Joel Gates Season 2025-26

JOEL GATES' TFRRS PROFILE

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES
• 2026 NCAA East First Round 31st Place (Discus - 53.66m / 176-00)
• 2025 NCAA East First Round 43rd Place (Discus - 46.31m / 151-11)
• 2026 NCAA East First Round 45th Place (Shot Put - 16.81m / 55-02.00)

2025-26 / AS A SOPHOMORE
Outdoor
• Competed in seven meets
• Opened the outdoor season third in the discus (54.29m / 178-01) and seventh in the shot put (16.63m / 54-06.75) at the USF Alumni Invitational (March 20-21)
• Took the discus victory (54.35m / 178-04), sixth in the shot put (16.75m / 54-11.50) and eighth in the hammer throw (52.66m / 172-09) at the UCF Knights Invite (March 27-28)
• Won the Tom Jones Memorial collegiate shot put (18.15m / 59-06.75) (April 16-18)
• Finished the regular season sixth in the shot put (18.04m / 59-02.25) at the Jim Green Invitational (May 1-2)
• Concluded the season 31st in the discus (53.66m / 176-00) and 45th in the shot put (16.81m / 55-02.00) at the NCAA East First Round (May 27-30)

Indoor
• Competed in six meets
• Opened his Purdue career seventh in the shot put (16.62m / 54-06.50) at the Rod McCravy Memorial (Jan. 9-10)
• Took fourth in the shot put (17.10m / 56-01.25) and fifth in the weight throw (16.69m / 54-09.25) at the Crossroads of America Invitational (Jan. 23-24)
• Finished as the runner-up in the shot put (16.73m / 54-10.75) at the Windy City Invite (Feb. 6-7)

2024-25 / AS A FRESHMAN AT TENNESSEE
Outdoor
• Appeared in five meets
• Took seventh in the discus (49.56m / 162-07) at the Tennessee Invite (April 4)
• Won the discus (50.12m / 164-05) at the Jim Freeman/Clark Wood Open (April 25)
• Was third in the shot put (14.81m / 48-07.25), hammer throw (19.55m / 64-02) and fourth in the discus (53.59m / 175-10) at the Big Orange Invite (May 2)

Indoor
• Did not compete in any meets

HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Fishers High School
• Earned a runner-up finish at the 2024 IHSAA State Championships in the discus throwing 54.95m (180-03).
• Won the 2024 Midwest Meet of Champions discus (56.79m / 186-04)
• Help Fishers to a team IHSAA state title his senior year