Michael Calhoun - TFRRS Profile
School Records: *As of 3/24/2025
1st at CSU / 6th in Big South - Indoor Shot Put - 18.17/59’ 7.5” - 2025 Big South (2/28)
5th - Indoor Weight Throw - 17.76/58’3.25” - 2023 Big South Championships (2/24-25)
1st at CSU / T6th in Big South - Outdoor Shot Put - 17.88/58’8.0” - 2025 Weems Baskin Invitational (3/24)
T10th - Outdoor Discus - 45.75m/150'1" - 2025 CSU Buc Open (3/14)
10th - Outdoor Hammer Throw – 52.32/171’8” – 2022 CSU Distance/Throws Carnival (3/11)
2025 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Named Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year and All-Academic Team ... Continued his storied career at Charleston Southern and within the Big South ... At the Big South Conference Championships (2/28-3/1), he claimed second in the shot put going for a career best 18.17m and fifth in the weight throw with a season best 16.64m ... His 12 points scored helped set up the Buccaneers second-place finish at the meet to tie their highest in program history ... His mark in the shot put at the meet broke the school record that he had held for the fourth time during this winter season and ranks as the sixth best in Big South Conference history ... Had a better performance in the shot put in all but one meet during the season, having his progression through the year be at 17.57m-17.59m-17.89m-17.56m-18.17m ... Also improved in the weight throw nearly every time out with his four performances being 16.29m-15.59m-16.44m-16.64m ... Had top finishes in the shot put all throughout the year, with second at the Gamecock Opener (1/11), sixth at the Orange and Purple Invitational (1/24-25), fourth at the Gamecock Challenge (2/1-2) and third at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational (2/14-15).
2024 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Did not compete, redshirted season.
2024 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Took third in the shot put and weight throw at the Big South Championships (2/23-24) with heaves of 16.77m (55' 0.25") and 17.18m (56' 4.5"), a season-best ... Scored a total of 12 points to help the Buccaneers tie the best finish in program history at the meet ... Competed in a total of four meets on the season, throwing in the shot put at each, taking a top three finish three times and a top ten at all four ... Had his season best in the shot put at the USC Indoor Open (2/17) with a heave of 17.28m (56' 8.5") to take second overall among the 24 competitors.
2023 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Named Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week (3/23) and to the Big South All-Academic Team ... Qualified for the shotput at the NCAA East Prelims finishing in 37
th at the meet with a best throw of 17.41m (57’1.5”) … Finished in third at the Big South Championships with a toss of 16.93m (55’ 6.5”) … Opened the year with a pair of victories at the Charleston Southern Invitational in the shotput and the hammer throw … Had a career best mark of 17.85m (58’ 6.75”) in the shotput which also marked a new school record and 6th-fastest in Big South history … In the hammer throw, he recorded a 47.53m (155’ 11”) … Also took the victory at the Mount Olive Final Qualifier (5/14) with a 17.05m (55’ 11.25”) in the shot … Had a second and third place finish in the shotput during the regular season as well coming with the third at the Tennessee Invite (4/6-8) and the second at the Meet of Champions (4/15).
2023 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Named Big South Men's Field Athlete of the Week (2/1) and to the Big South All-Academic Team ... Capped off his winter season with a pair of top three finishes in the shot put and weight throw at the Big South Championships (2/24-25) … Set a career-best in the weight throw at the meet with a throw of 17.76m (58’ 3.25”) to finish in second at the meet, ranking as the third-best throw by a CSU athlete in school history … Was third in the shotput at the meet as well with a throw of 17.23m (56’ 6.5”) … Took second at the meet from to the league championship at the USC Indoor Open (2/17) with a throw of 17.09m (56’ 1”) … Had a career-best in the indoor shot put with a 17.50m (57’ 5”) at the South Carolina Invitational (2/3-4) to finish second at it, the 8th-best in Big South history.
2022 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Participated at the NCAA East Regional but did not record a mark … Won the Shot Put with a personal best mark of 17.65m at the Charleston Southern Last Chance Qualifier … Fourth in Shot Put with a mark of 16.40m at the Big South Outdoor Championships … Tenth in Discus (44.20m) and in Hammer Throw (45.33m) at the Big South Outdoor Championships … Eighth at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a Shot Put mark of 16.25m … Third in Shot Put at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a mark of 16.34m … Won the Discus (PR of 44.40m) and Shot Put (17.07m) at the CSU Distance/Throws Carnival … Second in Hammer Throw with a personal best mark of 52.32m at the CSU Distance/Throws Carnival.
2022 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Fifth in the Shot Put with a mark of 15.94m at the Big South Indoor Championships … Seventh in the Weight Throw with a personal best mark of (16.15m) at the Big South Indoor Championships … Seventh in the Shot Put (15.08m) at the South Carolina Invitational … Second in Shot Put (15.26m) and sixth in Weight Throw (15.05m) at the Carolina Challenge.
2021 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Won the Shot Put at the CCU Chanticleer Challenge with a mark of 15.95m (52' 4") … Second in Discus (40.53m - 133') and Shot Put (14.88m - 48' 10") at SWU Susan Rouse Invite … Fifth in Shot Put at Georgia Tech Invitational with a mark of 15.60m (51' 2.25") … Set PR in both Shot Put (15.95m - 52' 4") and Hammer Throw (43.07m - 141' 4") at CCU Chanticleer Challenge … Sixth in Shot Put at Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with a mark of 15.72m (51' 7") … Sixth in Hammer Throw at SWU Susan Rouse Invitational with a mark of 43.04m (141' 3").
2021 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Third in Shot Put at Carolina Indoor Open with mark of 15.36m (50' 4/75") … Third in Shot Put at Brandt Tolsma Invitational with mark of 15.91m (52' 2.5").
High School: National Honor Society Member and American Character Award … 2019 and 2020 Indoor State Champion … Won the Virginia Commonwealth Games shotput event … Three-time All-State placer and a District and Regional champion … Personal-best mark of 55’8.5” in the shotput and competed in the state championships three times … Placed 3rd as a sophomore and 2nd as a junior while winning a state championship his senior season as an indoor athlete … Won district and regional titles in outdoor as a junior and placed 2nd in the state meet.
