Max Lydum

Max Lydum

Max Lydum joins the WOU coaching staff for the 2021-22 season having spent time at both Lane CC as an assistant and completing an impressive student-athlete career while at the University of Oregon.

Lydum was on staff at Lane CC for the 2021 year as the assistant track and field coach overseeing throws. Before moving into coaching, Lydum had a stellar career during his time in Eugene. He tallied points in all four Pac 12 Conference meets and holds the seventh all-time indoor weight throw at the University of Oregon. Lydum was a 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor qualifier in the hammer.

His personal-best marks throughout his career stand at 210-6 for the hammer throw and 63-3.5 in the weight throw. Lydum won several meets as well with the Ducks taking home first in the Oregon State High Performance in the hammer, Husky Classic in the weight, Oregon Twilight in the hammer and the Oregon State High Performance again in the hammer.

Originally from Independence, Lydum finished eighth in the shot put at the 2014 OSAA 4A State Championships as a junior at Central High School and won the 2015 Oregon Relays high school hammer throw with a personal-best 197-0.

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