University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2018-19 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Darius King
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Moline, Ill.
- High School:
- Moline HS
2022 OUTDOOR: Earned First Team All-America honors with a fifth-place finish (his fourth AA honor) at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in shot put with a throw of 20.04 meters (65-9) ... was a two-time MVC champion and earned the MVC Outstanding Field Athlete Award, having won the shot put (20.24 meters / 66-5) and discus (55.75 meters / 182-11) at the MVC Championships ... qualified for both the shot put and discus at the West Preliminary Rounds ... took second in shot put at West Prelims, resetting his own school record with a mark of 20.33 meters (66-8.5) ... finished 13th in discus at West Prelims, just missing NCAA qualifications ... took seventh in the hammer throw at the MVC Championships ... broke his own school record that he set in 2021 with a throw of 20.26 meters (66-5.75) to win the Musco Twilight ... opened the outdoor season winning the Jim Duncan Invitational shot put with a throw of 19.68 meters, which put him ninth in the nation and first in the conference ... placed second in the discus with a throw of 53.88 meters at South Dakota ... placed eighth at the KT Woodman Classic in hammer with a throw of 55.53 meters ... named MVC Male Field Athlete of the Week April 20 for his win at the Jim Duncan Invite ... placed first Jim Duncan with a throw of 19.68 meters ... finished out the regular season with four consecutive MVC Male Field Athlete of the Week honors ... earned a spot on the MVC Honor Roll for a GPA of 3.2 or higher.
2022 INDOOR: Earned Second Team All-America honors with a 10th-place finish with a throw of 19.58 meters in the shot put at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, Alabama ... won shot put and set facility record with 19.56 meters and was third in weight throw with a toss of 19.48 meters at Indoor MVC Championships ... won shot put with a 19.64 meters throw and won Missouri Valley Conference athlete of the week at the Hawkeye Invitational (Jan. 15)...Placed third in shot put with a throw of 19.67m at the Husker Invitational ... won the shot put and weight throw at the Friday Knight Lights Invitational ... won shot put at ISU Classic ... earned MVC Field Athlete of the Week honors for his performance at the ISU Classic on Feb. 15 with a toss of 19.67 meters in the shot put, tying his season best mark ... earned back to back honors as the MVC Field Athlete of the Week on Feb. 22 setting a personal best in the shot put at the Badgers St. Valentines Invitational with a throw of 20.30 meters.
2021 OUTDOOR: Placed seventh with a toss of 19.69m in the shot put to earn First-Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 9-12) ... Broke the UNI outdoor shot put record with a toss of 20.14m to place second at the Gibson Invitational (April 16-17) … Cliched gold in the shot put with a toss of 20.08m and bronze in the javelin with a personal-best mark of 56.53m and discus with a mark of 52.72m at the MVC Outdoor Championships (May 14-16) … Matched the mark of 20.08m at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 26-29) to punch his ticket to the national championships … Recorded a personal-best mark of 53.70m in the discus to place fourth at the Drake Relays (April 22-24) … Notched a personal-best in the hammer throw with a toss of 58.33m to place fifth at the Tom Botts Invitational (April 9-10) … Placed first in the shot put on three separate occasions over the course of the regular season … Named the MVC Men’s Most Outstanding Field Athlete ... Honored with the State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award for his efforts in competition, in the classroom, and in the community.
2020 INDOOR: Recorded a personal best and broke the UNI, meet, and facility records with a shot put distance of 19.58m at the Jimmy Grant Invite (12/14)… Placed first in shot put at the Hawkeye Invitational (1/10)… Placed first in shot put at the Bison Team Cup (1/18)… Placed first in shot put at the Jack Jennett Open (1/23)… Placed first in shot put at the Cyclone Open (1/24)… Placed first in shot put and third in weight throw at the Black and Gold Premier (1/31)… Placed second in shot put at the Husker Invitational (2/7)… Placed first in weight throw at the Iowa State Classic (2/14)… Placed third in shot put and fifth in weight throw at the Minnesota Cold Classic (2/21)… Placed first in shot put with a distance of 19.09m and third in weight throw with a personal best of 19.87m at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/29).
