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2013 Indoor: Won his first meet with the Bulldogs after reaching 61 feet, 4 ¼ inches at the Auburn Invite...Picked up a personal-best mark of 62-6.75 for second place in the shot put at the Razorback Invite...Finished in second at the Akron Invite with a top effort of 60-4...Hit a personal-best mark of 62-10 to win the shot at the VT Elite Meet...Reached 62-5.75 for third place in the shot put at the SEC Championships...Competed at his first NCAA Championships as a Bulldog and took 10th for a Second Team All-America certificate after reaching 60-7.75.
2012 Two-Time ACC Outdoor Champion (shot put, discus)
Virginia (2012): Indoor - Earned Second Team All-American honors in the shot put...Finished second at the ACC Championships and was named to the All-ACC team...Set a school indoor record with a mark of 62 feet, 1 inch. Outdoor - Won ACC titles in both the shot put and discus and was named the MVP Field Performer...Personal-best mark of 64-0.25, which is a UVA outdoor record, (shot put) and 179-11 (discus).
High School: Five-time national champion (four indoor titles and one USATF Junior Nationals championship)...Eight-time All-American in the shot put...Named 2010 Track & Field News Indoor Athlete of the Year...Holds national freshman, sophomore and junior indoor and outdoor class records in the shot as well as the 14-, 15-, 16-year-old age class records...Captured eight New Jersey Meet of Championships titles in the shot and one in the discus...Only American to be a four-time individual champion at the Penn Relays and a two-time MVP at the meet...Four-time New Jersey Gatorade Athlete of the Year...Eastern Track's Male Athlete of the Year...Finished fourth at the 2010 IAAF World Junior (U-19) Championships at only 17...High school personal best of 75-10.25, which is a New Jersey state outdoor record, (shot) and 186-4 (discus)...Also owns New Jersey state indoor record in the shot (71-9.50)...Recorded a national record 96 throws over 70 feet and is the No. 3 U.S. thrower outdoors in U.S. high school history...Six-time Star-Ledger Athlete of the Year for New Jersey and three-time Dailey Record Athlete of the Year for Morris County...NJEA/News 12 Scholar Athlete of the Year...Morris County Male Scholar Athlete of the Year...Member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born April 16, 1993...Son of Michelle and Victor Vena...Intended major of Health and Physical Education.
