Tyler Stone is already in the Mexico school record books but doesn’t want to stop there.
The Mexico senior has the boys javelin record of 45.67 meters and signed to throw javelin for Columbia …
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Tyler Stone is already in the Mexico school record books but doesn’t want to stop there.
The Mexico senior has the boys javelin record of 45.67 meters and signed to throw javelin for Columbia College during a ceremony on March 19 in the Mexico Sports Complex. Stone set the record in his final three meets of last season, ending with districts.
Stone plans on studying business management and had many other reasons for picking Columbia College. He said he participated in a summer entrepreneurship program at Harvard last summer. Ultimately, Stone decided to stay close to home.
“I wanted something smaller and more local so I could see my family,” Stone said. “I’m a big family guy. My best friend, Alex Rowan, goes there. I really like the coaches, and I met some of the team just because I’ve been on campus before with Alex. They’re all great guys.”
Rowan went to Mexico and was on the boys 4x100-meter team that set the school-record time of 43.29 in 2023. He then went to Moberly before signing with Columbia College track and field.
As for Stone’s record, he set it after making big progress during his junior season. Stone started in the long jump as a freshman and into sophomore year and admitted to not being that good but then took up javelin as a sophomore.
Stone joked that javelin appealed to him because it was like “primal hunting” but mainly thought it was a good fit for him. He said he had a college coach tell him that he might be good at discus and that he is considering doing sprints in the indoor season when there isn’t javelin. However, javelin is going to be his main focus after the fundamentals “finally clicked” for him.
“I feel like it’s clicking even more right now exponentially,” Stone said. “It’s a lot with the hips. I’ve been working on my block leg this season.”
Head coach Buck Green said Stone really did figure the javelin out late last season, which gives him a whole season to accomplish even bigger things. Green said Stone is likely to break his school record even more times before graduation.
The school record is within reach, according to Stone, but he has his sights set on an even higher goal. The New Balance Nationals Outdoor Meet takes place June 18-21 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Nike Outdoor Nationals happens June 18-22 in Eugene, Oregon. Stone said he has consistently been throwing his personal-best distance in practice already and said he made a 10-meter improvement throughout last season so nationals are within reach.
“A big PR for me would be 55 meters so I could go to nationals,” Stone said. “The 55 is the standard for Nike nationals and New Balance nationals. If I break 55, I will automatically be qualified to go to those. That’s what I want to do.”
