Elias Hakansson

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Halmstad, Sweden
High School:
Sannarpsgymnasiet

Accolades
• Second Team All-American, weight throw (2017)
• NCAA qualifier, weight throw (2017)
• Second Team All-American, hammer (2016)
• First Team All-American, weight throw (2014)
• First Team All-American, hammer (2013)
• Second Team All-SEC, hammer (2014)
• Second Team All-SEC, weight throw (2014)
• SEC All-Freshman Team, hammer (2013)
• SEC All-Freshman Team, weight throw (2013)
• SEC Freshman of the Week following performance at the 2013 Mark Colligan Memorial

2016-17

2017 Outdoor Season
Finished 13th in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Regional on May 25 with a throw of 218-4 (66.56m) ... finished fourth in the hammer throw at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 11 with a mark of 227-4 (69.31), which equals the ninth-best throw in school history ... won the hammer throw at the Jim Bush Collegiate with a toss of 228-0 1/2 (69.51m), the sixth-best mark in school history ... also had an earlier throw of 227-4 1/2 (69.31m) that ranks eighth all-time at Alabama ... made his outdoor season debut at the Florida Relays and finished third in the invitational hammer throw - and was the top collegiate finisher - with a throw of 231-9 (70.64m), the second-best mark in school history.

2017 Indoor Season
Finished 13th in the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11 with a mark of 68-5 1/4 (20.86m) ... finished fourth in the weight throw at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships with a personal-best mark of 71-6 3/4 (21.81m) ... finished second to teammate Daniel Haugh in the weight throw at the Tiger Paw Invitational on Feb. 10 with a throw of 70-9 1/4 (21.57m), the 10th-best effort in school history ... finished third in the weight throw at the Bob Pollock Invitational on Jan. 27 with a mark of 69- (21.08m) ... finished second in the weight throw with an effort of 67-4 3/4 (20.54m) at the Auburn Invitational on Jan. 21 ... finished second to teammate Daniel Haugh in the weight throw with a mark of 67-8 (20.62m) at the Commodore Invitational on Jan. 13.

2015-16
2016 Outdoor Season
Registered a toss of 220-2 (67.11m) to place 12th at the NCAA Championships … recorded a mark of 218-4 (66.56m) at the NCAA East Regional and placed ninth … finished fourth in the hammer at the SEC Championships with a best throw of 224-7 (68.46m) … recorded a mark of 222-7 (67.84m) to finish first at the LSU Invitational … won the hammer throw at the War Eagle Invitational with a toss of 221-1 (67.39m) … registered a mark of 227-4 (69.29m) in the hammer throw to finish as the runner-up in the event at the Battle on the Bayou.

2016 Indoor Season
Finished fourth in the weight throw with a best toss of 68-1 1/2 (20.76m) at the SEC Championships … registered a mark of 62-8 (19.10m) to finish fifth in the weight throw at the LSU High Performance Meet … finished second in the weight throw at the Indiana Relays with a toss of 65-7 1/2 (20.00m) … recorded a mark of 65-8 1/4 (20.02m) in the weight throw to finish sixth at the Conference Clash.

2014-15
2015 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.

2015 Indoor Season
Did not compete.

2013-14
2014 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.

2014 Indoor Season
Earned first team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish after a school-record weight throw of 70 feet, 8 inches at the NCAA Indoor Championships … placed second in the weight throw at the SEC Championships with a mark of 70-5 3/4 inches … finish third in the weight throw at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of 69-7 ... won the weight throw event at the Auburn Invitational with a mark of 67-9 3/4.

2012-13
2013 Outdoor Season
Earned first team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships with an eighth-place finish via a best toss of 213-9 (65.17 meters) ... took fourth in the hammer throw at the NCAA East Preliminary with a throw of 211-1, earning a berth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... bettered his own UA school record in the hammer throw at the SEC Championships with a mark of 214-11 and finished 3rd ... set the UA record for hammer throw at the Samford Multi Invitational with a mark of 211-4, winning the event in the process ... finished first at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a mark of 211-3 in the hammer throw ... won the hammer throw with a 210-0 mark at the Alabama Relays.

2013 Indoor Season
Set the weight throw school record at the LSU Indoor Invitational with a mark of 67-6 ¼ ... went on to place third at the SEC Championships with a mark of 66-6 ... initially set the school indoor record for weight throw at the Mark Colligan with a distance of 66-9 ¼ ... named SEC Freshman of the Week for performances at the Mark Colligan ... recorded a weight throw mark of 64-10 ½ at the Indiana Relays, good for a fourth-place finish in the invitational weight throw ... won weight throw with a 63-10 ½ at the Auburn Invitational ... finished seventh in first career collegiate meet, with a weight throw of 56-8.

Prep and Personal
Had an outstanding junior career in Scandinavia ... coached by his father Lars at Sparvagen FK ... graduated high school in 2010 and sat out the 2010-11 season due to injury before signing with Alabama ... son of Lars and Gunilla Hakansson ... youngest of three children ... born Feb. 29, 1992, in Jonkoping, Sweden.