Dylan Targgart

Career Honors and Recognition
2024 Outdoor First Team All-American
2024 Indoor First Team All-American
2024 Outdoor Second Team All-SEC
2024 Indoor Second Team All-SEC
2024 Outdoor SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
2024 Indoor SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year
2024 CSC Academic All-American
2x CSC Academic All-District (2024, 2023)
3x Spring SEC Honor Roll (2024, 2023, 2022)

Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Had an indoor season to remember, throwing the shot put in six meets during the season … Finished as the bronze medalist at the NCAA Indoor Championship, throwing 19.95m (65-5.5) to earn First Team All-American honors … His third place finish at the NCAA Championship was the best finish by a Gamecock in six years in the men’s shot put … Prior to the NCAA Indoor Championship, he finished as runner-up at the SEC Indoor Championship when he threw a personal best 19.99m (65-7) to earn Second Team All-SEC honors … His throw at the SEC Indoor Championship ranks third all-time in program history … Finished Top-3 in all six meets this season and began the season with back-to-back wins in the Clemson Opener and the Gamecock Opener … Cleared 19.00m in each of his last five meets … Also excelled in the classroom as he was named 2024 Indoor SEC Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Outdoor
Competed in eight meets during the outdoor season, throwing both the shot put and the discus … Ended his season as the bronze medalist at the NCAA Outdoor Championship in the shot put (20.23m), earning his first podium finish at the championship meet and securing his first Outdoor First Team All-American honor … Advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Championship after finishing runner-up at the NCAA East Regional, throwing 19.90m (65-3.5) … Prior to the NCAA Regional, he placed third overall at the SEC Outdoor Championship after throwing 20.04m (65-9), earning a spot on the Second Team All-SEC squad … He also threw the discus at the SEC Championship, finishing 11^th overall … Finished Top 3 in each of his six shot put appearances, including winning the Tom Jones Invitational with a new personal best distance of 20.45m (67-1.25), ranking fourth longest throw in program history … Won a pair of discus appearances at the Weems Baskin Invitational (56.09m) and the Gamecock Invitational (54.95m) … His throw of 56.09m at the Weems Baskin set a new personal best in the discus and represents the 10^th longest throw in program history.

2023

Indoor

Competed in seven meets during the indoor season, competing in the shot put … Scored in the 2023 SEC Indoor Championship, finishing eighth overall with a distance of 18.62m (61-1.25) … Began his season with back-to-back wins at the Gamecock Opener (18.88m) and the Carolina Challenge (19.25m) … Also claimed two more wins at the South Carolina Invitational (19.23m) and the USC Indoor Open (18.73m) … Registered a new indoor PR in the shot put at the Tiger Paw Invite, throwing 19.26m (63-2.25) for the fifth-longest indoor shot put throw in program history.

Outdoor

Appeared in eight meets during the outdoor season, competing in the shot put and the discus … Competed at the NCAA East Regional in both the shot put and the discus, finishing 15^th in the shot put and 26^th in the discus throw … Shined at the SEC Outdoor Championship in Baton Rouge, finishing fourth in the shot put with a distance of 19.53m (64-1), while also finishing 10^th in the discus after throwing 53.23m (174-7) … Won the Weems Baskin Relays shot put after throwing 19.42m (63-8.75) … Posted back-to-back runner-up finishes in the shot put at the Florida Relays and Tom Jones Memorial, including throwing a new personal best 19.89m (65-3.25) at the Tom Jones … His throw of 19.89m officially ranks third all-time in Gamecock history … Won the USC Open discus event with a new personal best, launching 54.86m (180-0) … Also finished third in the discus at the Weems Baskin Relays … Posted a fourth-place finish in the discus at the Penn Relays, while also finishing ninth in the shot put while in Philadelphia.

2022

Indoor

Named SEC All-Freshman in his first indoor season … Competed in six events for the Gamecocks, making his South Carolina debut at the Orange and Purple Elite where he threw the shot put 17.46m (57-3.50) to place third … The next week at the Gamecock Opener, he finished runner-up with a mark of 17.86m (58-7.25) … Cleared 18m for the first time when he threw 18.21m (59-9) … Recorded his indoor shot put personal-record in the SEC Indoor Championship when he threw 18.39m (60-4) to place 10^th overall.

Outdoor

Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team for the outdoor season … Also earned a spot on the Honorable Mention All-American squad … Competed in eight outdoor meets, participating in both the shot put and the discus throw … Started the outdoor season with a third-place finish in the Tiger Track Classic shot put (17.79m/58-4.50) and sixth in discus (50.15m/164-6) … Put together a strong showing at the Weems Baskin Relays when he claimed the victory in shot put after throwing 18.57m (60-11.25) and finished third in the discus throw (52.65m/172-9) … Registered a personal-best mark in the discus at the Florida Relays when he threw 52.70m (172-11) to finish third overall … In the next meet at the Gamecock Invitational, he tallied his outdoor shot put PR when he cleared 19.02m (62-5) to capture the podium … Competed in the SEC Outdoor Championship, scoring in shot put when he finished seventh with a mark of 18.78m (61-7.50) … Qualified for both regionals and NCAA Outdoor Championship, finishing 11^th in regionals in the shot put with a mark of 18.91m (62-0.50).

2021
Indoor

Did not compete.

Outdoor

Did not appear in a Gamecock uniform.

Personal Records
Indoor

Outdoor