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**Ranks eighth in Bucknell history in indoor (50-2 ½) and ninth in outdoor shot put (51-4 ¼).** 2009-10: [Indoors] Competed in the shot put (10th, 47-9 ½) and weight throw (12th, 47-9) at the Patriot League Championships ... posted the eighth-best shot put mark in program history (50-2 ½) at the Bucknell Winter Classic, placing fifth at the meet ... broke 50 feet in the shot put for the first time at the Bison Open & Multi ... placed third with a throw of 50-0 ½ at the home meet ... began the season at the Bison Opener with a career-best 49-3 ½ in the weight throw ... [Outdoors] Took seventh in the shot put (50-4 ¾) at the Patriot League Championships ... also threw a personal-best 136-5 for ninth place in the discus and 146-0 for 16th in the hammer at the league meet ... claimed second in the shot put behind teammate Quinten Marcott with a season-best 50-10 at the Bloomsburg Invitational ... recorded best throw of his career in the hammer (148-6) to take eighth at the Bucknell Team Challenge ... also finished third in the shot (50-8 ¾) at the meet ... 2008-09: [Indoors] Took third in the shot put (47-3 ¾) and fourth in the weight throw (43-3 ¼) at the Gulden Relays ... bettered his shot put mark to 49-11 ¼ at the Sykes-Sabock Challenge ... recorded best weight throw mark of his career (44-6 ¼) at the Bison Opener ... earned third place in the shot put at the Bison Open & Multi with a toss of 49-8 ¼ ... [Outdoors] Began season at the Maryland Invitational with a third-place finish (49-11) in the shot put ... bettered the mark with a throw of 50-10 ¼ at the Red Flash Open ... also at the Maryland Invite, claimed eighth in discus with a throw of 131-5 ... best discus throw of the season came at the Patriot League Championships where he finished 14th with a mark of 135-11 ... also placed eighth in shot put at PLs ... 2007-08: [Indoors] Season-best shot put was 48-2 ½ at the Patriot League Championships, where he placed ninth ... fifth in the shot at the Gulden Relays ... also competed in the weight throw ... [Outdoors] Competed in the shot put, discus and hammer throw outdoors ... scored at the Patriot League Championships with a fifth-place finish in the shot (51-4 ¼) ... that mark was sixth-best in school history ... also took 13th in the hammer (128-11) and 17th in the discus (121-8) at PL meet ... took fourth in the shot (49-2 ¼) at the Red Flash Open ... Personal: Son of Howard and Stephanie Shapiro ... four-year member of the track & field team at River Dell High School ... team captain as a senior ... named North Jersey Indoor Track Athlete of the Year in 2007 ... first team all-county indoors as a senior ... first-team all-league both indoors and outdoors as a junior and senior ... management major ... Patriot League Academic Honor Roll member. |
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