2017 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Anders Eriksson
- Prev School:
- Sandagymnasiet
- Class (I/O):
- R-FR/SO
- Event:
- Throws
- Hometown:
- Norrahammar, Jonkoping, Sweden
- High School:
- Sandagymnasiet
- Hammer Throw - 2016
Awards & Honors
- 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships runner-up (hammer throw)
- Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America First Team (hammer throw)
- 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team (hammer throw)
- 2018 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (hammer throw - silver medalist)
- 2016 SEC Outdoor Co-Freshman Field Athlete of the Year
- 2018 SEC Outdoor Men's Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team
- Three-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual
- Four-time SEC Academic Honor Roll member
- Graduated in Spring 2020 with a bachelor's degree in Aerospace Engineering
Other Achievements / Accolades
- Finished career as hammer throw school record holder
- Finished career as No. 5 weight thrower on UF's All-Time Indoor Top 10
Collegiate PR | HT: 243-5 (74.19m); WT: 21.17m (69-5.5)
High School PR | HT: 220-1 (67.10m)
Anders Eriksson's TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
2019: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-America Second Team (hammer throw - 11th at NCAA Outdoors) ... Finished fifth in the hammer throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2018: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (hammer throw) ... NCAA Outdoor Championships hammer throw silver medalist (tied highest finish in school history) ... SEC Outdoor Championships hammer throw silver medalist ... Fifth-place finisher in SEC Indoor Championships weight throw ... Broke his own hammer throw school record by eight feet (2.43 meters) ... Google Cloud Academic All-America Second Team ... SEC Outdoor Men's Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2017: Broke his own hammer throw school record by two feet (235-5 / 71.76m) at Hammerama in July ... SEC Indoor All-Freshman Team (weight throw) ... Finished ninth overall in the hammer throw at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Finished ninth at SEC Indoor Championships in his first-ever weight throw competition, recording the No. 5-ranked mark on UF's All-Time Top 10 (20.31m / 66-6.75) ... NCAA East Preliminary hammer throw qualifier (threw 66.02m / 216-7 -- season best) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2016: USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (hammer throw) ... All-SEC Outdoor First Team (hammer throw) ... All-SEC Outdoor Freshman Team (hammer throw) ... Finished fifth in the hammer throw at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Seventh freshman since 1983 to score and throw 70-plus meters at NCAA Outdoors ... Season-best hammer throw of 71.14 meters was the fourth-best mark by a Division I freshman since at least 2002 ... Second freshman since 2006 to win the hammer throw title at SEC Outdoors ... Redshirted indoors ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA: Finished 13th overall at the 2012 World Junior Championships with a mark of 231-11 (70.70m) in the 6kg division ... Placed 18th overall at the 2013 European Junior Athletics Championships with a throw of 216-0 (65.84) in the 6kg division ... Finished 10th at the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships with a throw of 223-1 (68.01m) in the 5kg division.
