MIKE HAZLE

Event: Javelin
Height: 6-0
Weight: 205
PR: 82.21m/269-8 (2008)
Born: March 22, 1979 in Conroe, Texas
Current Residence: Chula Vista, Calif.
High School: Temple (Texas) HS ‘97
College: Texas State University ‘02
Coach: Ty Sevin
Agent: Valentina Fedjuschina
Club: Unattached

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic Trials runner-up; 2007 USA runner-up; 2007 Pan Am Games silver medalist; 5th at 2005 USA Outdoor Champs

Hazle enjoyed his finest season in 2008 highlighted by his runner-up performance at the 2008 Olympic Trials and in posting an new personal best of 82.21m/269-8 from his 3rd place finish May 9 in Doha. Hazle enjoyed a strong season in 2007 with a runner-up placing at the AT&T USA Outdoor Championships. Additionally in 2007, Hazle posted a then personal best performance with a toss of 81.99m/269-0 on September 13. As a student athlete at Texas State University, Hazle showed his potential with an enormous personal best his senior year of 235-7, which improved his all-time best by an amazing 25 feet from his previous best mark from his junior year. Hazle owns a B.S. degree in exercise Sports Science and Business and a Master’s degree in Sports Management from Texas State University. He is employed as a sports performance coach at Velocity Sports Performance in Lawrenceville, Ga.

2008: 2nd at Olympic Trials (75.76m/248-07)…12th in qualifying Group B at Olympic Games (72.75m/238-8)…7th at Bislett Games Oslo (80.31m/263-6)…5th at DKB-ISTAF Berlin (81.14/266-2)…3rd at Doha (82.21m/269-8PR)…best of 82.21m/269-8.
2007: USA Outdoor Championships runner-up (75.06m/246-3)…Pan Am Games silver medal (75.33m/247-1)…1st at Huelva (81.99m/269-0)…ranked #2 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 81.99m/269-0.
2006: 6th at USA Outdoor Champs (73.01m/239-6)…1st at Chania (77.09m/252-11)…ranked #3 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 77.09m/252-11.
2005: 5th at USA Outdoors (71.34m/234-1)…ranked #6 in U.S. by T&FN…best of 79.14m/259-8.
2004: 13th in Flight #2 qualifying at Olympic Trials (63.75m/209-2)…best of 70.77m/232-2.
2003: 10th in Flight #2 qualifying at USA Outdoors (67.37m/221-0)…best of 73.67m/241-8.
2002: 13th at USA Outdoors (70.66m/231-10)…14th at NCAA Outdoors (67.56m/221-8)…best of 71.82m/235-7.
2001: Best of 58.93m/193-4.

10/09/08