University of Memphis Athletics
2015-16 Men's Track and Field Roster
Kyle Bynum
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pearl, Miss.
- HS:
- Pearl HS
- Prev School:
- Pearl HS
Memphis Tiger 3.0 Club Fall 2015.
OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
2012-13 (Sophomore)
OUTDOOR: Earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors ... Named to the Conference USA Track and Field All-Academic Team ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the javelin ... Placed 38th (59.56m, 195’5”) at the NCAA East Preliminaries ... Recorded seven top-10 javelin finishes ... Threw a season-best 64.147m (210’6”) and placed third at the Louisiana Classics ... At the Auburn Tiger Classic, finished third with a 63.75m (209’2”) throw ... Posted a fourth-place performance (61.17m, 204’) at the 2013 Conference USA Championships ... Took javelin titles at the Red Wolves Open (61.36m, 201’4”) and War Eagle Invitational (60.67m, 199’) ... Threw a season-best 41.84m (137’3”) and placed 13th in the discus at the Louisiana Classics.
2011-12 (Freshman)
OUTDOOR: All-Conference USA first team performer, winning gold with a school-record 70.27m (230’6”) javelin throw at the C-USA Championships ... His javelin throw was also a personal best ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in the javelin ... Placed 40th at the NCAA East Preliminaries ... Qualified for the USA Junior National Championships and finished ninth (61.50m, 201’9”) ... Took first place (63.06m, 206’11”) at the Memphis invitational ... Placed second (62.59m, 205’4”) at the War Eagle Invitational ... At the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational, took third place (61.61m, 202’3”) ... Had three top-five finishes in the discus ... Placed fifth at the Joey Haines Invitational with a personal-best 47.24m (155’) ... Notched a fifth-place performance (46.34m, 152’) at the Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational ... At the War Eagle Invitational, placed fourth with a 46.56m (151’9”) mark.
Prior to Memphis
Four-year track and field letterwinner ... Member of Pearl High School’s 2008, 2010 and 2011 state champion track and field teams ... Won individual state discus titles in 2010 and 2011 ... Earned all-state honors in 2011 ... Set Pearl High School records in the discus (173’8”) and javelin (188’11”) ... His discus mark also is a Mississippi state high school record.
Personal
Son of Roger Bynum and Heather Collins ... Birthday is April 5 ... A biomedical engineering major.
