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Dylan Targgart

  • position Throws
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Coldwater, Mich.
  • High school Coldwater High School
  • position Throws
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Coldwater, Mich.
  • High school Coldwater High School

Dylan Targgart Bio

Academic Highlights
2022 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
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 10th 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 11th 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

SP 18.39m/60-4 (2/26/22)

Outdoor

SP 19.02m/62-5 (4/16/22)
DT 52.70m/172-10 (4/2/22)