FDU Knights Athletics

2015 Outdoor: Named NEC Male Scholar Athlete for Track and Fied ... Member of the NEC's Spring Academic Honor Roll (Min. 3.2 GPA) ... Threw the Javelin at six meets for Fairleigh Dickinson … Opened the season with a 7th place finish at the Wake Forest Open (4/11) …Captured the Northeast Conference Title in the Javelin after throwing 61.79m at the championships (5/3) …  Won at North Carolina A&T (4/11) after throwing 62.58m—season best … Threw 60.88m in back-to-back outings at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/18) and the Penn Relays (4/25) … Placed 5th at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/17) after posting a 62.57m effort. ?

2014-15 Indoor: Did not compete for Fairleigh Dickinson

2014 Outdoor: Competed in all 10 meets for the Knights, all in the Javelin … Opened the season with a 3rd place finish (62.32m) at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (3/15/14) … Bettered his mark at the Wake Forest Open (3/22/14) with a 62.83m effort and finished 9th… Won the FDU Knight Classic (3/29/14) with a 59.25m best … Recorded another win at the TCNJ Invitational (4/12/14) with a 63.66m throw … Finished third at the Morgan State Legacy Track and Field Meet (4/19/14) and second at the Penn Relays (4/26/14) … Threw a new career-best 64.12m at the NEC Championships (5/4/14) and finished 2nd… Was 2nd at the Georgian Court Last Chance (5/9/14) with a 61.20m … Finished 13th at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/18/14) with a 61.95m throw. 

2013-14 Indoor: Did not compete for Fairleigh Dickinson 

2012-2013: Finished 1^st in the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships with a throw of 60.35m, setting a new personal best (4/12/13)… Finished 6^th in the Northeast Conference Championships with a throw of 58.47 (5/4/13)...

2011-12: Improved throughout the outdoor season in the Javelin… Began the season with a mark of 53.28m in the Javelin at the Wake Forest Open (3/16/12)… Placed third at the FDU Knight Classic in the Javelin with a distance of 56.47m (3/31/12)… Set a personal record in the Javelin with a mark of 58.60m to take second at the Metropolitan Championships (4/14/12)… Took 18th in the Javelin at the Penn Relays with a distance of 56.25m (4/26/12)… Placed fifth at the NEC Championships in the Javelin with a throw of 58.17m (5/5/12)… 

Williamstown: Participated in spring track and field for four years, earning four varsity letters…. Coached by Mark Suk at Williamstown… Also picked up a varsity letter in basketball... Twice named MVP of the track team… Two-time First Team All-Conference… Earned First Team All-County for two seasons… Named First Team All-South Jersey… Took first place at the South Jersey Group IV Sectionals… Placed second at the New Jersey State Group IV Championships… Ranked 49th in the nation in the javelin …. Career best in javelin: 190’… Undefeated in conference competition as a junior and a senior…

Personal: Born on Aug. 11, 1993 in Oxnard, CA… Son of Drew and Gina Forbes… Father, Drew, threw Javelin at Iona… Has a younger sister, Cheyenne… Majoring in Sports Administration. 

Forbes' Fairleigh Dickinson Career Bests
Indoor 
300m: 38.70 - FDU Knight Indoor Classic (12/4/11)
Outdoor
Javelin: 64.12m - Northeast Conference Championships (5/4/14)