Nate Rolfe (Inglemoor HS, Kenmore, WA; California; Georgia)

Nate Rolfe
Throws - Throws

Height: 6-2

Senior

Previous Schools
Inglemoor
UC-Berkeley
Previous Experience

Hometown
Kenmore, Wash.











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2009: Indoor – Took second in the weight throw (61 feet, 7 1/2) at the Carle/Health Classic.


2008: Outdoor – Took seventh in the discus with a season-best mark of 172 feet, 3 inches at the NCAA East Regionals...finished sixth in the hammer (207-4) at the SEC Championships...also took ninth in the discus (171) at the SEC meet... named to the SEC Men’s Good Works Team for his dedication to the community...finished as the top collegiate finisher in both the hammer (202-2) and the discus (170-1) with two regional qualifying marks at the Georgia Invitational...was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) in the hammer at the Bulldog Limited and finished second in the discus with his first regional mark of the season in the event (171-10).... took second in the hammer (a regional qualifying 213-7) at the Spec Towns Invitational...captured his second straight win in the hammer with a mark of 211-11 at the Jim Click Invitational...won the hammer at the season-opening Yellow Jacket Invitational with a regional qualifying effort of 210-6.


2008: Indoor – Tallied a season-best and NCAA provisional qualifying effort of 67 feet, 1 ¼ inches to finish second at the VT Last Chance meet...was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) at the Virginia Tech Elite with a provisional qualifying mark of 66-3.75...captured his second straight victory in the weight throw after unleashing a provisional qualifying effort of 66-4.50 at the Tom Jones Memorial Classic...won the weight throw at the Clemson Invitational with a mark of 63-10.25.

2007: Outdoor – Competed in a pair of events at the NCAA Championships, earning an All-American certificate in the hammer (8 th – 213 feet) and taking 19th in the prelims of the discus (180 feet, 6 inches)...took fourth in the discus (181-8) and eighth in the hammer (201-8) at the NCAA East Regional...finished third in both the discus (183-11) and the hammer (214-11) at the SEC Championships...had the second-longest hammer throw of his career (216) to take fourth at the Drake Relays...was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) in the hammer at the UC San Diego Invitational with a mark of 213-9...won the discus (183-6) and set a new personal-best mark (No. 8 in school history) in the hammer (216-8) to be the top amateur finisher (second overall) at the Spec Towns Invitational...had an effort of 187-2 to break into the top 10 (ninth) in the discus at the Texas Relays...finished fourth in the hammer with a mark of 210-9 at the Texas Relays...shot to the No. 9 spot in the Georgia record books after being the first amateur finisher (second overall) in the hammer with an effort of 211-3 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational...finished first in the discus at the Yellow Jacket Invitational after recording a throw of 181-1...won the hammer (210-4) and the discus (178-4) with a pair of regional marks at the Alabama Relays...won the Georgia Relays in the discus with a personal-best effort of 191-11 and moved to the No. 2 spot in the school record books...was the top collegiate finisher (second overall) in the hammer at the Georgia Relays with an effort of 209-2.
Indoor - Joined the Bulldogs before the season and advanced to the NCAA Championships in the weight throw...exploded for a career-long weight throw of 67 feet, 7 inches at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet, which broke him into the NCAA meet's field and gave him the seventh-longest effort in Georgia history...made an immediate impact for the Bulldogs after finishing third at the Southeastern Conference Championships in the weight with a mark of 66-5...finished fourth in the weight at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of 63-9.75...came away with the top amateur finish (second overall) in the weight with a mark of 62-5.25 at the Carolina Invitational...won the weight at the Diet Pepsi Invitational with a throw of 63-3.25...jumpstarted his career with the Bulldogs by notching an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 64-0.25 to take fifth in the weight at the McCravy Memorial...in a rare indoor discus competition, he managed a fifth-place finish with an effort of 183-2.

College: Three-time Track & Field News All-American...Personal-best of 186 feet, 10 inches in the discus, 207-3 in the hammer and 54-7 in the shot put...All-American freshman recruiting class was ranked No. 1 by Track & Field News.
High School: All-American in the discus as a junior and senior and in the hammer as a senior (2004)...Four-time state champion...Personal-best of 206-2 in the discus, 60-1 in the shot put and 237-5 in the hammer...Washington state track and field champion as a junior and senior...Also played football for his last three years at Inglemoor....Father, Bruce Rolfe, coached him in high school.

Personal: Born Oct. 28, 1985...Son of Bruce Rolfe, who threw the discus at Oregon, and Alison Faulkner...Grandfather, Harley Rolfe, played football at Wabash...Majoring in Psychology.

Courtesy Georgia