Rojé Stona - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Rojé Stona

RS Sr../ -- | 6-6 | Throws | Montego Bay, Jamaica | St. Jago HS / Clemson

Honors

  • 2023 NCAA Outdoor Silver | Discus
  • Competed in 2023 World Athletics Championships
  • 2023 Jamaica Championships Silver | Shot Put & Discus
  • 2023 SEC Outdoor Gold | Discus, meet record
  • 2023 SEC Indoor Bronze | Shot Put

(2022-23)
Outdoor: Qualified for World Athletics Championships in discus … Competing in qualifying round in Budapest, Hungary, placed 20th with mark of 205-7 (62.67) … Earned a pair of silver medals at the Jamaican Championships with marks of 62-2.6 (18.96) and 216-3 (65.92) …

NCAA silver medalist in discus with mark of 215-1 (65.55) … SEC champion in discus with career best and meet record of 225-2 (68.64), becoming the first Razorback to claim SEC title in discus … On all-time collegiate list ranks No. 2 performer with the No. 3 performance and moved to No. 2 on Jamaican all-time list … The previous SEC meet record of 213-9 (65.15) was set in 1985 by Kentucky’s Mike Buncic … Advanced to NCAA Championships with a 215-0 (65.54) effort at NCAA West Preliminary round, which ranked second overall … Runner-up in discus with UA record toss of 218-8 (66.64) at Mt. SAC Relays, bettering the previous school record of 205-4 (62.60) set by Scott Lofquist in 1982 … Won LSU Invitational with a mark of 219-10 (67.02) to improve his UA record and bettered the qualifying standard of 67 meters for the World Athletics Championships … Earned SEC Field Athlete of the Week three consecutive weeks … In shot put, placed fifth at SEC with 63-11.75 (19.50) and placed 14th in NCAA Championships with a 63-10.5 (19.47) … Advanced to NCAA Outdoor with a 65-3.25 (19.89) in the NCAA West Preliminary round … Opened outdoor campaign with runner-up finish 62-11.5 (19.19) at Stanford Invitational which bettered his previous outdoor best of 60-6 (18.44) while at Clemson … Improved career best to 65-10.5 (20.08) in winning shot put at John McDonnell Invitational.

Indoor: SEC bronze medalist in shot put with a career best toss of 65-6 (19.96) that ranks No. 3 on UA all-time list … Part of a throws group that scored 16 points in the shot put as Arkansas claimed team title … Razorback debut came in Arkansas Invitational, placing third in shot put with mark of 59-1.5 (18.02) … Improved to 62-7.75 (19.09) to place fourth at Razorback Invitational … Also finished fourth in New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a mark of 63-6 (19.35) that equaled the career best he set at Clemson … Improved then PR to 64-5.75 (19.65) for fourth place at Tyson Invitational … Finished 13th in NCAA Indoor with mark of 63-7 (19.38).

College | Clemson
2022 – Runner-up in discus at Jamaica Championships (64.40) … Finished sixth at Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, with a mark of (62.15) …

Silver medalist in ACC Championships with a discus mark of 200-3 (61.03) … Topped the NCAA East Preliminary round with a toss of 207-7 (63.28) … Placed ninth at NCAA Championships, earning second-team All-America with a throw of 193-1 (58.85) … Established a career best of 213-7 (65.11) as runner-up at Penn Relays, where he also finished fourth in shot put with a career best of 60-6 (18.44) … Claimed Florida Relays title with a 198-11 (60.63) and Texas Relays title with a 197-10 (60.31) …

Indoors, bronze medalist in shot put with a career best of 63-6 (19.35) at ACC Indoor Championships … Posted wins at Hokie Invitational (62-9.5 | 19.14) and Clemson Orange and Purple Elite (60-1 | 18.31).

2021 – NCAA silver medalist in discus with a mark of 203-2 (61.94) … ACC silver medalist in discus (198-9 | 60.58) … Finished fourth in NCAA East Preliminary round (199-3 | 60.73) … Won discus titles at FSU Relays (199-8 | 60.87), Florida Relays (196-9 | 59.98), ACU Twilight (191-10 | 58.47), and Tennessee Challenge (194-2 | 59.19) …

Indoors, finished fifth in shot put (59-9 | 18.21) at ACC Championships … Fifth in Tiger Paw Invite (58-10.25 | 17.94) …

2020 – Placed sixth in shot put (57-7.5 | 17.56) at ACC Indoors …

2019 – Won ACC title in discus with a 191-9 (58.44) effort … Posted leading mark at NCAA East Preliminary round with a 201-4 (61.36) … Placed 13th at NCAA Championships with a 187-11 (57.29) … Registered wins in discus at Yellow Jacket Invitational (190-6 | 58.06), Florida Relays (200-10 | 61.22), LSU Alumni Gold (188-1 | 57.34), and was runner-up at Penn Relays (196-10 | 60.01) … Finished sixth at Jamaican Championships and won the NACAC U22 title.

High School
Graduate of St. Jago HS in Montego Bay, Jamaica … Won the 2018 Carifta Games discus with a season best of 209-2 (63.77) with the junior implement … Finished second in high school division of 2018 Penn Relays 207-11 (63.37) after winning the 2017 Penn Relays title 212-9 (64.86) … Junior season in 2017 included titles at Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships, Carifta Games, and Jamaica U20 … Then finished fourth at Pan American U20 Championships … Also finished seventh in Jamaican Championships among senior athletes … As a sophomore in 2016, finished second in Carifta Games U18 division … Won Jamaica U18 title … Represented Jamaica at World U20 Championships in Poland.

Personal
Born February 26, 1999.

Rojé Stona | College Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

Shot Put | 65-6 (19.96)

Outdoor

Shot Put | 65-10.5 (20.08)

Discus | 225-2 (68.64),