Wheaton College (MA)

EVENT RESULTS/TOP PERFORMANCES

2025 SEASON: Selected to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-America First Team ... Tabbed to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association East Region Field Athlete of the Year ... Named to the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-East Region Team ... Selected to the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference First Team ... Named New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Men's Track & Field Rookie of the Year ... Was named the first All-America selection for the Lyons since 2012, while also becoming the first student-athlete in program history to earn All-America status for the javelin throw ... Became the first student-athlete in school history to win the National Championship in the javelin with a first-place finish at the NCAA Division III National Championship at SPIRE Institute in Geneva, Ohio. on May 22 ... Also was the first Lyon to earn an outdoor national championship since Wheaton won the Division III crown in both the 4X100 and 4X400-meter relays in 2010 ... Became the first individual national champion since Dan Olson captured first place in the high jump at the 2004 national title meet ... Appeared in nine meets on the season ... Made his collegiate debut recording a career-best distance of 12.80 meters in the shot put to finish in sixth place at the Reggie Popyau Invitational at Brandeis University on January 18 ... Finished in first place in all four javelin events that he competed in on the season ... Placed first in the javelin throw of 62.49 meters, which shattered the previous school record of 55.85 meters in his first collegiate victory at the Sean Collier Invitational at Massachusetts Institute of Technology ... Broke the school record again in the javelin during his next meet with a throw of 66.53 meters to finish in first place at the New England Women's & Men's Athletic Conference Championship ... Won the javelin throw with a toss of 60.67 meters at the Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza at Williams College ... Made school history winning the javelin throw at the NCAA Division III National Championship on May 22 ... His javelin throw 67.97 meters is currently a program record, while also ranking 25th all-time as the longest throw in NCAA Division III history.

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from The Wheeler School in 2024 ... Three-year letterwinner in track & field and basketball in addition to earning four letters in soccer for the Warriors ... Named the Eastern Independent League Athlete of the Year and the New England Prep School Track Association Athlete of the Year for TWS track & field ... Named a New Balance National Champion as a senior for The Wheeler School track & field ... Posted an undefeated season as a senior and was ranked as the number one thrower in New England for the Warriors' track & field program ... Set the record in the shot put for the NEPSTA, the EIL and TWS track & field ... Earned the Top Leader Award in 2021 for Boy Scouts of America.

PERSONAL: Born June 22, 2006 ... Undecided on major at Wheaton ... Son of Louise Sloan and Albert Farinha ... Would like to pursue a spot competing at the 2028 Olympic Games.