2019 Track & Field Roster

Brock Eager

  • Position Throws
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Renton, Wash.
  • Highschool Tahoma Senior HS

Biography

PAC-12 CHAMPION / ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM
WSU CAREER. (2019): REDSHIRT SENIOR: Outdoor - Posted five total wins in the hammer throw during his senior campaign in the hammer throw...Successfully defended his Pac-12 Championship in the hammer after a throw of 69.71m/228-8 overall...Threw a PR and the third-best mark in WSU history in the hammer throw at 71.90m/235-11...Also recorded a PR in the discus with a throw of 40.54m/133-0...Qualified for the NCAA Championships at Austin, Texas after winning the hammer throw at the NCAA West Prelims at 69.65m/228-6...

WSU CAREER. SENIOR (2017-18): Indoor - Threw a PR and remained at the third-best mark in WSU history in the weight throw of 21.01m/68-11 1/4i at the MPSF Indoor Track Championships…placed first in weight throw at MPSF Championships as well…REDSHIRT JUNIOR: Outdoor - Recorded five total individual wins in the hammer throw during the outdoor season...His best mark of the season occurred at the Stanford Invitational at 69.57m/228-3, where he took second overall...Took second place at the Pac-12 Championships as well with a mark of 66.47m/218-1...Placed third at the NCAA West Prelims to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw at 68.64m/225-2...Finished 14th at the NCAA Championships in the hammer with a mark of 67.97/223-0 to earn All-America Second honors. 

WSU CAREER. JUNIOR (2016-17): Indoor - Threw a PR and the third-best mark in WSU history in the weight throw of 20.33m/66-8 1/2i at NAU Tune Up (2/17/17, Flagstaff)…placed sixth in weight throw at MPSF Championships (19.03m/62-5 1/4i)…REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE: Outdoor - WSU men's hammer top ten records had not been modified since 1999 until Eager's 2017 season…at season-opener Trojan Invite tossed sixth-best hammer distance in WSU history of 64.71m/212-4…less than a week later, threw a PR and fourth-best mark in school history of 68.60m/225-1 at Sam Adams Classic…named Pac-12 Men's Field Athlete of the Week…tossed hammer a PR distance of 68.66m/225-3 at Cougar Invite (4/29/17, Pullman), an improved fourth-best mark in WSU all-time records…also heaved shot put a PR of 14.89m/48-10 1/4 at Cougar Invite…won the hammer at Pac-12 Championships (67.39m/221-1), the first WSU man to win the conference title in the event since 1988…finished third at the NCAA West Region (68.22m/223-10)…placed 14th at NCAA Championships (66.16m/217-1) to earn All-America Second Team honors.
 
SOPHOMORE (2015-16): Indoor - Heaved the 35-lb weight a PR distance of 19.27m/63-2 3/4i at the WSU Open (1/22/16, Pullman)…mark is seventh-best in WSU all-time records…finished in sixth place in weight throw at MPSF Championships with toss of 18.25m/59-10 1/2i…Outdoor - Redshirt season.
 
FRESHMAN (2014-15): Indoor - Threw PR in the 35# weight of 17.27m/56-8i and shot put PR of 14.05m/46-1 1/4i at the WSU Open (1/23/15, Pullman)…at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships finished 13th in weight throw with toss of 16.82m/55-2 1.4i…Outdoor - At Pac-12 Championships threw hammer 56.79m/186-4 for eighth place…threw hammer a PR of 61.65m/202-3 at NCAA West Region Prelims (5/30/15, Austin).
 
HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned three varsity letters at Tahoma Senior High School as a thrower for track and field coach Gary Conner…at state 4A championships score at third place in shot put as senior…as a hammer thrower at state championships (12 lb), took seventh as sophomore (158-2), runner-up as junior (197-7) and won title as senior (220-4)…summer 2014 threw PR of 231-0 at 6/28 Centralia Hammer meet…member of SeaTown Express Track Club 2012-14 and threw for coach Eric Metcalf…won the USATF Junior Olympics 18U hammer throw in 2014 with toss of 223-0 (Humble, Texas) after finishing as the runner-up in 2013 (198-11, Greensboro, NC), and taking seventh place in 2012 in intermediate boys (163-6, Baltimore, Md.)…other notable competitions during senior year included runner-up in weight throw at 2014 Simplot Games (67-9) and winning high school hammer at 2014 Oregon Relays (67.21m/210-7 3/4)…end of prep career was ranked second nationally in the 12lb hammer at 231-0, and first his age group for the 16lb hammer with a throw of 190-11.
 
PERSONAL. Born in May 1996, in Redmond, Washington…father Keith is a high school teacher…mother Sally is a high school teacher who played volleyball at Washington…older brother Derek competes as a thrower for UCLA track and field…older sister Kylie competed in volleyball and track and field at Clark Community College…enjoys fishing, hunting, weightlifting, and motorcycles…prep GPA was 3.67…majoring in construction management.

 
EAGER’S WSU BESTS
Shot Put - 14.89m / 48-10 1/4 (2017)
Weight Throw - 21.01m / 68-11 1/4i (2018)
Hammer - 71.90m / 235-11 (2019)
Discus - 40.54m / 133-0 (2019)

PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2019       Hammer                   1st              69.71m / 228-8
2018       Hammer                   2nd             66.47m / 218-1
2017       Hammer                   1st              67.39m / 221-1
2015       Hammer                   8th              56.79m / 186-4
 
NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY PERFORMANCES
2019       Hammer                  2nd             69.65m / 228-6
2018       Hammer                  3rd              68.64m / 225-2
2017       Hammer                  3rd              68.22m / 223-10
2015       Hammer                 20th              61.65m / 202-3
 
NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2018    Hammer               14th         67.97m / 223-0
2017    Hammer               14th         66.16m / 217-1

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Throws
    6'0"
  • 2016Sophomore

    Throws
    6'0"
  • 2016-17Redshirt Sophomore

    Throws
    6'1"
  • 2018Redshirt Junior

    Throws
    6'1"
  • 2019Redshirt Senior

    Throws