2019 OUTDOOR: Finished first in the shot put at the Jim Duncan Invite (March 30)... Finished third in the discus throw, hammer throw, and javelin throw at the Jim Duncan Invite... Competed in the shot put, discus throw, and hammer throw at the Husker Spring Invitational (April 6)... Took second in the shot put and javelin throw at the Musco Twilight (April 13)... Competed in the discus throw and hammer throw at the Musco Twilight (April 13)... Finished second in teh javelin throw and third in the shot put at the Tom Botts Invite (April 20)... Competed in the discus throw and hammer throw at the Tom Botts Invite... Competed in the shot put and javelin throw at the Drake Relays (April 27)... Recorded personal-bests in the discus throw (51.70m) and the hammer throw (55.54m) at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (May3)... Won the shot put at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic... Took sixth in the shot put (17.43m), the discus throw (50.01m) and the javelin throw (50.67m) at the MVC Championship (May 12)... finished fourth in the hammer throw at the MVC Championship... Recorded a personal-best of 19.32m and an eighth place qualifying position at the NCAA DI West Regional (May 25)... Competed at the NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the shot put.
2018-19 INDOOR SEASON: Finished fourth at the Jimmy Grant Invitational in the shot put with a distance of 17.33m… Finished second at the Hawkeye Invitational in the shot put with a distance of 17.72m… Finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 17.81 at the Bison Team Cup… Finished third in the WT with a distance of 17.37m at the Jack Jennett Open, won in the shot put with a distance of 17.67m… Won at the Black & Gold Premier in the shot put with a distance of 18.04m… Finished fifth at the Iowa State Classic in the WT with a distance of 15.77m, finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 17.96m… Finished second in the shot put with a distance of 18.52m at the Badger Red & White Classic… Finished fourth at the Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships in the shot put with a distance of 18.19m… Finished third in the discus throw with a distance of 42.72m at the 2019 Jim Duncan Invitational, finished third in the hammer throw with a distance of 47.86m, finished third in the javelin throw with a distance of 47.86m, won in the shot put with a distance of 17.48m.
2018 OUTDOOR: Opened the season at the Gibson Invite where he competed in the shot, discus and hammer… Competed in the hammer, discus and shot put at the Musco Twilight (4/12). Finished third in the shot with a throw of 57-11.25… Competed in the shotput, discus, hammer and javelin at the Tom Botts (4/20-21). Finished third in the shot (58-10.25) and javelin 167-11… Took sixth in the shot put at the Drake Relays (4/25-28) with a throw of 58-3.75… Competed in the discus, hammer and Javelin at the Wisconsin Twilight (5/4) finished second in the javelin with a throw of 172-11…. Earned All-Conference honors in the javelin at the MVC Outdoor Championship with a third-place finish in the javelin on a throw of 175-11. Was sixth in the discus with a throw of 158-7, a personal best. Finished seventh in the shot put with a throw of 58-0.25… Competed in the NCAA West Regional where he finished 23rd with a throw of 58-8.
2018 Indoor: Finished first in the shot put at the Cyclone Duals (12/8) with a throw of 56-11.25. Was seventh in the weight throw with a toss 48-9… Compete at the Jim Emmerich Invite (1/20) in the shot put and weight throw… Finished third in the shot put at the Jack Jennett Open (1/25-26) with a throw 56-3. Also finished third in the weight throw with a throw of 54-4… Was second at the Mark Messersmith Invite (1/27) with a throw of 55-11.25. Competed in the weight throw… Competed in the shot and the weight throw at the SDSU Indoor Classic… Set career highs in the shot put with a throw of 60-3 for a third-place finish and 59-1.25 in the weight throw for a fifth-place finish at the Shell Shocker Meet (2/16)… Picked up a fourth-place finish in the shot put at the MVC Indoor Championship (2/24-25) with a throw of 59-7.5.
2017 INDOOR: Did not compete.
2017 OUTDOOR: Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Lettered in track and field at Moline High School ... earned fourth place at the state meet in the shot put ... is a two-time Western Big 6 Conference champion in the discus ... earned all-state in the shot put as a senior .. also selected to the all-metro team in the shot put and discus as a junior.
PERSONAL: Son of Reginald and Beverly King ... Has one sibling, Tyler ... Majoring in management at UNI.
