Patrick Kunza

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Wentzville, Mo.
High School:
Timberland HS

MIZZOU PERSONAL RECORDS
Indoor Track & Field
Weight Throw (ITF) – 19.75m (64-9.75) // Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/19/19)
Outdoor Track & Field
Hammer Throw (OTF) – 62.70m (205-8) // CMU Open (3/17/18)

NOTEWORTHY

2019 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Hammer Throw)
2018 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Hammer Throw)
2017 NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier (Hammer Throw)
2017 SEC All-Freshman Team (Hammer Throw)
No. 9 All-Time in the Hammer Throw (62.70m/205-8)

TFRRS Page

2018-19
Season Bests

Weight Throw (ITF) – 19.75m (64-9.75) // Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/19/19)
Hammer Throw (OTF) – 60.20m (197-6) // Tom Botts Invitational (4/19/19)

Indoor Track –

Placed second in the weight throw at the Missouri Holiday Opener with a mark of 19.50m (63-11.75) (12/8/18)
Finished in second place at the Missouri Intercollegiate with a weight throw of 19.52m (64-0.5) (1/11/19)
Set a new personal record in the weigh throw at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a mark of 19.75m (64-9.75), earning a sixth-place finish. (1/19/19)
Took first place in the weight throw at the Mizzou Open with a mark of 19.61m (64-4) (1/25/19)

Outdoor Track –

Threw a mark of 56.79m (186-4) in the hammer throw at the Herm Wilson Invitational to earn a fifth-place finish. (3/22/19)

Earned a second-place finish at the Mizzou Spring Open with a hammer throw of 59.48m (195-2) (4/6/19)
Finished in second place in the hammer throw at the Tim Botts Invitational with a mark of 60.20m (197-6) (4/19/19)
Placed third in the hammer throw at the John McDonnell Invitational with a mark of 57.67m (189-2)
Competed at the NCAA West Preliminary, finishing 35^th in the hammer throw with a mark of 58.93m (193-4) (5/23/19)

2017-18
Season Bests
Weight Throw (ITF) – 19.58m (64-3) // SEC Indoor Championships (2/24)
Hammer Throw (OTF) – 62.70m (205-8) // CMU Open (3/17)

Indoor Track – Had a tremendous season in which he placed in the top 13-in each of his four meets, competing exclusively in the weight throw … Finished fourth at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 9) with a throw of 18.93m (62-1.25) … His highest finish of the year came at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 16), where he threw 18.51m (60-8.75) and placed second … Capped off his great indoor season by placing 13^th and setting a new personal record at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24) with a throw of 19.58m (64-3).

Outdoor Track – Opened the outdoor season placing first at the CMU Open (March 17) in the hammer throw, recording a new personal and putting himself in the record book ninth all-time in program history with a mark of 62.70m (205-8) ... Continued his strong start by placing in the top five in his next four meets … performed well enough throughout the season to earn a spot at the NCAA West Preliminary (May 24) where he threw 58.57m (192-2) and placed 39^th.

2016-17
Season Bests
Weight Throw (ITF) – 19.22m (63-0.75) // Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/17)
Hammer Throw (OTF) – 60.86m (199-8) // NCAA West Preliminary (5/25)

Indoor Track – Made his debut in a Tiger uniform at the Border Battle (Jan. 7), finishing sixth in the weight throw with a mark of 16.55m (54-3.75) … Finished first in the weight throw at the Missouri Invitational (Jan. 20) with a then-personal record throw of 17.71m (58-1) … Finished 10^th in the weight throw at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 28), setting a personal record again with a throw of 17.99m (59-0.25) … Posted a personal record in the weight throw for the third straight time at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 10), finishing fifth with a mark of 18.42m (60-5.25) … Won the weight throw at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (Feb. 17) by setting a personal record in the fourth straight meet with a toss of 19.22m (63-0.75) … Finished 16^th in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 24) with a mark of 18.97m (62-5).

Outdoor Track – Exclusively competed the hammer throw during the outdoor season, beginning with a fifth place finish at the Bobcat Invitational (March 31) with a mark of 57.63m (189-1) … Finished sixth in the hammer throw at the Crimson Tide Invite (April 8) with a throw of 57.91m (190-0) … Placed second in the hammer throw at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 14) with his best mark of the season to-date, registering a throw of 60.37m (198-0.75) … Won the hammer throw event at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 21) with a mark of 59.47m (195-1) … Finished 16^th in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 11) with a mark of 58.87m (193-1) … Posted a personal record mark of 60.86m (199-8) in the hammer throw at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 25).

2015-16

Indoor Track - Redshirted the indoor season.

Outdoor Track - Redshirted the outdoor season.

HIGH SCHOOL
Bests
Weight Throw - 19.25m (63-2)

Patrick competed at Timberland HS for Tom Papez, Melissa Dudley, and Ami Schulte...He also competed for the Throw for the Road hammer club (Troy, Mo.)...He was the Missouri State Record Holder in the weight throw with his best 19.25m (63-2)...He was a 2015 MSHSAA Championships qualifier in both the discus and shot put, earning an All-State honor in the discus with his seventh-place finish...Academically, he was an Honor Roll student all four years and earned the All-Academic Award all four years.

PERSONAL

Parents are Scott and Jennifer Kunza...Born September 29, 1996 in St. Charles, Mo....