NEW ORLEANS, La. – Junior Ethan Carpenter (Leonardtown, Md./Leonardtown) garnered U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Outdoor Track & Field All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors in the discus throw Wednesday afternoon (June 22).
 
To earn All-Region distinction, an individual must finish in the Top 5 of their respective event.
 
Carpenter came in second in the Mid-Atlantic Region in the discus throw with his school record-setting distance of 46.77m at the 2022 All-Atlantic Region Track & Field Conference (AARTFC) Outdoor Championships hosted by Moravian College on May 18-19. He finished seventh in the event at the AARTFC Championships.
 
"Ethan had a great day with a huge PR. Proud of how he was able to step up and put it all out there," second-year head coach Reava Potter said.
 
The 6-3 thrower qualified for the AARTFC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the hammer throw on March 19 at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational with his school record mark of 50.15m while earning an automatic spot in the discus with a then-school record mark of 42.65m on April 23 at the Johns Hopkins University/Loyola (Md.) University Invitational.
 
Carpenter earned three All-Coast-To-Coast (C2C) Athletic Conference honors as he claimed championship titles in the discus (42.56m) and shot put (13.68m) at the 2022 C2C Outdoor Championships on May 6-7 for All-C2C First Team honors while taking third in the hammer with a throw of 47.35m.
 
He finished with eight school records this season – five in the discus throw, two in shot put, and one in the hammer throw.
 
The 2022 campaign marked the second season of the men's outdoor track & field program. St. Mary's College placed third at the inaugural Seahawk Invitational while finishing fifth at the 2022 C2C Men's Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
 
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