after reaching 47.70m/155-6.
Indoor – Posted his best mark of the season in the shot put at the Texas Tech Open, reaching 17.74 meters/58 feet, 2.50 inches…Runner-up at the Clemson Invite with a 17.26m/56-7.50…Finished 11th at the SEC Championships with a mark of 17.25m/56-7.25 in the shot put.
2022: Outdoor – Reached 18.73/61-3 for runner-up honors in the shot put at the Tom Jones Memorial…Missed scoring by one spot after taking ninth in the shot at the SEC Championships with a mark of 18.56/60-10.75…Fouled out at the NCAA East Prelims…Scored at SECs after reaching 53.23/174-8 for eighth in the discus.
Indoor – Won the Samford Invite thanks to a top effort of 18.47 meters/60 feet, 7 ¼ inches in the shot put…Finished first in the shot at the USC Indoor Open after reaching 18.10m/59-4.75…Took 13th at the SEC Championships thanks to a top mark of 17.48m/57-4.25.
2021: Outdoor – Topped out at 61 feet, ¾ inches to take fourth in the shot put at the FSU Relays…Also reached 60 feet (60-4.50) for fourth place in the shot at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial…Had his third-best shot mark of the season at the NCAA East Prelims and finished 30th (58-3)…Competed at his first SEC Outdoor Championships.
Indoor – Won the USC Indoor Open after launching the shot 59-5.50…Grabbed top honors at the Razorback Invitational thanks to an effort of 58-6.50…Fouled out at the SEC Championships.
UC Riverside – 2020: Did not compete.
High School: Fifth in the shot put for All-America honors at the 2019 New Balance Outdoor Nationals…2019 WVSSAC AAA shot put champion with a mark that topped Olympian Randy Barnes’ 35-year-old state record and was the country’s seventh-best prep throw for the year…Was also state discus runner-up…West Virginia Gatorade Track & Field Player of the Year…2018 runner-up in the discus and third in the shot put…School record holder in the discus and shot…Personal-best marks of 20.07 meters (65 feet, 10 ½ inches) in the shot put and 52.52m (172-4) in the discus…Also a member of Cabell’s marching band.
Personal: Born June 5, 2001…Son of Timothy and Samantha Beverage…Majoring in Fisheries and Wildlife and Animal and Dairy Science.
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