2017 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Marian Spannowsky
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Metzingen, Germany
- High School:
- Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium
2018
Made Second Team USTFCCCAย All-American in the javelin for the second consecutive season ... Finished 11thย at the NCAA Championships in the javelin, with a top mark of 68.05m (223-3) ... Qualified for NCAAs with a collegiate-best throw of 70.54m (231-5) at the Raferย Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Apr. 14 ... Finished over the 66m mark at every meet he competed ... Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Also threw the discus at the USC Dual Meet, logging a collegiate-best 40.50m (132-10) mark ... At the NCAA West Preliminaries, had his second-longest throw of the year (68.37m, 224-4) to finish in ninth place ... Competed in seven meets overall.
2017
Second-Team USTFCCCA All-American in the javelin โฆ Competed at the NCAA Championships, throwing 212-11 to finish 23rd overall โฆ Threw 226-01 at the NCAA West Prelims to finish ninth overall, a mark also good for ninth all-time in UCLA school history โฆ Was fourth in the javelin at the Pac-12 Championships, throwing 215-05 โฆ Scored for the Bruins at the USC Dual with a runner-up showing, posting a throw of 212-03 โฆ Won the javelin competition at the Triton Invitational, posting a mark of 221-09.
High School
Came to Westwood from Germany where he competed for the club team TuS Metzingen โฆ Attended Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Gymnasium โฆ A member of the German national team โฆ Boasts a personal best in the javelin of 251-1 (76.53m) where he won the meet in Balingen โฆ He also won the meet in Bönnigheim with a throw of 245-3 (74.76m) โฆ Participated in the U20 European Championships.
Personal
Son of Bettina and Bernd Spannowsky โฆ His siblings are named Romy and Marietta Spannowskyย
