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2023 Men's Track and Field Roster

Gracien Jules

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Canefield, Dominica
  • Highschool Wayland Academy

Biography

Collegiate Honors
• 2022 All-Academic Honorable Mention (Outdoor)
• 2022 All-Academic Honorable Mention (Indoor)
• 2022 All-League First Team (Indoor Shot Put)
• 2021 All-League Second Team (Indoor Shot Put)

• 2019 All-League Second Team (Outdoor 4x100m Relay)
• League Athlete of the Week (2/9/21, 5/4/21)

2021-22 Season
2022 Outdoor: Scored in all three throws events at the Horizon League Championships, placing fourth in the shot put (15.26m), fourth in the hammer throw (52.04m), and fifth in the discus (49.67m) ... opened outdoor at the Redbird Invite, earning runner-up finish in the shot put along with a third in the discus (season-best 53.21m) and fifth in the hammer throw ... finished second in the discus and third in the shot put the following week at the Texas A&M 44 Farms Invite ... posted a pair of third-place finishes April 14 at the Warrior Invite ... at the Illini Invite on April 23, placed fourth in both the hammer (56.12m) and shot put (season-best 17.56m) and fifth in the discus ... at the Valparaiso Open won the discus (50.47m) and shot put (15.82m) while placing second in the hammer throw (54.63m).

2022 Indoor: Claimed the Horizon League Championship in the shot put, throwing a personal-best 17.60m ... added a fourth-place finish in the weight throw, tossing 17.14m ... opened indoor season at the Hawkeye Invite, placing fifth in the shot put at 16.91m on January 15 ... won the shot put the following weekend at the John Gartland Invite at 17.46m and placed 13th in the weight throw ... at the Tierney Classic on January 29, finished first in the shot put and third in the weight throw ... took third in the shot put and fifth in the weight throw February 5 at the Red Hawk Invite ... recorded a fourth-place mark the next week ... prior to the conference championships, placed seventh in the weight throw and ninth in the shot put at the St. Valentine's Invite.


2020-21 Season
2021 Outdoor: Had an impressive weekend at the Horizon League Championships, scoring in three events... Reached the podium, placing third in the shot put with a mark of 15.80 meters... Finished fourth in the discus with a career-best mark of 47.91 meters... Also placed fifth in the hammer throw at 50.12 meters, another career-best... Opened the outdoor season at the Green and White Invite placing in the top three in the shot put (1st, 16.26 meters), discus (2nd, 46.93 meters), and hammer throw (3rd, 47.75 meters)... Won the shot put at the Valpo Invitational with a 16.50-meter throw... Placed fifth in the hammer throw (48.66 meters) at Valparaiso on May 1.

2021 Indoor: Scored for the Panthers in both the shot put and weight throw at the Horizon League Championships... Earned a silver medal in the shot put with a mark of 16.23 meters... Placed fifth in the weight throw, reaching 16.75 meters... Opened the year at the home John Tierney Classic and placed second with a toss of 16.01 meters in the shot put... Claimed two titles at the Parkside Triangular on February 6, with a pair of career-best throws... Reached 16.55 meters in the shot put which is fifth all-time on the program's top-10 list... Also recorded a 17.43-meter throw in the weight throw which is sixth all-time for the Panthers... Also won the shot put title at the Panther Tune-Up (16.28 meters) while placing third in weight throw (17.26 meters). 


2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor: Capped his first year off placing fifth in shot put (15.96m) and sixth in weight throw with a PR mark of 15.98m (52-5 1/4) at the Horizon League Championships ... opened the season, taking sixth in shot put (14.90m) and eighth in weight throw (14.17m) at Gene Edmonds, Jan. 10 ... one week later, placed third in shot put at the Tierney Classic home opener, Jan. 18 (15.08m) ... also competed in shot put at the Illini Invite, Jan. 24, with a toss of 14.39m (47-2 1/2) ... placed 17th in shot put at the prestigious Meyo Invite, Feb. 7 (15.47m) ... finished third in shot put (15.92m) at the GVSU Big Meet, Feb. 14, and was 18th in weight throw (13.82m) ... grabbed an event win in shot put at the Panther Tune Up, Feb. 22, with a big PR throw of 16.04m (52-7 1/2), which ranks 10th in program history ... also took eighth in weight throw at the Tune Up (14.53m) 


High School
Played four sports in high school ... competed in track & field for three years ... shot put state champion in 2019 ... finished third in shot put as a junior ... placed third as a senior and fifth as a junior at state in discus ... qualified for state in triple jump ... two-time conference athlete of the year ... personal bests of 56' 9.25" in shot put and 171' 10" in discus ... played football for two years ... named to honorable mention ... played soccer for one year ... named to honorable mention ... also played basketball for one year ... named to Head of School's List for three years ... all-academic for three years 

Personal
Parents are Hillarian and Deirdre Jules ... chose Milwaukee because it has a "strong track & field program and a very good engineering program" ... lists most memorable sports experience as "winning state shot put competition on the final throw" ... career goal is to become a mechanical engineer and college track & field coach ... hobbies include cooking, baking, and watching sports ... born July 7, 1999 in Goodwill, Dominica

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2021Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2022Junior

    5'11"
  • 2023Senior

    Throws
    5'11"