Researching Andrew Evans
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 130866 people with the Evans surname? In that year Evans was ranked number 8 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Andrew means "Manly" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Andrew Evans on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Andrew Evans and the Evans Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 162676 people with the Evans surname in the UK? Evans is now ranked number 8 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 428393 people with the Evans surname in the USA? Evans is ranked number 42 for popularity in the USA. |
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Andrew Evans (discus thrower)
Andrew Evans (born January 25, 1991) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw.
Born to Lawrence and Laura Evans he grew up in Portage, Michigan. He competed in ice hockey, American football and discus at high school.
As a sophomore, 2007, Andrew finished as MI MHSAA D1 State Discus Runner-Up with a throw of 162'5". He also finished as All-State in Shot Put his sophomore year with a throw of 52'10.75".
He is two time MHSAA Division 1 State Discus Champion (2008 - 180'8" & 2009 - 182'10") from Portage Northern High School, MI. He finished as State Runner-Up in Shot Put in 2008 - 60'4" - & 2009 - 57'9.75", The PN T&F team finished 2nd in the State of Michigan D1 championship in 2009.
He made his international debut at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, taking tenth place. After a period at Kalamazoo Valley Community College he went on to attend the University of Kentucky from 2011 and took part in competitions with the Kentucky Wildcats team.
He was the winner of the discus at the Southeastern Conference outdoor championships in 2012 and 2014, finishing runner-up in the interim. At the NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships he was seventh in 2012 and improved to third in 2013. In his final year, he fell back to 14th place, however.
Leaving college and turning professional, he entered the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships and took third place. He failed to obtain the qualifying standard for the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, however. Both he and Russ Winger contested the final place at the 2015 NACAC Championships in Athletics and it ultimately went to Winger, with Evans being the silver medalist at the NACAC meet.
He achieved the Olympic standard in April 2016 with a new personal record of . At age 25 he made his first American Olympic team with a third-place finish at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, finishing behind Mason Finley and Tavis Bailey.
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