MileSplit All-Americans - Boys Shot Put

<p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The first ever MileSplit All-American Teams for this past 2014 outdoor track &amp; field season are being released this week. The selection process included taking into consideration multiple factors but not limited to: season best performances and national rankings, consistency and body of work, finishes in major championship and post-season meets as well as a head-to-head results against other top national ranked competition in their event were all used to determine the top 8 individuals and relays to make up our All-American squads.</span></p>

Benjamin Bonhurst of Smithtown West High School in New York won New Balance Nationals titles both indoor and outdoor in shot put with a season best of 67'3" coming from the New York State Championships and more than a half dozen meets with marks over 64 feet in his senior year for the Florida State University bound Bonhurst.

The following 8 individuals have been selected to the MileSplit All-American Team in the boys shot put from the 2014 outdoor season. They have been chosen by MileSplit as the 8 best national performers in their event from this past spring.

MileSplit All-American Boys Shot Put Team

1. Benjamin Bonhurst (Smithtown West NY - 2014)

Shot Put (Graph) 67-3
65-9.75 1st   2014-06-13 New Balance Outdoor Nationals »
67-3 1st   2014-06-06 NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs »
64-10.5 1st   2014-05-31 Section 11 State Qualifier »
64-0 1st   2014-05-19 Section 11 Division Champs »
61-2.5 1st   2014-05-13 Chris Urban Copiage Invitational »
63-2.5 1st   2014-05-08 47th Glenn D. Loucks Games »
62-11 1st   2014-05-02 Saint Anthony's Invite »
58-4 1st   2014-04-26 Bob Pratt Smithtown Invy »
63-5 1st   2014-04-24 The Penn Relays Carnival »
60-4 1st   2014-04-19 Suffolk Boys Coaches Meet »
61-5 1st   2014-04-05 Longwood Track Classic »
64-7.75 1st   2014-03-14 New Balance Nationals Indoor »
63-7.25 1st   2014-03-01 NYSPHSAA -NY State Champs »
64-7 1st   2014-02-24 80th Eastern States Championships »
65-0 1st   2014-02-21 Long Island Elite Meet »
61-9.5 2nd   2014-02-08 Section 11 State Qualifier »
63-5.5 1st   2014-02-01 Section 11 County Champs »
61-10.25 1st   2014-01-25 Section 11 League Champs »
60-3.5 1st   2014-01-17 Yale Track Classic »
61-0.75 1st   2014-01-12 Section 11 Cross Over E »
61-9.5 1st   2014-01-11 Molloy Stanner Games »
59-0 1st   2014-01-03 The Hispanic Games »
59-0 1st   2014-01-03 The Hispanic Games »

 

2. Nick Demaline (Liberty Center OH - 2014)

Shot Put (Graph) 68-10.5
63-7.5 2nd   2014-07-11 Chicagoland Throwers Series »
65-4 2nd   2014-06-13 New Balance Outdoor Nationals »
66-3.5 1st   2014-06-06 OHSAA State Track and Field Championship »
68-10.5 1st   2014-05-28 Division 3 Region 10 »
62-11.5 1st   2014-05-22 OHSAA Division 3 District - Ayersville »
62-4 1st   2014-05-16 Northwest Ohio Athletic League Championship »
61-9 2nd   2014-05-09 Euclid Relays »
60-5 1st   2014-05-08 Palmer Relays »
62-4.75 1st   2014-05-02 Archbold Walker/Dilbone Relays »
59-2.5 1st   2014-04-29 Liberty Center Quad »
62-10.25 1st   2014-04-26 Diller Invitational »
60-1 1st Prelims 2014-04-19 Liberty Center Inviational »
60-1 1st   2014-04-19 Liberty Center Inviational »
61-11 1st   2014-04-17 Holland Springfield Invitational »
62-3.5 1st   2014-04-08 Liberty Center Quad »
63-8 1st   2014-03-08 OATCCC Indoor State Championship »
61-5 1st   2014-02-28 M-F Athletic High School Invite (ALL Div) »
60-6.75 1st   2014-02-21 Bowling Green Dave Wottle HS Meet »
58-5.75 1st   2014-02-15 Trine University High School Invitational #3 »
60-6 1st   2014-02-13 MITS - Hillsdale #3 »
60-8.75 1st   2014-02-02 Tiffin University High School Indoor Meet #2 »
59-7 2nd   2014-02-01 Oiler HS Invite at the University of Findlay (Div 1) »
58-4.75 1st   2014-01-25 Bowling Green Sid Sink High School Indoor »
58-0 2nd   2014-01-19 University of Findlay High School Invite I (Div 2/3) »
56-7.5 2nd   2014-01-18 University of Findlay High School Invite I (Div 1) »
56-0.5 2nd   2014-01-04 MITS - CMU #1 »

