2024 Track & Field Roster
Skylar Coffey
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Communication
- Hometown:
- Spring Hill, Tenn.
- High School:
- Brentwood
- Event:
- Throws
- Prev School:
- Tennessee
Accolades
2024 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championship - Fifth Place, Men's Discus (55.48m)
2024 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championship - NInth Place, Men's Shot Put (17.86m)
2022 NCAA East Regional Preliminaries qualifier - Men’s Discus (54.99m)
2022 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championship - Seventh Place, Men’s Discus (54.99m)
2021 SEC Indoor Track and Field Championship - 10th Place, Men's Shot Put (15.94m)
Missouri (2023-25)
2024-25 (Redshirt Senior): Indoor – Placed 11th in shot put (17.71m) at the SEC Championships (Feb. 27-March 1)...An eighth place finish in shot put (18.39m) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb.14-15)...Finished first in shot put (18.59m) at the Missouri Invitational on Feb. 7…During the Rick McGuire Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1) placed second with a throw of 18.74m…Placing first in both the Bob Teel Invitational (Jan. 25) and Alexis Jarrett Invitational (Jan. 11) with throws of 18.47m and 18.31m
2023-24 (Senior): Indoor – Finished seventh in shot put, throwing 16.54m in his first meet as a Tiger at the Vanderbilt Invitational (Jan. 20)...Placed third in shot put throwing 17.78m at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational (Feb. 3)...Finished fourth in shot put throwing 17.12m at the Music City Challenge (Feb. 10)...Finished ninth in shot put throwing 18.10m at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24).
Outdoor – Took third in the discus throw at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a 55.34m mark and placed second in the shot put, throwing a 18.04m (March 16).
Tennessee (2021-23)
2022-23 (Junior): Indoor – Competed in shot put in all four events he earned results in, earning a third-place finish at the Clemson Invite to begin with season with a result of 17.17m (56-4).
Outdoor – Saw action in two meets, highlighted by a second-place finish at the Tennessee Invite in discus with a throw of 50.67m (166-3).
2021-22 (Sophomore): Indoor – Recorded a season-best shot put throw of 18.08m (59-4) at the Music City Challenge for a ninth-place result...Competed in shot put in all four meets he earned results in, finishing 10th or better in three.
Outdoor – Took first place in discus at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a result of 53.41m (175-3)...Also won shot put during the Tennessee Challenge with season-best throw of 18.15m (59-6.75)...Finished in seventh at the SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championship in discus with a throw of 54.99m (180-5).
2020-21 (Freshman): Indoor – Set personal best in weight throw in his first collegiate event, earning a seventh-place result after a throw of 14.74m (48-4.5)...Finished in 10th at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championship in shot put, recording a throw of 15.94m (52-3.75)...Competed in five meets.
High School: Two-time outdoor state champion out of Brentwood High School…Set the all-time Tennessee High School record in discus throw…2019 New Balance Outdoor Nationals qualifier in the discus…Finished High School with a personal record of 62-7(19.08m) in the shot put…Wrestling All-American and 2x state champion
Personal: Born Mar. 15, 2002 in Nashville, Tennessee…Son of Otis and Frederica Coffey…Has three brothers, Jeremy, Nicholas, and Courtney…Has one sister Katherine who participated in Track & Field at the University of Louisville in throws…Majoring in communication
