Michael Mai

With his second-place finish at the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships, Mai qualified for his second World Outdoor Championships. After finishing fifth at the 2008 Olympic Trials, Mike Mai qualified for his first U.S. World Outdoor Championships team with his third-place finish off of his final throw at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships in Eugene. Mai, a Major in the U.S. Army, recently finished up a two-year assignment as the Finance Commander of Fort Lewis, Wash. In April 2011, Mai joined the Army World Class Athlete Program and moved to Mountain View, Calif. to train with his coach, Dave Swan, chairman of the men’s hammer throw for USA Track & Field. The second-youngest of six siblings, Mai went off to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he spent two years on the football team. Injuries caused Mai to stick with track and field, which was his first love. During his cadet career, Mai earned five letters in track (three outdoors and two indoors) along with helping Army capture three Patriot League outdoor titles and two indoor crowns competing in the 35-pound weight throw, the discus and the hammer. Mai had only thrown the discus prior to entering West Point, but proved to be a quick study in the hammer...married high jumper Deirdre Mullen on July 30, 2011.