PR’s:
Indoor: Shot Put - 51-6.5 ... Weight Throw - 55-2.00
Outdoor: Shot Put - 49-1.75 ... Discus - 139-9.00 ... Hammer - 150-3.00
2014-15
Indoor:
• Finished in the top five seven times, the top 10 11 times and the top 20 for all but one of his events
• Earned a PR in the shot put with a throw of 51-6.5 at the High Point Panthers Team Challenge (second place)
• Also threw the weight a personal-best 55-2.00 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (eighth place)
• Finished second two other times including the ETSU Invite's shot put (49-11.25) and the Mountaineer Open Indoor's weight throw (53-6.25)
• Earned a fourth place finish four different times
Outdoor:
• Discus PR of 139-9.00 was good for third place at the Wingate University Invitational
• Hammer throw PR of 150-3.00 was good for sixth place in his final event of the season at the App State Open Outdoor
• Earned a top 25 in all of his outdoor events including three top five's and eight top-10 placings
• Also took third in the Wingate Invite's shot put with a distance of 47-0.75
• His lone fourth-place finish was in the same meet's hammer (141-6.00)
2013-14
Indoor:
• Placed first in the shot put at the Appalachian Indoor Invite and also placed third in the weight throw
• Finished fourth in the shot put at the ETSU Niswonger meet
• Placed fifth in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw at the Mountaineer Indoor Open
• Took second in the weight throw at the Appalachian Pre-Conference Indoor Open
• Finished fourth at the SoCon Indoor Championships with a PR of 52’ 9.5” and also placed sixth in the shot put
Outdoor:
• Placed third at the Carolina’s Cup in the shot put
• Finished fifth in the shot put at the SoCon Outdoor Championships.
2012-13
Indoor:
• Competed in six meets during the indoor season
• Found a fifth-place finish in the shot put at the Mountaineer Open with a throw of 13.45m
• Threw a personal record of 15.11 in the shot put at he SoCon Indoor Championships
• Recorded a personal record of 13.84 in the weight throw at the SoCon Indoor Championships
Outdoor:
• Notched a second-place finish in the Mountains vs. Beaches meet with a throw of 40.66m in the discus
• Finished third in the shot put with a throw of 14.12m at the Mountains vs. Beaches meet.
High School
• Named all-conference in both his junior and senior campaign
• Received the coaches award and was named team MVP
• Was a member of the Fayetteville Flyers where he was a three-time USATF National Junior Olympic competitor
Personal
• Full name is John Stephen Leonard
• Son of Peter and Nancy Leonard
• Major is undecided