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Rams’ Mostafa Hassan to compete at 2017 IAAF World Championships
8/3/2017 11:52:00 AM | Track & Field
Hassan enters the IAAF World Championships as the No. 16-seeded athlete
LONDON – Colorado State rising senior Mostafa Hassan is one of 33 athletes set to compete in the shot put at the 2017 IAAF World Championships this weekend from the London Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
The 21-year-old from Cairo, Egypt is set to compete in the first round of shot put competition on Saturday, Aug. 5 at 3 a.m. MT (10 a.m. in London). Should he advance to the finals, Hassan will compete again on Sunday, Aug. 6 at 2:35 p.m. MT (8:35 p.m. in London).
Select events from the 2017 IAAF World Championships will be televised live beginning at 3 a.m. MT on Saturday on the NBC Sports Network. NBC will carry the broadcast of select events on Sunday, with coverage beginning at 12:30 p.m. MT and ending at 3 p.m. MT.
Hassan, the 2017 NCAA indoor national champion in the shot put, enters the IAAF World Championships as the No. 16-seeded athlete. He recorded his top mark of the year at the Mt. SAC Relays, winning the elite invitational section at the prestigious meet with a lifetime-best throw of 69-11 (21.31m).
Through his junior season, the four-time First-Team All-American and 2017 Academic All-American counts NCAA finishes of first (2017 indoor), second (2017 outdoor), third (2016 outdoor) and fifth (2016 indoor) among his accomplishments. Hassan has won the Mountain West shot put title four times – the second-most on the men's side in conference history – and is the No. 10 indoor shot performer in NCAA history (69-10.75/21.30m). Hassan owns the indoor and outdoor Mountain West and CSU records in the shot put.
In addition to the aforementioned honors, Hassan's accolades include candidacy for the 2017 Bowerman Award, the 2017 outdoor USTFCCCA Mountain Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year award, two Mountain West Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Year selections (2017 indoor, 2016 outdoor), four All-Mountain West honors and eight Mountain West Men's Field Athlete of the Week nods (six outdoor, two indoor).
The 21-year-old from Cairo, Egypt is set to compete in the first round of shot put competition on Saturday, Aug. 5 at 3 a.m. MT (10 a.m. in London). Should he advance to the finals, Hassan will compete again on Sunday, Aug. 6 at 2:35 p.m. MT (8:35 p.m. in London).
Select events from the 2017 IAAF World Championships will be televised live beginning at 3 a.m. MT on Saturday on the NBC Sports Network. NBC will carry the broadcast of select events on Sunday, with coverage beginning at 12:30 p.m. MT and ending at 3 p.m. MT.
Hassan, the 2017 NCAA indoor national champion in the shot put, enters the IAAF World Championships as the No. 16-seeded athlete. He recorded his top mark of the year at the Mt. SAC Relays, winning the elite invitational section at the prestigious meet with a lifetime-best throw of 69-11 (21.31m).
Through his junior season, the four-time First-Team All-American and 2017 Academic All-American counts NCAA finishes of first (2017 indoor), second (2017 outdoor), third (2016 outdoor) and fifth (2016 indoor) among his accomplishments. Hassan has won the Mountain West shot put title four times – the second-most on the men's side in conference history – and is the No. 10 indoor shot performer in NCAA history (69-10.75/21.30m). Hassan owns the indoor and outdoor Mountain West and CSU records in the shot put.
In addition to the aforementioned honors, Hassan's accolades include candidacy for the 2017 Bowerman Award, the 2017 outdoor USTFCCCA Mountain Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year award, two Mountain West Men's Track & Field Athlete of the Year selections (2017 indoor, 2016 outdoor), four All-Mountain West honors and eight Mountain West Men's Field Athlete of the Week nods (six outdoor, two indoor).
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