Derek Seddon
Derek Seddon
  • Hometown:
    Knoxville, Iowa
  • Year:
    SR
  • High School:
    Knoxville HS

Bio

Parents: Dave Seddon and Jennifer Jacobs
Birth Date: May 1, 1994
Major: Exercise Science

High School: Two-time third-place finisher at the state meet at Knoxville HS…Won the Drake Relays as a senior and was fourth as a junior…Had top distances of 175-5 in the discus and 51-11.5 in the shot put.

Athletic Honors
2016
NAIA All-American (7th in Shot Put, Indoor)
NAIA All-American (2nd in Discus, Outdoor)
Indoor national qualifier (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
Indoor Heart Champion (Weight Throw)
Indoor all-Heart (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
Outdoor national qualifier (Discus, Shot Put, Hammer)
Four-time Heart Athlete of the Week
Letterwinner (Indoor and Outdoor)
2015
NAIA All-American (4th in Discus, Outdoor)
Indoor national qualifier (Weight Throw)
Outdoor national qualifier (Discus)
Outdoor Midwest Collegiate Conference Champion (Discus)
Indoor all-MCC (Shot Put, Weight Throw)
Outdoor all-MCC (Discus, Shot Put)
Letterwinner (Indoor and Outdoor)
2014
Outdoor national qualifier (Discus)
Outdoor all-Midwest Collegiate Conference (Discus, Shot Put)
Letterwinner (Indoor and Outdoor)

Career Bests (Indoor)
Shot Put--53-3.75 (NAIA Nationals, 3/3/16)
Weight Throw--59-9.75 (NAIA Nationals, 3/3/16)

Career Bests (Outdoor)
Shot Put--51-8.5 (Truman State Quad, 4/28/16)
Hammer Throw--173-11 (Heart Championships, 5/6/16)
Discus--188-1 (NAIA Nationals, 5/26/16)
Javelin--140-11 (Statesmen Relays, 4/18/15)