Jake McEachern

Position:
Throws
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Lloydminster, Alberta
High School:
Lloydminster Comprehensive

EMU: 2024-25: Indoor: Competed in six meets… Named Academic All-MAC… Named All-MAC Second Team with a second-place finish in the weight throw (17.99m) at the MAC Indoor Championships… Secured a first-place finish with a personal-best shot put (14.48m) at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 6… Also earned two second-place finishes at the Silverston Invitational, Feb. 21, in both the shot put and the weight throw… Outdoor: Competed in 10 meets… Named Academic All-MAC and CSC Academic All-District… Qualified for the NCAA Division I East First Round… Named All-MAC First Team with a first place finish in the hammer throw (63.63m) at the MAC Outdoor Championships, May 15-17… Secured a first-place finish in the hammer throw (60.62m) at the Hillsdale College Tune up, April 25… Also earned five other top-three finishes in the hammer throw in the outdoor season.

2023-2024: Indoor: Competed in eight meets, with three top-three finishes…Earned first place in the weight throw (18.93m - 62-01.25) at the Music City Challenge…Set a PR (19.60m - 64-03.75) in the weight throw at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 16), good for a third-place finish, and a PR (13.71m - 44-11.75) in the shot put at the Bob Parks Memorial, Jan. 20…Outdoor: Competed in eight meets with three top-three finishes…Named All-MAC Second Team…Qualified for the NCAA East Prelims in the hammer throw…Won three throwing events at the Canadian U20 Track & Field Championships (hammer throw, discus, shot put)...Set a PR (63.65m - 208-10) in the hammer throw at the MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships and a PR (47.02m - 154-03) in the discus throw at Chippewa Challenge, April 13.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Lloydminster Comprehensive where he participated in discus and shotput on the Barons’ track and field team…Went undefeated in both events as a senior…Nike Outdoor National Champion in the hammer throw…Named the Male Athlete of the Meet at the Legion Youth Nationals in 2022…Tabbed LCHS Male Athlete of the Year as a senior.

PERSONAL: Full Name: Jake Connell McEachern…Son to Kevin McEachern and Marianne Stelmaschuk…Has two sisters, Ava and Lara…A native of Lloydminster, Alberta, Canada…Major: Biology.