Tye Carter
2017 OUTDOOR (So.)
Finished in second place in the javelin at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/28), with a mark of 48.18 meters (158-1 ft.) … Earned a fourth-place finish in the javelin at the Kansas Relays (4/19-22) with a throw of 49.17 meters (161-4).
2017 INDOOR (R-Fr.)
Did not compete.
2016 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Threw to a fifth-place finish in the javelin during his first collegiate meet at the Kansas Relays (4/23) with a mark of 51 meters (167-4 ft.).
2016 INDOOR (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
HIGH SCHOOL
Only competed for the track team in his senior year at Lawrence Free State HS … Won Kansas 6A state javelin title in 2015 with a mark of 58.44 meters (191-9 ft.) … Broke the school javelin record at the 2015 Seaman Relays with his toss of 58.88 meters (193-2 ft.) … Claimed the 2015 Sunflower League title by way of a 56.00-meter (183-9 ft.) throw … Also competed for the three-time district champion football team, earning honorable mention all-county accolades as a wide receiver and honorable mention all-conference considerations as a punter.
PERSONAL
Son of Hugh and Colby Carter … Has two siblings, Cole (23) and the late Rees Carter … Has four relatives who attended KU … Father, Hugh, played baseball at Kansas City Kansas Community College … Grandfather, Ed Carter, played football at Pittsburg State (Kan.) … Undecided on major.
