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AS A SENIOR (2011)
Garnered a spot on the Peach Belt Conference Honor Roll(Presidential Scholar) ... Redshirted for the Braves.

AS A JUNIOR (2010)
Set a new personal best at the Charlotte Invitational in the shotput with a throw of 13.23m and the discus with a throw of 36.67mplacing sixth and 10th, respectively, and registered a new personalrecord in the hammer throw at the NCAA Division II SoutheastRegionals with a throw of 38.25m … At the regional meet heplaced in the top-10 in the shot put (6th, 12.78m), discus (10th,33.94m) and hammer throw (6th, 38.25) … Placed first at theBraves Track and Field Classic in the discus with a throw of 35.12mwhile placing in the top-5 in the shot put and hammer throw… Finished fifth and sixth in the shot put and discus,respectively at the Johnson C. Smith Invitational … Competedin indoor track in the shot put with a throw of 12.49m at theSavannah State Eye Opener.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2009)
Placed third in the discus (34.88m) and hammer (35.17m) and sixthin the shot put with a toss of 11.54m at the Braves Track and FieldClassic … Brought home a fourth place hammer throw with a34.89m mark, a sixth place finish with a 11.68m mark in the shotput and a seventh place discus toss of 30.88m from the NCAADivision II Southeast Regional Meet … At the Savannah StateEye Opener, placed 13th with an 11.28m shot put mark and 16th inthe discus with a 31.70m toss … Placed 14th at the CoastalCarolina Shamrock Invite with a 11.54m mark in the shot put… Placed 19th at the Asics/Emory Classic in the hammer throwwith a 26.36m mark.

AS A FRESHMAN (2008)
Placed first in the discus with a toss of 32.06m and finishedsecond in the hammer (28.99m) and third in the shot put (10.29m) atthe Carolinas Championship … Finished 17th at the NeelyInvitational in the shot put with a toss of 9.99m in the event andalso had a 12th place finish in the discus with a toss of 28.05m… Threw a distance of 10.19m in the shot put to finish 20thin the SSU Eye Opener.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered three years for coach Johns at Mt. Pleasant High School… Threw bests of 115ft in the discus and 35ft in the shotput as a senior … Also competed for the Queen City Stridersand placed third at the AAU regionals in the discus.

PERSONAL
The son of David Bowles and Cobie Ellington has one brother, John… Cousin Matt Karas played soccer for Lees-McCrae …Majoring in education with an emphasis in history and physicaleducation at UNCP.

BEST PERFORMANCES
Shot Put Indoor- 12.31m @ Vince Brown Invitational(02/06/10)
Shot Put - 13.23m @ UNCC Invitational (04/17/10)
Discus - 36.67m @ UNCC Invitational (04/17/10)
Hammer - 38.25m @ NCAA Southeast Regional (04/23/10)