University of Central Oklahoma Athletics

Chris Weilert was an All-American in the javelin as a sophomore at Riverside (Calif.) Community College before coming to UCO and putting together a stellar two-year career for the Bronchos.

The Andover, Kan. native won the Lone Star Conference championship in the javelin in 1994, advancing to the NCAA Division II national meet in that event and the decathlon, and then redshirted the following year.

Weilert enjoyed a sensational senior season in 1996, winning a second LSC javelin title by more than 20 feet with a stadium record effort of 200 feet, six inches at Texas A&M-Commerce in earning Outstanding Field Athlete honors for the meet.  He went on to place fourth in the NCAA Division II national meet to earn All-America honors and became the only UCO track athlete to ever qualify for the Olympic Trials that summer.

Weilert, who also qualified for the Olympic Trials in 2000, broke the javelin school record seven times while at UCO and his  242-foot, one-inch mark still stands as the longest throw in Oklahoma college history, regardless of division.