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2017 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Brian Blasey

  • Position Throws
  • Indoor Senior
  • Outdoor Sr.
  • Hometown Ada, Minn.
  • High School Ada-Borup HS

Biography

Blasey’s Performance History and Personal Bests
 
2016-17 SEASON
 
Indoor (Senior): Placed 7th in the shot put and finished 13th in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships … Ended his career ranked 7th in NDSU history in the indoor shot put … Registered a career-best shot put mark of 55-06.25 (16.92m) at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 2 … Personal-best weight throw mark of 57-07.75 (17.57m) at the Bison Open on Feb. 3.
Outdoor (Senior): Placed 7th in the shot put and 10th in the discus at the Summit League Championships … Outdoor season-best mark of 54-09.50 (16.70m) in the shot put at the Beach Invitational on Apr. 15 … Discus season-best of 158-2 (48.21m) at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate on Apr. 13 … Personal-best hammer throw mark of 163-2 (49.74m) at the Husker Spring Invite on Apr. 8 … Ended his career ranked 9th in NDSU history in the outdoor shot put and 10th in the discus.

2015-16 SEASON
 
Indoor (Junior): Placed 5th in the weight throw and 6th in the shot put at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Posted a personal-best mark of 55-07.75 (16.96m) in the weight throw at the league meet … Set an indoor personal-best of 53-09.75 (16.40m) in the shot put at the Dakota Classic on Dec. 4 … Indoor discus mark of 157-8 (48.07m) for 3rd place at the Jim Emmerich Invitational on Jan. 23.
Outdoor (Junior): Placed 6th in the shot put at the Summit League Championships … Also finished 10th in the discus and 12th in the hammer throw at the conference meet … Personal-best shot put mark of 54-06.50 (16.62m) at the Baldy Castillo Invitational on Mar. 19 … Discus personal-best of 166-1 (50.63m) at the Mt. SAC Relays … Finished the season ranked 9th in NDSU history in the outdoor shot put and discus … Also registered a season-best mark of 163-0 (49.69m) in the hammer throw at the Beach Pacific Coast meet on Apr. 14.

2014-15 SEASON
 
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 7th in the shot put and 8th in the weight throw at the Summit League Indoor Championships in Fargo … Posted a personal-best mark of 54-01.25 (16.49m) in the weight throw for 8th at the conference meet … New personal-best mark of 53-00.75 (16.17m) in the shot put at the Thundering Herd Classic on Feb. 7.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Placed 5th in the discus, 6th in the shot put, and 9th in the hammer throw at the Summit League Outdoor Championships in Macomb, Ill. … Finished his sophomore season ranked 10th in NDSU history in the discus after a personal-best throw of 165-2 (50.34m) at the Cobber Twilight on Apr. 28 … Set a new hammer throw personal-best of 161-10 (49.33m) at the Cal State LA Twilight on Apr. 16 … Outdoor-best 52-10.00 (16.10m) in the shot put at the conference meet.
 
2013-14 SEASON

Indoor (Freshman): 
Placed sixth in the shot put and 11th in the weight throw at the Summit League Indoor Championships, recording personal-best efforts in both events at the league meet ... 50-06.25 (15.40m) in the shot put and 51-08.50 (15.76m) in the weight throw.
Outdoor (Freshman): Placed fourth in the shot put and seventh in the discus at the Summit League Outdoor Championships in Fargo ... Also finished 12th in the hammer throw at the league meet ... Big personal-best mark of 52-06.50 (16.01m) in the shot put at the conference meet ... Season-best mark of 152-7 (46.52m) in the discus at the Cobber Twilight on Apr. 22.

2012-13 SEASON

Indoor (Redshirt): 
Competed unattached in two meets as a redshirt, throwing 45-10.75 (13.99m) in the shot put.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached in four meets as a redshirt, throwing 47-04.25 (14.43m) in the shot put and 152-10 (46.58m) in the discus.

HIGH SCHOOL: Minnesota high school state champion in the shot put as a senior and in the discus as a junior ... six-time regional champion - three each in the shot put and discus ... six-time conference champion, winning three titles in the shot put and three in the discus ... six-time state placewinner in the throws, placing in the shot and discus as a sophomore, junior and senior ... school record holder in both throwing events ... high school personal best in the shot put of 53-11.50 ... personal best in the discus of 170-00 ... third at the state meet in the shot put as a junior and fifth at state in the discus as a senior ... also a four-time all-conference selection in football ... helped Ada-Borup HS to four straight conference titles in football ... all-conference honorable mention in basketball as a junior and senior.
 
PERSONAL: Son of Daniel and Terri Blasey ... has one older sister, Sarah ... majoring in general agriculture.
 

Historical Player Information

  • 2013Freshman

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  • 2014Redshirt Freshman

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  • 2015Sophomore

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  • 2016Junior

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  • 2017Senior

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