Keene State College

Indoor Season (2008-09) Kolacz earned his firsttrip to the NCAA Division III Men''s Indoor Track and FieldChampionships, participating in the 35-lb weight throw. The nativeof Brentwood, N.H. posted a NCAA automatic qualifying throw of18.50 meters to capture the New England Alliance/Little EastConference Championship at the University of Southern Maine. Hisperformance at the conference championship was the third longesttoss in the nation and set a new Keene State record. Kolacz alsowon the New England Division III Championship in the weight throw,while sitting atop the Little East Conference individual standingsin the shot put (13.63 meters).

Outdoor Season (2009) Kolacz became just the10th Keene State College student-athlete in men''s track and fieldto capture a national championship, breaking the Don Drumm Stadiumand school record with a throw of 61.48 meters at the 2009 NCAADivision III Championships hosted by Marietta College (Ohio). TheAll-American honoree is just the first field athlete in theprogram''s history to stand atop the national podium sincePaul Trocki won the decathlon in 1979. The nativeof Brentwood, N.H. entered the field as the top-seeded thrower inthe hammer after setting the national standard at the New EnglandOpen Championship (1st, 60.17m). Kolacz swept each of the postseason meets he entered in the hammer throw, adding the ECAC, NewEngland Division III, New England Alliance, and Little EastConference Championship titles to his mantle. He was also named theU.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Association New Englandfield athlete of the year. Kolacz was voted the 2008 rookie fieldathlete of the year by the conference coaches.

(2007-08) Made animmediate impact at KSC earning LEC indoor and outdoor fieldathlete of the years honors ... set the program''s shot put recordat the New England Division III championships with a toss of46''-06.00"... sat atop the Alliance/LEC championship standings inthe weight throw (15.40 meters), while winning the LEC championshipand placing fourth in the New England Alliance in the shot put ...made his debut on the national scene in his rookie season,qualifying for the hammer throw event at the NCAA outdoorchampionships ... qualified for the meet with an Owl program recordand season-high toss of 178''-06" at the New England Open Meet ...posted a fourth-place finish in the hammer throw at the New EnglandDivision III Championships and New England Open ... dominated thefield events at the Alliance/LEC championships, winning the hammer(161''-02") and discus (146''-03"), while placing second in the shotput (45''-05.75") ... Bryan is a physical education major.