• 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships - Hammer Throw • 2013 NCAA Regional Qualifier - Hammer Throw • 2013 Conference USA Outdoor Champion - Hammer Throw • School Record Holder in the Weight Throw & Hammer Throw • 2012 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2012-13 (Redshirt Senior) Indoor:Recorded five top-five performances in the men's weight throw... Threw a season best of 18.37m (60-3.25) to place third at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational...Won the Leonard Hilton Memorial Invitational with a throw of 18.31m (60-1)... Runner-up at the Conference USA Indoor Championships with a distance of 18.11m (59-5)... Also, competed in the shot put.
2011-12 (Senior) Indoor: Competed in two events, the weight throw and shot put... Threw a season best in the weight throw of 18.68m at the Texas A&M Invitational... In shot put, threw a season best of 14.34m at the Conference USA Indoor Championships.
Outdoor: Redshirted the entire season.
2010-11 (Junior) Indoor: Redshirted
Outdoor:
2009-10 (Sophomore) Indoor: Finished second at the Texas A&M Opener in the shotput... Placed fourth in back-to-back meet in the shot put at the UH All Comers and Texas A&M Challenge.
Outdoor:
Prior to Houston:Attended Saddleback Junior College: 2008 track team ranked second in the league ... Broke school record in the hammer ... 2009 Regional Qualifier.
High School:Three year letterwinner for track ... School record holder in shot put ... CIF finalist twice... Two-time team MVP in track & field ... Held school record in the shot put, discus and power clean ... Two-time finalist for Athlete of the Year ... Played football and wrestled ... All-League selection in football
Personal:Born on September 19, 1990 ... Full name is Richard Matthew Fenton ... Son of David and Kim Fenton ... Member of FCA and Future Teachers of America in high school ... Wants to become a pediatrician after college ... Hobbies include cooking, music and surfing... Started training with track and field only after he was cut from the high school golf team.
