Greg Bombara Track and Field Roster

AS A FRESHMAN: Competed exclusively in the javelin throw during the outdoor season … pieced together an impressive freshman campaign kicked off the season with a second-place showing at the Bobcat Invitational (59.61m) … placed sixth a week later at the Stanford Invitational (57.22m) … took the top spot at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge with a personal-best toss of 64.65m, the third-best mark in program history … took third at the Georgia Tech Invitational (52.82m) … placed fourth at the Jesse Owens Track Classic (58.79m) … placed eighth at the ACC Outdoor Championships amid an extremely competitive field (59.03m) … wrapped the season in the national semifinals at the NCAA East Preliminaries, placing 42nd (57.11m) … earned a monogram.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL: Graduated from Simsbury High School (Simsbury, Conn.) in the spring of 2014 … placed second in the javelin throw at the Connecticut state track & field championships as both a junior and senior … also lettered in football … born to Chris and Beth Bombara in Hartford, Conn. … has two sisters, Sarah and Krista … enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business.