Wisconsin Badgers

Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor): Redshirt Senior/Redshirt Senior

Honors 

- 2018 Horizon League Weight Throw Champion
- All-League Second Team (2017 Hammer Throw)
- Horizon League Athlete of the Week (1/16/18)

2020 Season

2020 Indoor:  Placed fifth in the weight throw (premier) with a mark of 60-6 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/17)... Took fourth in the weight throw with a mark of 61-4 3/4 at the Jack Jennett Open (1/24)... Placed third in the weight throw with a personal-best mark of 60-10 (18.54m) at the Red Hawk Invitational (2/8)... Placed fifth in the weight throw with a mark of 59-9 (18.21m) at the Music City Challenge (2/14)... Placed third in the weight throw with a mark of 64-3 1/4 (19.58m) at the Panther Tune-Up (2/22)... Competed in the weight throw with a personal best mark of 65-2 3/4 (19.88m) at the Big Ten Championships (2/28-29)
 

2019 Season

2019 (at Milwaukee): Redshirt season
 

2018 Season

2018 Outdoor (at Milwaukee): Finished fifth in hammer throw at the Horizon League Championships ... also competed in discus at the league meet, taking 14th ... opened the season taking 10th in hammer with a throw of 52.88m (173-6) at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic Mar. 24 ... turned in a big PR one week later at the Big Blue Classic, winning the hammer throw with a toss of 55.96m (183-7) to now rank him fifth in program history ... had a season-best shot put performance of 42.69m (140-1) at the Gibson Invite April 7 ... topped the field in hammer at the Benedictine Relays at 53.73m (176-3) April 13 ... was runner-up in hammer with a big toss of 55.18m (181-0) at DePaul April 21 ... again topped the field in hammer throw at the Drake Alternative April 28.
2018 Indoor (at Milwaukee): Had a breakout start to his junior season, leading Milwaukee's dominance in weight throw by bringing home his first league title with a winning toss of 17.46m (57-3 1/2) ... started his season by being name Horizon League Athlete of the Week after winning weight throw at 17.33m (56-10 1/4) and taking seventh in shot put at the opening Karl Schlender Invitational Jan. 13 ... came in fifth in weight throw and ninth in shot put at the home Tierney Classic one week later ... had a big showing at Notre Dame's Meyo Invite with a PR toss of 17.56m (57-7) in weight throw - shooting him into second place in school history and good for sixth overall at the national meet Feb. 2 ... placed fifth in weight throw at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 10 ... one week later, came in runner-up in the same event at the Panther Tune-Up.
 

2017 Season

2017 Outdoor (at Milwaukee): Had a big showing at the league meet, coming in runner-up in hammer throw with a PR throw of 52.65m (172-9) ... that mark now ranks fifth in school history ... also finished 14th in discus and 17th in shot put at the conference championships ... started the year winning hammer throw, taking third in discus and fifth in shot put at the Edmonds Invite Mar. 25 ... came in second in hammer throw and third in shot put at Marquette April 7.
2017 Indoor (at Milwaukee): Made a big jump as a sophomore, taking fourth in weight throw at the Horizon League Championships ... also competed in shot put at the league meet, taking 14th ... started the year fourth in weight throw and ninth in shot put at Whitewater Jan. 14 ... took seventh in weight throw at the Tierney Classic one week later ... placed sixth in weight throw and eighth in shot put at the Parkside Classic Feb. 4 ... won the weight throw competition with a PR toss of 16.70m (54-9 1/2) and was fourth in shot put at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 18.
 

2016 Season

2016 Outdoor (at Milwaukee): Finished 10th in hammer throw, 16th in shot put and 18th in discus at the Horizon League Championships ... started the season taking sixth in hammer at the Billiken Kickoff Mar. 19 ... one week later, was sixth in discus and ninth in shot put at the Edmonds Invite ... finished sixth in hammer, seventh in discus and 10th in shot put at the Warrior Invite April 16 ... was ninth in discus at the St. Norbert Invite April 23.

2016 Indoor (at Milwaukee): Competed in shot put and weight throw at the Horizon League Championships as a freshman ... made collegiate debut Jan. 16 at the Karl Schlender Invite, taking 10th in shot put and 12th in weight throw ... one week later, was eighth in shot put and 10th in weight throw at the home Tierney Quad ... won the weight throw competition at the Parkside Green & White Jan. 30 ... eighth in weight throw at the Parkside Classic one week later ... had season bests of 13.95m (45-9 1/4) in shot put and 14.72m (48-3 1/2) in weight throw.

High School: Competed in track and field all four years ... posted personal records of 50 feet in shot put and 154-1 in discus ... also played football all four years, earning all-conference honors twice and all-region honors once ... also a four-year member of cheerleading at Brown Deer, winning three state titles, finishing runner-up once and earning a co-ed stunt group state title
Personal: Parents are John and Pamela Manning ... has a twin brother ... born Jan. 25
Personal Bests:
Weight Throw: 61-4 3/4 (18.71)    1/24/19
Hammer Throw: 183-7 (55.96m)     2018