Steve Manz Class: Senior Hometown: West Branch, MI High School: Ogemaw Heights Event: Throws Birthdate: 09/19/1981

2003 OUTDOOR: Earned All-America status by placing 11th in the shot put at NCAA Championships ... broke his own school outdoor record with a toss of 60-11 1/2 while placing third at the Sea Ray Relays ... won the shot put at the Bronco Open (56-9 1/2) ... finished second at the Jesse Owens Track Classic (59-5 1/2), fourth at the Big Ten Championships (58-5 3/4), sixth at the NCAA Regional (59-4) and eighth in the Drake Relays special invitational (58-6 1/2) ... at the Bronco Open, also placed third in the discus (163-10) and sixth in the hammer (169-1) and javelin (157-7) ... 10th in the hammer at the Big Ten Championships (165-10), and 11th at the Jesse Owens Track Classic (168-3) ... eighth in the discus at the Big Ten Championships (160-10).

2003 INDOOR: Placed first in the shot put at six events ... finished 12th at NCAA Championships with a season-best 61-2 1/4, breaking his own school record ... won shot put titles at Chippewa Open (58-5 1/4), Michigan Quadrangular (60-4 1/2), Red Simmons Invitational (59-5), Notre Dame dual meet (56-5 1/4), EMU Classic (60-5 3/4) and Alex Wilson Last Chance Qualifier (59-6 3/4) ... third in the shot at Big Ten Championships (61-8 1/4) ... also won weight throw titles at the Notre Dame dual meet(54-11 1/4) and the EMU Classic (54-8 3/4).

2002 OUTDOOR: Won shot put (56-3 1/4) and discus (157-6) at the Notre Dame Spring Opener ... also won shot put titles at Hillsdale (57-8 1/4) and the Len Paddock Invitational (56-10) ... fifth at the Big Ten Championships in the shot put (58-1) and ninth in the discus (157-6) ... third in the shot put at the Central Collegiate Invitational (56-5 3/4) and sixth at Stanford Invitational (56-1) ... third in the discus at the Central Collegiate Invitaitonal with a career-best 165-7 ... eighth in the discus at Mt. SAC (156-6) and third at the Len Paddock Invitational (156-2 3/4).

2002 INDOOR: Provisionally qualified for NCAAs witha third-place throw of 57-9 at the Nittany Lion Challenge Cup ... also provisionally qualified with a 57-5 at the Meyo Invitational while placing third ... finished third at the Missouri Invitaitonal with a toss of 55-10 1/2 ... also competed in the weight throw at the Notre Dame dual, placing third with a throw of 48-8 1/4.

2001 OUTDOOR: Academic All-Big Ten honoree ... broke school record in shot put several times ... set Herrick/Simpson record at Hillsdale Relays in shot (58-6 1/2) and finished first ... fifth at Big Ten in shot put (58-4 1/2) ... first at Len Paddock Invitational in shot (59-8 1/2) ... third in shot (57-2 1/4) and eighth in discus (145-1) at Central Collegiate Championships ... second in shot (54-3 3/4) and third in discus (154-2) at Univ. of Michigan Triangular ... first in shot (56-4 3/4) and fourth in hammer throw (156-2) at Notre Dame Quadrangular ... third in the shot (57-8 1/2) and 12th in the hammer (161-6) at Alabama Relays ... second in the shot (59-2 3/4) and sixth in the discus (150-7) at the Jesse Owens Track Classic ... 10th in the shot at Mt. SAC (57-6 1/2).

2001 INDOOR: All-America honoree ... broke school shot put record six times ... set school shot put record (61-6 3/4) while winning at EMU Last Chance Meet ... won the shot put title at the Alex Wilson Invitational (59-4) ... placed 10th at NCAA Championship in shot put (59-10 1/4) ... fifth at Big Ten Championship in shot (58-6 1/2) ... first in shot (58-4 1/2) at Meyo Invitational ... sixth in the shot (58-8 3/4) at the Cyclone Invitational ... first in shot (57-5 1/2) and second in 35-lb weight throw (52-3 1/4) vs. Notre Dame ... first in shot (57-10 1/2) at Red Simmons Invitational ... second at the Spartan Invitational in shot (55-8 1/4).

2000 OUTDOOR: Redshirt

2000 INDOOR: Redshirt

High School: 1999 Class B Michigan State Champion in the discus, while also setting the Class B state record ... 1999 conference champion and regional runner-up in the discus ... 1999 regional champion, conference honorable mention and seventh in Class B in the shot put ... 1998 conference and regional champion in the discus, while taking fourth in the state ... a member of the Michigan discus team for the Midwest Meet of Champions ... earned three letters in track and two in football ... graduated third in his class with a 4.1 G.P.A. ... selected first-team academic all-conference ... named a MHSAA Regional Scholar-Athlete.

Personal: Born Sept. 19, 1981, he is the son of Dann and Elizabeth Manz ... majoring in zoology.