2009-10 Track & Field Roster

Ashton Croft

  • Position Throws
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Durant, Okla.
  • Highschool Durant HS

Biography

2008-09: INDOOR -- Threw 13.83m in the weight throw at the Sun Belt Championships. OUTDOOR -- Threw 45.20m in the discus at the Warhawk Classic, finishing in 4th place, and 42.98m at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Threw 45.68 in the hammer throw at the LSU Alumni Gold.

2007-08:  INDOOR - Had the second-best team mark in the discus throw with a distance of 44.64 meters at the Northwestern State Relays  in Natchitoches, La. ... finished 10th at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in the shot put with a distance of 40-06.50 feet ... also took ninth in the weight throw at the same event with at toss of 13.50m ... OUTDOOR – had his season-best mark in the hammer throw at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a distance of 43.29 meters ... recorded his personal-best in the discus with a throw of 44.64m at the NSU Relays ... had his second-best distance of the season in the discus throw at the championship meet with a mark of 42.81 meters when he finished in ninth place ... also threw in the shot put at the Sun Belt meet and recorded a distance of 43-07.25 feet

Prep: Four-time state qualifier...best finish at state meet was a third place result ... Also selected all-state in football as a tight end...Lettered in track, basketball and football for the Lions

Personal : Born June 17, 1989 in Omaha, Neb. ... Son of Kevin and Shannon Croft ... Has six brothers, Brandon, Cameron, Jonathan, Ethan, Landon, and Nathan, and two sisters, Brittany and Kaley ... majoring in business

Historical Player Information

  • 2007-08Freshman

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2008-09Sophomore

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2009-10Junior

    Throws
    6'2"