Weston Banks

Class:
Junior
High School:
Hempfield Area Senior
Hometown:
Greensburg, Pa.

Career Bests
Indoor
Weight Throw - 18.42m/60-5.25
Shot Put - 17.66m/57-11.25

Outdoor
Hammer Throw - 49.77m/163-3
Shot Put - 17.70m/58-1
Discus - 50.45m/165-6

2009-10: Competed in three outdoor and two indoor events ... qualified for the NCAA East Region Preliminary in the shot put ... competed in the hammer throw and the shot put (eighth) at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ... placed third in the shot put at the Border Battle and the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational ... best outdoor finish was second in the shot put at the Purdue Mike Poehlein Invitational ... opened the outdoor season with a third-place finish in the shot put at the LSU Relays ... won the shot put title at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships ... was fifth in the weight throw at the league championships ... placed third in the shot put and fourth in the weight throw at the Indiana Hoosier Hills Invite ... had three fourth-place finishes early in the season: weight throw (Notre Dame Invitational) and twice in the shot put (Notre Dame Meyo Invitational and Notre Dame Invitational).

2008-09: Competed in two outdoor and two indoor events ... qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional in the shot put ... took fifth in the event at the Cardinal Twilight ... placed fourth in the shot put at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships ... also qualified for the league championships in the discus ... finished third in the shot put at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational ... was fourth in the event at the Littlefield Texas Relays ... qualified for the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in the shot put (fifth) and the weight throw (sixth) ... had a second-place showing in the shot put at the Hoosier Hills Invite ... took fifth in the shot put and weight throw at the Indiana Open.

2007-08: Competed in three outdoor and two indoor events ... qualified for the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships in the shot put and discus ... placed seventh in the discus ... took seventh in the shot put at the Butler Stan Lyons Invitational ... had a third-place showing in the shot put at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invitational ... won the shot put at the Austin Peay Invitational and the Austin Peay Spring Fling ... qualified for the BIG EAST Indoor Championships in the shot put and the weight throw ... placed fifth in the weight throw ... finished third in the shot put at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational.

Prep: Three-time state champion at Hempfield Area High under coach Dave Murray ... won the indoor and outdoor shot put titles in 2007 ... was ranked as a top-10 thrower nationally in the shot put ... had a top mark in the event of 63-2.75 ... best mark in the discus was 181-7 ... champion in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League in the shot put and discus ... also lettered three years in football.

Personal: Son of Jerry Banks and Denise Marts ... birthday is March 2 ... has two brothers ... majoring in sports administration.