Maurice Harris

Photo by: David Dermer

Photo by: Jeff Harwell

Event:
Throws
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Toledo, Ohio
High School:
St. Francis de Sales

Results

2019 Indoor: Competed in six meets for Akron, including earning third- and fifth-place finishes in the shot put and weight throw at the Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 22-23)...led by a season-best mark of 56-8 (17.27m) in the shot put at the MAC Championships, posted five top-10 performances in the event...recorded a season-best mark of 63-0.25 (19.21m) to finish third in the weight throw at the Akron Invitational (Feb. 2)...won the shot put (55-6.25/16.92m) and weight throw (60-8.50/18.50m) on Senior Night at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 15).

2018 Outdoor: Appeared in eighth meets for Akron, including placing third in the discus (159-11/48.74m), third in the hammer (174-0/53.05m) and seventh in the shot put (52-6.50/16.01m) at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 10-12)...an NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier (May 11) in the discus finishing 36th with a mark of 158-3 (48.23m)...posted seven top-10 performances in both the discus and shot put on the campaign and six in the hammer...recorded a season-best mark of 179-8 (54.76m) to place ninth in the discus at the Texas Relays (March 30), while finishing 10th in the shot put (49-1/49.96m)...won the hammer with a mark of 187-3 (57.07m) at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5), while adding a season-best throw of 189-0 (57.60m) to place sixth at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 23)...registered a season-best mark of 54-11.25 (16.74m) at the Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 5).

2018 Outdoor Accolades: NCAA East Preliminary Round Qualifier (Outdoor Discus).

2018 Indoor: Competed in six meets for the Zips...earned fifth- and seventh-place finishes in the shot put and weight throw at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 23-24) with marks of 54-6.75 (16.63m) and 56-11.25 (17.35m), respectively...posted six top-five efforts in the shot put and four in the weight throw...recorded a season-best mark of 57-1 (17.40m) to place second in the shot put at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 16)...registered a season-best throw of 62-7.25 (19.08m) to finish second at the Kent State Dual (Jan. 19).

2017 Outdoor: Garnered third-, fourth- and fourth-place finishes at the Mid-American Conference Championships (May 11-13) in the shot put (54-7.50/16.65m), hammer (178-11.50/54.55m) and discus (171-8/52.33m)...posted six top-10 performances in the discus on the campaign and four each in the hammer and shot put...placed second in the discus (171-0/52.12m) and fifth in the hammer (177-1/53.98m) at the Spec Towns Invitational (April 7/8)...finished third in the discus at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 25) with a season-best mark of 172-4 (52.52m), while placing fourth in the discus at the Bobcat Invitational (March 30) and Campbell/Wright Invitational (May 6) with throws of 172-4 (52.52m) and 169-11.75 (51.81m)...finished eighth in shot put at Spec Towns Invitational (April 8) with toss of 51-9.75 (15.79m)...recorded season-best mark of 181-3 (55.25m) en route to placing third in the hammer at the Roadrunner Invitational (March 24)...2017 Indoor: Finished third at the Mid-American Conference Championships (Feb. 24-25) in the weight throw with a season-best mark of 62-3.50 (18.99m), while also placing seventh in the shot put with a toss of 53-10.75 (16.43m)...recorded five top-10 performances on the campaign in the weight throw and four in the shot put.

2015-16: Outdoor: Finished fourth, eighth and 10th, respectively, at the Mid-American Conference Championships in the discus (May 14), hammer throw (May 12) and shot put (May 13) with marks of 180-6 (55.02m), 173-2.25 (52.78m) and 52-11 (16.13m)...placed 22nd at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 27) in the discus with a throw of 176-8 (53.84m)...his throw of 180-6 in the discus at the MAC Championships represented the fifth-best throw in program history...had seven top-10 efforts in the discus...placed 12th in the discus at the Texas Relays (April 1) with a mark of 157-6 (48.02m)...finished seventh in the hammer at the Ricardo Romo Invitational (March 25) with a throw of 166-5 (50.72m)...turned in season-best mark of 173-2.25 (52.78) in the hammer at the MAC Championship, while placing fourth in the shot put at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 30) with a season-long mark of 53-1.75 (16.20m)...Indoor: Placed 10th and 11th, respectively, in the weight throw and shot put at the Mid-American Conference Championships with marks of 56-10 (17.33m) and 50-2 (15.29m)...finished fifth in the weight throw at the Zips Invitational (Feb. 19) and Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 16) registering marks of 53-11 (16.45m) and a season-best throw of 57-8.25 (17.58m)...recorded season-long mark of 53-0.25 (16.16m) in shot put at Penn State National (Jan. 30).

2014-15: Indoor: Did not compete...Outdoor: An NCAA East Preliminary Round qualifier in the discus registering a throw of 162-10 to place 46th...placed fifth and 12th at the Mid-American Conference Championship in the discus (171-3) and shot put (50-4.75)...captured discus titles at the Raleigh Relays (March 27) and Ashland Alumni Open (April 25) with marks of 164-8 and 164-8...recorded the fifth-best throw in program history in the discus at the Longhorn Invitational (May 2) with a mark of 175-11...turned in a career-best throw of 158-3 in the hammer at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 24)...garnered three top-10 finishes in the shot put, including seventh at the Ashland Alumni Open (April 25)...earned seven top-10 performances in the discus.

Personal: Majoring in graphic design...son of Greta Harris.