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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BEST: Javelin – 73.94m
CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Earned second-team All-America honors in javelin in 2019 and 2021...Won the Big Ten Javelin title in 2021....Captured silver medal at 2019 Big Ten Outdoor Championships in javelin..Qualified for three NCAA East Prelims...Ranks second on Penn State All-Time Javelin list.
AWARDS: Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors in 2019 and 2021...Honored as Academic All-Big Ten honors three times (2019-21). Earned the Big Ten Postgraduate Scholarship in 2021.
ON A NATIONAL STAGE
NCAA Championship (6/9/12/21): Placed 12th in the javelin with a throw of 69.19m to earn Second Team All-America honors.
NCAA East Prelims (5/26-29/21): Qualified for the NCAA Championship with a throw of 70.22m.
NCAA Championship (6/5-8/19): Threw 224-1 (68.31m-13th) and earned second-team All-America honors.
NCAA East Prelims (5/23-25/19): Threw 221-5 (67.50m) to qualify for NCAA Championship.
NCAA East Prelims (5/24-26/18): Qualified for NCAA East Prelims in javelin.
AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Championships (5/14-16/21): Won the javelin championship with a throw of 72.89m.
Big Ten Championships (5/10-12/19): Threw personal-best 225-2 (68.64m) to earn a silver medal.
Big Ten Championships (5/11-13/18): Placed eighth in javelin (201-0, 61.27m).
2021 Outdoor
Maryland Big Ten Invite (3/26-27/21): Opened the season with a career best throw of 73.94m to win the javelin throw.
2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 Outdoor
Season: Threw personal best 225-2 (68.64m) at Big Ten Championship to finish second in javelin...Recorded 221-5 (67.50m) toss to qualify for NCAA Championship in javelin...Placed 13th at NCAA Championships.
Bison Outdoor Classic (4/13-14): Finished second in javelin. 125th Penn Relays (4/25-27): Won college division in javelin (220-2, 67.12m).
2018 Outdoor
Season: Recorded a then-personal-best 215-5 (65.66m) in javelin throw at Virginia Challenge.
Pac 12 vs Big Ten Invitational (3/23-24): Threw 211-3 (64.40m) in first collegiate competition to claim third in javelin. Virginia Challenge (4/20-21): Recorded a then-personal-best 215-5 (65.66m) for third.
BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: Javelin: 194-7
Earned three varsity letters and served as track & field team captain at Reading Memorial High School...Won the Division II state title in 2016...Captured Massachusetts All-State champion in 2017.
PERSONAL
Full name is Mark Edward Porter...Son of Tom Porter and Christine Ambrose...Has one sibling, Brad Porter...Majoring in plant sciences...Born on October 28, 1998, in Reading, Massachusetts.