Collegiate PR | SP: 19.67m (64-6.5);
DT: 55.32m (181-6)
High School PR | SP: 20.99m (68-10.75);
DT: 61.75m (202-7)
Connor Bandel's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
USTFCCCA All-America Honors
- 2021 USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (shot put)
- 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (shot put)
- 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team (shot put)
All-SEC Honors
- 2021 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (Shot Put - Bronze)
- 2020 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (Shot Put - Silver)
UF All-Time Top 10 List
- No. 3-ranked shot put thrower on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10
- No. 4-ranked shot put thrower on UF's All-Time Outdoor Top 10
Other
- Three-time SEC Academic Honor Roll
Academic Honors
- Graduated in Spring 2021 with a bachelor's degree in Materials Science Engineering
2021: Indoor - Earned a bronze medal in the shot put at SEC Indoors... Made his season debut during the South Carolina Invitational... Competed in the shot put during the Tyson Invitational.
Outdoor - USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team... Earned a bronze medal in shot put at SEC Outdoors with a mark of 19.61m (64 feet, 4 inches), good for 4th best in school history. Competed at NCAA Outdoor Championships hitting a mark of 19.13m (62 feet, 9.25 inches) (finished 10th).
2020: All-SEC Indoor Second Team (shot put - silver medalist)… Moved into third place on UF’s All-Time Indoor Top 10 list after logging a collegiate personal-best mark of 19.67 meters in the shot put at Virginia’s Hokie Invitational… Took silver in the shot put at SEC Indoors… NCAA Indoors qualifier... Named a 2020 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (shot put).
2019: USTFCCCA All-America Second Team (shot put - 11th at NCAA Outdoors) ... Finished fourth in the shot put at SEC Indoor Championships with an indoor PR of 18.84m / 61-9.75 ... Took fifth place in the shot put and sixth in the discus throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Set outdoor personal records in consecutive meets to end season (19.23m at NCAA East Preliminary; 19.30m at NCAA Outdoors) ... Also qualified for NCAA East Preliminary in the discus throw (finished 22nd) ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2018: Broke his shot put personal record at three meets, highlighted by a 19.18-meter (62 foot, 11.25-inch) throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Fifth-place finisher at SEC Outdoors ... Threw a season-best discus mark at FSU Relays (55.03m / 180-6) ... NCAA East Preliminary qualifier (shot put) ... Redshirted indoors ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2017: Competed in five indoor meets, redshirted outdoors ... Finished 13th overall and second among freshmen in the shot put at SEC Indoor Championships ... Threw a season-best shot put mark of 18.17m (59-7.5) as an unattached entrant at Pepsi Florida Relays ... Threw a season-best discus mark (55.32m / 181-6) as an unattached entrant at Tom Jones Memorial ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Finished 12th overall in the discus at the 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships ... 2016 USATF Outdoor Junior Championships and New Balance Nationals Outdoor gold medalist (discus throw) ... Fourth-place finisher in the shot put at 2016 New Balance Nationals Outdoor ... Took sixth in the shot put at the 2016 USATF Outdoor Junior Championships ... 2016 Gatorade Michigan Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year ... Became the first thrower in state history to win consecutive MHSAA Division I State Meet titles (2015-16) in the discus and shot put ... Broke Michigan's state record in the shot put (67-5.75) ... Silver medalist in the shot put and discus at the 2015 USATF Junior Olympics ... Fourth-place finisher in the shot put at the 2014 MHSAA Division 1 State Meet ... Four year starter as a goalie on Oxford's soccer team ... Played basketball for three years at Oxford.