 

3. Kord Ferguson (Ottawa KS - 2014)

Shot Put (Graph) 67-10
59-7.25 7th   2014-07-05 USATF Junior National Outdoor T&F Championships »
59-5 1st   2014-06-21 USATF Missouri Valley Border Challenge »
63-7 1st   2014-06-05 Great Southwest Classic »
64-7.5 1st   2014-05-30 Kansas State Track and Field Championships »
66-2.5 1st   2014-05-23 4A Regional 12 »
60-4.5 1st   2014-05-15 Frontier League Championships »
66-4 1st   2014-05-09 Shawnee Mission North Relays »
64-7.5 1st   2014-05-02 Shawnee Heights Invitational »
62-9.5 1st   2014-04-16 Kansas Relays »
67-10 1st   2014-04-11 Mill Valley Invitational »
63-7 1st   2014-04-04 Ottawa Relays »
65-9 0th   2014-03-28 KC Piper Quad »
63-7 1st   2014-03-22 Jesuit-Sheaner Relays »
62-7 1st   2014-02-01 Varsity Apartments Invitational »
61-0 1st   2014-01-26 Jayhawk Indoor Open »
56-3.75 1st   2014-01-19 K-State Wildcat HS Invitational »
 

 

4. Felipe Valencia (La Joya Palmview TX - 2014)

Shot Put (Graph) 65-7.5
65-7.5 1st   2014-07-11 Chicagoland Throwers Series »
63-8 4th   2014-06-13 New Balance Outdoor Nationals »
64-4.5 1st   2014-05-09 UIL Track and Field Championship »
64-0 1st   2014-04-25 Region 4-5A Meet »
64-6 1st   2014-04-15 District 29-30 Area Meet 5A »
61-7.5 1st   2014-04-04 5A District 30 »
60-7.75 1st   2014-03-26 Texas Relays »
64-5.75 1st   2014-03-22 Weslaco Meet of Champions »
62-2 2nd   2014-02-22 McAllen Meet »
62-8 1st   2014-02-15 Sharyland Shark Relays »
61-11.75 1st   2014-01-18 Carl Lewis Invitational »
63-6 1st   2014-01-10 Texas A&M High School Indoor Classic »

 

5. Dotun Ogundeji (Madison Senior CA - 2014)

Shot Put (Graph) 65-5.5
59-9.75 5th   2014-07-05 USATF Junior National Outdoor T&F Championships »
62-6 2nd   2014-06-20 USATF Region 15 Championship »
62-3.75 2nd Prelims 2014-06-06 CIF State Track and Field Championship Prelims and Finals »
65-5.5 1st   2014-06-06 CIF State Track and Field Championship Prelims and Finals »
63-6.5 1st   2014-05-31 CIF-San Diego Section Finals »
62-5.5 1st   2014-05-24 CIF-San Diego Section Trials »
59-5 1st   2014-05-20 City and Eastern League Finals (SD) »
64-6.5 1st   2014-05-02 Escondido Invitational »
62-10 1st   2014-05-01 Madison vs. Coronado »
65-5.5 1st   2014-04-17 Mt. SAC Relays »
65-1.75 1st   2014-04-11 Arcadia Invitational »
62-6.25 1st   2014-04-05 Arnie Robinson Invitational »
65-4.5 1st   2014-03-29 ASICS Mt. Carmel Invitational »

 

