* All-American (Javelin, 9th, 2002)
* All-Time Mizzou Top Five
* All-Big 12 (Javelin, 2001)
* Two-Time Academic All-American (2002, 2003)
Career Best:
Javelin Throw ... 228-4 ... Finish: 9th
at NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships,
May 2002
2004:
Outdoor: NCAA Regional Qualifier after season best javelin toss of 218-1 (66.47m) at Indiana's Billy Hayes Classic ... placed sixth at the NCAA Mideast Regional (63.55m, 208-6) ... scored event championships at the Billy Hayes Classic and Tom Botts Invitational ... placed 15th at the Big 12 Championships.
2003:
Outdoor: Season best mark of 217-1 came with a third place showing at the Florida Relays ... placed 10th at the Big 12 Championships ... NCAA Regional Qualifier.
2002:
Outdoor: All-American in the javelin, throwing a personal-best mark of 228-4 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to place him ninth ... placed 12th at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships ... won the javelin at the Missouri Relays ... his provisional mark of 226-7 was good for third place at the Emporia State University Twilight Qualifier.
2001:
Outdoor: All-conference in the javelin, throwing 199-11 at the Big 12 Championships ... a season-high throw of 219-9 at the Emporia State Invitational ... threw 218-0 for a victory at the Penn State Invitational ... runner-up at the Missouri Relays and third at both the San Diego State Aztec Classic and the Tom Botts Invitational.
2000:
Outdoor: Redshirt season.
High School:
Recorded the best high school throw in the nation with a mark of 240-9 in 1999 ... two-time Kansas state champion in the javelin ... AAU national champion and high school all-American in 1999 ... part of 1996 state champion football team ... helped team to a state track and field championship in 1997.
Personal:
Son of Charles & Kathy File ... majored in agriculture ... older brother, Darin, was a three-time Javelin all-American at Mizzou and currently holds the all-time javelin record for the Tigers ... graduated from Mizzou in 2004 with a degree in Agricultureborn October 18, 1980 in Beloit, Kan.
