LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Rose-Hulman standout Antoine Cooper represented the Fightin' Engineers men's track & field team at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championships hosted by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. 

Cooper earned a 22nd-place finish in the discus with a mark of 44.68 meters (146' 7").

He was only 2.18 meters behind the 21st-place finisher, Joshua Martinez Marte, who threw a distance of 46.86 meters (153' 9"). Cooper missed out on Second Team All-American status, trailing the 16th-place finisher by 3.47 meters. 

This is Cooper's second-career appearance at the national meet. In his junior season in 2025, the mechanical engineering major earned a mark of 39.85 meters (130' 9") to place 21st in the discus. 

Cooper finishes his career ranking second in the school record books in the discus, with a mark of 169' 4" in the 2025 season at Indiana State.