6. John Maurins (Mentor OH - 2014)

Shot Put (Graph) 67-4.25
61-4.75 1st   2014-06-14 Midwest Meet of Champions »
61-3 2nd   2014-06-06 OHSAA State Track and Field Championship »
63-3.75 1st   2014-05-29 Division 1 Region 1 »
65-2.25 1st   2014-05-21 OHSAA Division 1 District - Mentor »
63-8.75 1st   2014-05-14 NOC Valley Championship »
67-4.25 1st   2014-05-09 Euclid Relays »
64-4.5 1st   2014-05-03 Mentor Cardinal Relays »
61-3 1st   2014-04-26 Amherst Comet Relays »
63-2 1st   2014-04-12 Nordonia Knight Relays »
64-6.5 1st   2014-04-05 Avon Lake Invitational »
62-7.25 1st   2014-03-08 OATCCC Indoor State Championship »
57-3 1st   2014-03-02 Kent State University High School Open #3 »
62-10 1st   2014-02-22 Akron Rubber City Meet OPEN HS »
59-11 1st   2014-02-13 Maple Leaf Track Club Thursday Night Invite #3 »
62-11.5 1st   2014-02-09 Mount Union HS Qualifier #1 »

 

7. Luke Lewis (Hickory PA - 2014)

Shot Put (Graph) 65-6.25
62-8.5 3rd   2014-07-11 Chicagoland Throwers Series »
54-3.25 15th   2014-07-05 USATF Junior National Outdoor T&F Championships »
61-8.25 1st   2014-05-23 PIAA T&F State Championships »
58-2.75 1st Prelims 2014-05-17 PIAA District 10 AA Championship »
61-5.5 1st   2014-05-17 PIAA District 10 AA Championship »
65-6.25 1st   2014-05-08 Mercer County Track and Field Invitational »
61-5 1st   2014-05-02 41st Annual Baldwin Invitational »
61-8.5 1st   2014-04-26 15th City of Hermitage T&F Invite »
60-1 1st   2014-04-11 Butler Invitational 50th Boys 13th Girls Annual »
60-11.5 1st   2014-02-15 Youngstown State University HS Meet #4 »
59-9.5 1st   2014-02-09 Youngstown State University HS Meet #3 »
62-3 1st   2014-02-01 TSTCA Indoor Meet #3 »
61-1.25 1st   2014-01-25 Youngstown State University HS Meet #2 »
59-6 1st   2014-01-18 Kent State University High School Open #1 »
60-8.25 1st Prelims 2014-01-17 SPIRE Scholastic Open »
61-3.25 1st   2014-01-12 Youngstown State University HS Meet #1 »

 

8. Eric Favors (North Rockland NY - 2015)

Shot Put (Graph) 65-5.25
62-5.5 4th   2014-07-11 Chicagoland Throwers Series »
65-1.5 3rd   2014-06-13 New Balance Outdoor Nationals »
65-5.25 2nd   2014-06-06 NYSPHSAA - NY State Champs »
59-8.25 1st   2014-05-29 Section 1 State Qualifier »
60-4.25 1st   2014-05-24 Section 1 Class A Championship »
56-2.25 1st   2014-05-19 East Coast Relays »
59-5.5 1st   2014-05-16 Rockland County Champs »
60-3 2nd   2014-05-08 47th Glenn D. Loucks Games »
60-9.25 1st   2014-05-05 Section 1 League Meets »
55-7.75 9th   2014-04-24 The Penn Relays Carnival »
60-0 1st   2014-04-16 Red Raider Relays »
60-8 1st   2014-04-12 Green Dragon Relays »
60-8.5 6th   2014-03-14 New Balance Nationals Indoor »
63-0.5 2nd   2014-03-01 NYSPHSAA -NY State Champs »
60-4 5th   2014-02-24 80th Eastern States Championships »
59-11.5 1st   2014-02-19 Section 1 State Qualifier »
61-1 1st   2014-02-09 Section 1 Class AA/C Champs »
57-7 1st   2014-02-04 The Varsity Classic »
57-7.75 1st   2014-01-31 Rockland / Northern County Championships »
58-1 2nd   2014-01-24 New Balance Games »
58-0.25 1st   2014-01-20 Suffern Invitational »
56-1.5 1st   2014-01-17 Section 1 League 4A, 1AChamps »
56-9.5 2nd   2014-01-11 Molloy Stanner Games »
57-0 1st   2014-01-08 Rockland Coaches Invitational »