University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights:

• 2x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2022, 2024)

2025 Outdoor:

• Earned fifth in the discus (45.29m) and 10th in the javelin (38.18m) at Oakland's Golden Grizzlies Invite
• Was runner-up in the discus (44.07m) and then took seventh with a career-best 42.24m in the hammer at the Chippewa Challenge
• Registered a career mark of 45.44m in the discus, 10th in school history, for fifth at Oakland's Elaine Leigh Invite
• Just missed the podium, taking ninth in the discus (42.86m) and javelin (40.42m), and was 14th in the hammer (41.30m) at the Horizon League Championships

2024-25 Indoor: 

• Threw a career-best 13.80m for eighth in the weight at the SVSU Classic
• Posted a career-long 12.17m for fourth in the shot put and was also sixth in the weight at 12.83m at Michigan's Silverston Invitational
• Placed 15th in the shot put (11.95m) at the Horizon League Championships

2024 Outdoor:

• Did not compete

2023-24 Indoor:

• Finished 18th in the weight (11.40m) and 23rd in the shot put (10.24m) at the SVSU Classic
• Claimed ninth in the shot put (10.62m) and 11th in the weight (11.01m) at Eastern Michigan's Bob Parks Memorial
• Set a PR in the shot put throwing 11.68m for third and was fourth in the weight at 11.66m at Michigan's Silverston Invitational
• Registered a career-best in the weight at 12.92m for 13th and was 14th in the shot put at 10.44m at the Horizon League Championships

• Personal record discus throw in his collegiate debut at Oliver Nikoloff Invitational (Cincinnati)
• Set personal records in the javelin and hammer at Elaine Leigh Invite (Oakland)

• Did not participate

• A letterwinner in track and field
• Named the Most Improved Award as a junior and Team MVP as a senior

• Son of Lizhen Zhang and Hoyin Yip
• Has an older brother and a younger sister
• An Architect major