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2024 Track and Field Roster

Marshall Gainer

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hazelhurst, Ga.
  • Previous School Bolles High School

Biography

College Bests:
SP – 14.40m
DT – 46.40m
HT – 47.40m
WT – 15.00m

2021 Indoor & Outdoor: Competed in nine meets for the Bulldogs, four indoor and five outdoor...At the SoCon Indoor Championships Gainer scored points for the Bulldogs in the shot put with an eighth-place finish (13.54 meters), while also setting a new personal best in the weight throw with mark of 12.28 meters...Had a season best iin the discus throw at the UAB Spring Invite with a mark of 41.50 meters...At the SEC laden War Eagle Invite, Gainer had a personal best in the hammer throw (40.27)...Had a strong performance at the SoCon Outdoor Championships setting a collegiate and season best in the shot put with a mark of 14.25 meters. 

High School: Prepped under Mark Sieron at The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla… Received Rookie of the Year Award Freshman season… Most Valuable Field Event Athlete… Team Captain of Track and Field… Six-time All-State… 2019 State Champion… First Male Athlete from The Bolles School to win both Shotput and Discus event at Bulldog Classic.

Best high school individual records:
Shotput: 15.74 meters
Discus: 47.78 meters
 
Personal: Born on February 27, in Tifton, Ga… son of George and Donna Gainer… originally from Hazlehurst, Ga… nicknamed Marshall.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

  • 2022Sophomore

    Throws
  • 2023Junior

    Throws
  • 2024Senior

    Throws