Discus Thrower Sam Mattis of East Brunswick Qualifies for 2024 Summer Olympics

EUGENE, Ore. -- Sam Mattis, a 2012 graduate of East Brunswick High School, finished second in the men’s discus at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Saturday.

Mattis' throw of 216-9 was short of the Olympic standard (220-5), but he had entered the competition ranked 13th in the world, so he is virtually assured of qualifying for the Paris Olympic Games.

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Mattis, 30, who attended the University of Pennsylvania, advanced to the final with a throw of 211-10 in the first round on Thursday.

This would be the second time that Mattis qualified for the U.S. Olympic team. Mattis finished first in 2019 and 2023.

The 211-10 by Mattis was the fourth-best throw of the qualifying round. Mattis also had distances of 201-6 and 203-10.

Mattis, who set a New Jersey high school discus record with a 218-4 in 2012, won discus at the 2015 NCAA Championships while he was at UPenn, finished eighth at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo and was 16th at the World Championships last year. His personal-best throw is 225-4.

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Mattis graduated in 2016 with a degree in economics from the Wharton School of Finance.

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