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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

K-State at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships / Lawrence, KS
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TF Gary Moore Jr. Big 12 hammer throw champion May 15, 2025 Rock Chalk Park, Lawrence, Kan.
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TF Gary Moore Jr. KT Woodman Classic April 12, 2025 Wichita, Kan.
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TF Gary Moore Jr Big 12 weight throw champion 2-28-25
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TF Gary Moore Jr. Weight Throw Steve Miller Invite
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K-State Track & Field competes at the 2025 KU-KSU-WSU Triangular, January 17, 2025.

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K-State Track & Field Headshots


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Gary Moore Jr.

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Weight:
    null
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    New Haven, Conn.
  • High School:
    Hillhouse
  • Prev School:
    Baylor
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TFRRS Link (Personal Bests)

Personal Bests
 Weight Throw
 (School Record)
 22.67 (74' 4.50") (Big 12 Championship, 2/28-3/1/25)
 Discus Throw  55.87m (183' 4") (Big 12 Championship, 5/15-17/25)
 Hammer Throw  67.68m (222' 0") (Big 12 Championship, 5/15-17/25)

Personal Bests (at Baylor)
 Shot Put  18.21m (59' 9") (Big 12 Championship, 2/23-24/24)

AS A JUNIOR (2024-25)
OUTDOOR
  • Competed in two events at the NCAA West Prelims (5/28-31/25), he finished 22nd in the hammer throw with a distance of 63.10m and also threw 55.83m in the discus throw in 25th place.
  • Was crowned the hammer throw champion at the Big 12 Championship (5/15-17/25) with a new personal best throw of 67.68m, no. 2 in the K-State all-time top-10. He also medaled in the discus throw with a 7th place distance of 55.87m, another personal best by 11 feet and also in the record books at no. 10. He competed in a third event, the shot put with a throw of 16.82m.
  • At the Drake Relays (4/23-26/25) he competed in the hammer throw championship division where he finished 4th with a distance of 64.89m.
  • Recorded two personal bests in Eugene, starting with the hammer throw in the Oregon Open (4/18/25) with a 3rd place throw of 67.58m, the no. 2 distance in the K-State all-time top-10. During the Oregon Team Invite (4/19/25) he finished runner-up in the shot put at 17.45m and competed in the discus for the first time in two years with his best throw at 52.48m in 6th place.
  • Won the hammer throw at the first meet of the season at the KT Woodman Classic (4/11-12/25) with a personal best of over 17 feet at 65.98m. He also won the shot put with a throw of 17.70m.
INDOOR
  • Won the weight throw at the Big 12 Championship (2/28-3/1/25) while breaking his own school record by another foot at 22.67m. He also competed in the shot put, finishing 13th at 17.34m
  • At the Tyson Invite (2/14-15/25) he finished 5th in the weight throw with a distance of 21.45m. He also competed in the shot put with a throw of 16.46m.
  • Won the weight throw at the Steve Miller Invite (2/7/25) with a haul of 22.36m, almost two feet further than his previous best, also a new Cliff Rovelto Indoor Track facility record.
  • Won the weight throw at the DeLoss Dodds Invite (1/31-2/1/25) with a distance of 21.80m.
  • Finished runner-up in the weight throw at the Red Raider Invite (1/24/25) at 21.30m. He also threw the shot put at 17.79m in 4th place.
  • Tied for the high point award at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/17/25) winning both the weight throw (20.90m) and the shot put (17.90m).

AS A SOPHOMORE AT BAYLOR (2023-24)
  • Recorded his shot put personal bests at the indoor Big 12 Championship (2/23-24/24), in 6th place at 18.21m and competed in the weight throw (7th; 20.97m), the new school record. 

AS A FRESHMAN AT BAYLOR (2022-23)
  • Advanced in the shot put at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/24-27/23) where he finished 31st with a throw of 17.83m.
  • Competed in three events at the outdoor Big 12 Championship (5/12-14/23) in the shot put (7th; 17.77m), the hammer throw (7th; 59.08m) and in the discus throw (12th; 48.60m).
  • Recorded a new personal best at the Clyde Hart Classic (3/24-25/23) in the discus throw (3rd; 52.18m).
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