2021 Men's Track and Field Roster
Biography
PRONUNCIATION: COO-nin
Collegiate Honors
• All-League Second Team (2019 Decathlon, 2019 Heptathlon, 2018 Indoor High Jump)
2020-21 Season
2021 Outdoor: Took home bronze in the decathlon at the Horizon League Championships thanks to a first-place mark in the high jump and a runner-up finish in three other events... Also took sixth in the javelin with a 47.76-meter mark and 12th in the high jump at 1.89 meters... Kicked off the season at the Illinois State Redbird Invitational and competed in three events highlighted by a sixth-place finish in the javelin throw with a toss of 44.10 meters... Placed 11th at the Gibson Invitational in the decathlon behind a top mark of 48.29 meters in the javelin... Earned three top-five finishes at the Valpo Invite including a second-place mark in the javelin (45.52 meters).
2021 Indoor: Reached the podium at the Horizon League Championships with a third-place finish in the heptathlon (4,071 points)... Also placed 13th in the high jump with a mark of 1.86 meters... Opened his senior year at the home John Tierney Classic, placing third in the long jump (5.92 meters) and fifth in the shot put (11.30 meters)... Earned three top-five finishes at the Parkside Triangular on February 6, placing second in the high jump (1.83m) and fifth in the 55-meter hurdles (8.64) and shot put (11.82m)... Set a new PR in the 55-meter hurdles at Parkside on February 20, finishing in 8.44 seconds.
2019-20 Season
2020 Outdoor: Season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor: Did not compete
2018-19 Season
2019 Outdoor: Had a monster showing at the Horizon League Championships, scoring in three events to help MKE to a team runner-up finish ... was part of a 1-2-3 finish for the Panthers in the decathlon, bringing home the silver medal with 5834 points at the league meet ... also turned in a PR throw in javelin at 52.75m (173-1) - now ranking him ninth in program history - to take fourth at the conference meet, while also scoring eighth in the 110m hurdles with a PR time of 15.76 seconds ... just missed yet another scoring spot by taking ninth in high jump at his busy three days in Youngstown ... had a strong early season javelin mark of 46.80m (153-6) at the Jack Shaw Classic ... extended that PR to 49.53m (162-6) at Louisville April 27, where he also cleared a career best in high jump at 1.96m (6-5).
2019 Indoor: Turned in PRs in four of the seven events to finish with a career-best score of 4296 points in the heptathlon to bring home the silver medal at the Horizon League Championships ... also competed in high jump at the league meet, just missing a scoring spot and taking ninth ... started his junior campaign taking fifth in the heptathlon with a score of 3614 points at Illinois Jan. 26 ... competed in the 60m hurdles, high jump and long jump at the GVSU Big Meet Feb. 9 ... finished fifth in both the 60m hurdles and pole vault and sixth in shot put at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 16.
2017-18 Season
2018 Outdoor: Finished on the podium in all three events at the Horizon League Championships ... posted PRs in five of his 10 events and took third in the decathlon with a career-best score of 5371 points ... also finished sixth in high jump and seventh in javelin at the league meet ... opened up the season taking sixth in javelin and 14th in the 110m hurdles at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic Mar. 24 ... one week later, turned in a PR javelin throw of 46.20m (151-7) at the Big Blue Classic ... cleared the bar in high jump at 1.90m (6-2 3/4) for seventh place at the Gibson Invite April 7 ... in all, turned in 13 top-10 finishes on the season in all events.
2018 Indoor: Once again had a strong showing in the multi at the Horizon League Championships, taking fourth overall in the heptathlon with 4,158 points ... also competed in high jump at the conference championships, finishing league runner-up with a PR height of 1.94m (6-4 1/4) ... started the season taking fourth in high jump and 12th in the 60m hurdles at the Karl Schlender Invite Jan. 13 ... turned in PRs in both shot put (11.16m) and pole vault (2.95m) at the Parkside Classic Feb. 3 ... came in third in high jump with a height of 1.83m (6-0) at the Panther Tune-Up Feb. 17.
2016-17 Season
2017 Outdoor: Had a big performance at the league meet, taking fifth in the decathlon with 5,317 points ... also competed in high jump at the league meet ... came in fourth in the 110m hurdles and sixth in high jump with a PR height of 1.86m (6-1 1/4) at Marquette April 7 ... one week later, finished sixth in javelin, 18th in high jump and 19th in the 110m hurdles at the Benedictine Invite ... posted a PR hurdle time of 15.78 seconds at the Drake Alternative April 29.
2017 Indoor: Scored in the heptathlon at the Horizon League Championships as a freshman, taking seventh with 3,749 points ... made his collegiate debut Jan. 14 at the Karl Schlender Invite, taking sixth in high jump ... one week later, finished seventh in high jump and 11th in the 60m hurdles at the home Tierney Classic ... had a busy day at the Parkside Classic Feb. 4, placing fifth in the 55m hurdles, 10th in shot put and 12th in long jump ... finished third in pole vault and ninth in shot put at the Panther Tune-Up Jan. 18.
High School
A multi-sport athlete at Hortonville High School ... competed in track & field all four years, competing in the 110m and 300m hurdles, high jump and the 4x400m relay ... earned a berth to the state championships in the 300m hurdles as a senior ... honorable mention all-conference and was named honorable mention all-region by the Appleton Post Crescent in the same event ... also played basketball (center) and football (tight end, defensive end and kicker) all four years.
Personal
Son of Doug and Lisa Coenen ... chose Milwaukee because he really liked the tight-knit feel of the campus ... lists most memorable sports moment as breaking school 300m-hurdle record at sectionals as a senior ... volunteers with the Greenville Catfish Races ... born Dec. 31, 1997.
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