Talley's Performance History & Personal Bests
2020-21 SEASON
Indoor: First Team All-American in both the shot put and weight throw … Placed 3rd at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the shot put, throwing 65-01.50 (19.85m) … Placed 6th at the NCAA Championships in the weight throw with a mark of 73-00.00 (22.25m) … USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year … Summit League Indoor Field Athlete of the Year … Won Summit League titles in both throwing events and was named Summit League Championships Field MVP … Ended his Bison career ranked 2nd in school history for the indoor shot put and weight throw, trailing only Olympian and NCAA champion Payton Otterdahl … Indoor shot put PR of 67-04.75 (20.54m) at the UND Open on Jan. 30 … Weight throw personal-best of 75-01.75 (22.90m) at the Dakota Dual on Dec. 4 … Academic All-League selection.
Outdoor (Junior): First Team All-American in the hammer throw, placing 6th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Finished 7th in the hammer throw at the U.S. Olympic Trials, launching a school record 236-8 (72.14m) … Top collegian at the U.S. Olympic Trials … USTFCCCA Midwest Region Field Athlete of the Year … Summit League Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year … One of only two athletes in the nation ranked in the Top 10 of both the hammer and shot put … Summit League Championships Field MVP after winning conference titles in the hammer and shot put … Extended the hammer throw school record by nearly 12 feet over the course of the season … Ended his NDSU career ranked 2nd in school history for the outdoor shot put and 6th for the discus … Academic All-League … USTFCCCA All-Academic.
2019-20 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Only man in the nation to qualify for the NCAA Championships in both throwing events in 2020 … Summit League champion in the weight throw and league runner-up in the shot put … Finished the season ranked 5th in the NCAA in the weight throw and 15th in the shot put … Registered career-best marks in both events at the Summit League Championships and was named the meet’s Most Outstanding Performer … 73-11.50 (22.54m) in the weight throw at the conference meet, ranking 2nd all-time at NDSU … 64-02.50 (19.57m) in the shot put at the conference meet, ranking 3rd in NDSU indoor history … Voted to the Summit League Academic All-League Team.
Outdoor: Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): Placed 2nd in the shot put and 3rd in the weight throw at the Summit League Championships … Indoor shot put personal-best of 63-05.00 (19.33m) to win the Bison Open on Feb. 2 … Weight throw personal-best mark of 67-11.50 (20.71m) to win the Mark Colligan Memorial at Nebraska on Jan. 26 … Finished the season ranked 20th in the NCAA in the shot put and 27th in the weight throw … Ended the year No. 2 all-time at NDSU in both events behind Payton Otterdahl.
Outdoor (Sophomore): NCAA Championships qualifier in both the shot put and hammer throw … Finished 19th in the shot put and 22nd in the hammer at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas, earning honorable mention All-America status in both events … Summit League champion in the hammer throw with a personal-best 218-0 (66.46m) … Also placed 3rd in the shot put at the conference meet … Shot put personal-best of 63-09.00 (19.43m) at the NCAA West Prelims to finish 6th … Placed 3rd in both the shot and hammer at the Drake Relays on Apr. 26-27 … Ended the year ranked 3rd all-time at NDSU in the hammer, 4th in the shot put, and 5th in the discus ... USTFCCCA All-Academic honoree.
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Freshman): Placed 5th in the weight throw and 7th in the shot put at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Indoor season-best shot put mark of 59-08.25 (18.19m) at the season-opening Dakota Classic on Dec. 8, ranking him 4th all-time at NDSU … Weight throw personal-best of 65-11.75 (20.11m) at Washington’s Husky Classic on Feb. 10, ranking 5th in NDSU history.
Outdoor (Freshman): Summit League runner-up in both the shot put and hammer throw, as well as taking 4th in the discus at the Summit League Outdoor Championships … Recorded personal-best throws in all three events at the conference meet … NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the shot put and hammer, taking 17th in the shot … Shot put personal-best of 61-00.00 (18.59m) at the conference meet ranks him 4th in NDSU history … Discus PR of 171-6 (52.27m) at the conference meet ranks 5th in NDSU history … Hammer personal-best of 202-8 (61.78m) at the conference meet ranks 6th all-time at NDSU ... Summit League Academic All-League honoree ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree.
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached as a redshirt … Season-best marks of 55-02.25 (16.82m) in the shot put and 48-05.25 (14.76m) in the weight throw.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached as a redshirt … Season-best marks of 55-11.75 (17.06m) in the shot put, 166-9 (50.83m) in the hammer throw, and 154-5 (47.07m) in the discus … Qualified for the USATF Junior Championships in the shot put (12th place) and hammer.
HIGH SCHOOL: Swept the shot put and discus titles at the North Dakota Class A state meet as a senior in 2016 … Posted high school personal-bests of 58-7 in the shot put and 170-3 in the discus … Placed first in the shot put at the North Dakota indoor state meet held at NDSU in 2016 … Also a two-time state runner-up in the shot put, placing second as a sophomore in 2014 and again as a junior in 2015 … Qualified for the state meet in the discus in 2015, finishing 10th … Standout football player for West Fargo, earning first-team all-state honors twice and EDC Senior Athlete of the Year in 2015 … Also played basketball for the state runner-up Packers … Named North Dakota’s Outstanding Senior Track & Field Athlete in 2016.
PERSONAL: Son of Brent and Carolyn Talley … Has one older brother, Patrick … Majoring in civil engineering.
