2017-18 Men's Cross Country/Track & Field Roster
Biography
Personal Bests
Shot Put: 48' 2" (2016, Indoor)
Discus: 121' 9" (2015, Outdoor)
Weight Throw: 42' 3.25" (2016, Indoor)
2015-16
Indoor Track
He started the season at the 30th Brown University Alden Invitational with a personal best weight throw mark of 42' 3.25" and finished in 9th place... At the Tufts Invite #1 his 45' 8.5" shot put mark was good enough for 4th place... A 48' 1.25" shot put mark at the Boston University Mulit Team Meet netted him 5th place... At the 2016 America East Indoor Championships he came in 11th for his shot put mark of 45' 5.25".. He also finished 11th at the 48th NEICAAA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a personal best shot put mark of 48' 2"...
2014-15
Indoor Track
During the indoor track season he threw for a distance of 12.26 meters for the weight throw at the Dartmouth Indoor Classic, which was good enough for 23rd … His highest placing was at the Boston University Multi-Team Meet where he finished in the top ten for both shot put (fifth) and the weight throw (ninth) … In the America East Indoor Track and Field Championship, Perry finished 13th for the shot put with a distance of 13.59 meters
Outdoor Track
The spring campaign was very good to Mroz, where his best performance of the season came at the Jim Sheehan Invitational where he won the shot put throw with a distance of 14.53 meters … At the UMass Pre-Conference Meet 2015 he threw a distance of 14.59 meters in shot put, earning him a fifth place finish … His personal best in discus throw came at the Brown Invitational for a distance of 37.10 meters
2013-14
Outdoor Track
Had two events in the spring of the 2014 outdoor track campaign and finished in the top 15 of both … At the George Davis Invitational Track and Field Meet, Perry Competed in the Shot put and finished 13th with a distance with 12.56 meters … At the 1st Annual Mark Young Invitational, Mroz finished 12th in the shot put with the season high of 13.33 meters
Amesbury High School: Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Captain, junior and senior year … Outdoor track and field record for shot put at 55’1.5”… MVP Outdoor/Indoor Track, junior and senior year…Indoor 4x200 relay record sophomore year … Member of the National Honor Society
Personal: Son of Timothy Mroz and Susan Marraffa … Lists the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins and Team USA as his favorite sports teams … Hobbies include writing, music and video games … Lists Ancient Aliens, Game of Thrones and the Walking Dead as is his favorite television programs … His favorite sport figures and influences are Tedy Bruschi and East German thrower Ulf Timmerman … Chose UMass Lowell because of its “convenience and quality” … His favorite memory is breaking his high school’s shot put record by almost two feet with his first legal throw at All-State Meet his senior year … Majoring in English with a minor in Italian.
Historical Player Information
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2014-15Sophomore
Throws
0 lbs
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2015-16Junior
Throws
6'"
235 lbs
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2016-17Senior
Throws
6'"
235 lbs
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2017-18Graduate Student
Throws
6'"
235 lbs