Christian Buckley

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Hurricane, W.Va.
High School:
Poca

Christian Buckley TFRRS Profile

• 2021 All-ACC Outdoor Second Team (Shot Put)
• 2020 All-ACC Indoor Second Team (Shot Put)
• 2019 All-ACC Indoor Second Team (Shot Put)
• 2018 All-ACC Outdoor Second Team (Shot Put)

2020-21 Outdoor: Competed solely in the shot put over seven competitions…Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round… Earned second-team All-ACC honors recording a personal-best throw of 18.18m / 59’ 7.75” to take fifth at the ACC Outdoor Championships … Posted a fourth-place finish with a heave of 17.39m / 57’ 0.75” at the Tennessee Challenge … All-ACC Academic Outdoor Track and Field Team…ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2020: Competed in five meets during the indoor season … Won the shot put at the Gene Edmonds Open with a toss of 17.08m/56’… Finished second at the Notre Dame Invitational in the shot put with a distance of 16.90m/55’05 ... Recorded a season-high throw at the ACC Indoor Championships with 18.02m/59’01, finishing fourth and earning second team All-ACC honors … Was a member of the 2020 All-ACC Academic Indoor Track and Field team.

2018-19: Placed in the top five in shot put at all six indoor meets… Won the Gene Edmunds Open to start the season … Placed fourth at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal best heave of 17.91m for Second Team All-ACC honors… Finished third at the Hoosier Hills Invitational, Notre Dame Invitational and Illini Invitational.

2017-18: Competed in seven outdoor and six indoor events ... named to All-ACC Academic Team … competed in shot put in both seasons and discus in outdoor season … reached NCAA East Preliminary Round, finishing 34^th in shot put … finished fifth at ACC Outdoor Championships in shot put with personal-best throw of 17.74m/58-2.50 and received Second Team All-ACC honors … took first at Louisville Invitational in shot put with throw of 17.39m/57-0.75 … posted season-best discus throw of 50.86m/166-10 at California Collegiate Open, finishing third in event …earned indoor victories at Hoosier Hills Invitational with season-best throw of 17.50m/57-5 and Illini Classic with throw of 16.83m/55-2.75.

2016-17: Competed in seven indoor meets and seven outdoor meets during his sophomore season… recorded an indoor personal record in the shot put with a throw of 17.02m/55-10.25… captured a career best in the outdoor shot put with a toss of 17.70m/58-01 for his first career win at the Yellow Jacket Invitational… recorded a personal best mark in the discus with a throw of 51.75m/169.09… qualified for the NCAA East Regional in the shot put.

2015-2016: Competed in both indoor and outdoor seasons…Placed career highs in both his events with marks of 15.73m/51-7.25 in shot put, and 49.37m/162-00 in discus… Placed fourth at the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood invitational with throws of 15.44m in shot put and 49.37m in discus… Earned third place in discus at the USF Bulls Invitational at a mark of 47.15m… He also took sixth in the discus at the WKU Hilltopper Relays with a throw of 48.45m and seventh in shot put at a mark of 15.00m.

Prep: Two-time West Virginia Gatorade Player of the Year…three-time state champion in both discus and shot put…set West Virginia AA state meet record in shot put with mark of 61’11”…set West Virginia AA state meet record in discus with mark of 180’9”…also set West Virginia all-time all-class state record in discus with mark of 186’9”…member of 2015 West Virginia AA runner-up team…member of four-time regional championship team…also a member of the 2015 conference championship team…also lettered in basketball.

Personal: Son of Charles and Kathy Buckley ... birthday is May 8 ... has one brother, Quentin (21) ... majoring in bioengineering.