Jay Stanley with a personal best hammer throw and a 3rd place finish at SoCon Outdoor Track Championships

With a new personal best throw of 51.77 meters, Western Carolina University senior Jay Stanley, a 2016 graduate of Mason County High School, finished third in the hammer throw today at the SoCon Outdoor Track Championships.

Stanley's previous personal best throw was 51.65 meters at the Vertklasse Meeting in High Point, North Carolina last month.

Stanley will compete in the discus throw and the shot put on Sunday during the final day of the SoCon Outdoor Track Championships.

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