Bio

TFRRS Results

At CMS
Holds the CMS record in the javelin (211-6, 64.46 meters), which he set at the NCAA Division III Championships in 2022.

2022-23 (Senior)
Second-team Academic All-American from the College Sports Communicators (CSC) ... SCIAC Champion (javelin) ... USTFCCCA All-West Region (javelin) ... NCAA Qualifier (javelin) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic selection ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Defended his SCIAC Championship in the javelin with a throw of 189'4" (57.71 meters) ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row ... Won the javelin at all three regular season SCIAC Multi-Duals, including a year's best throw of 206'2" at the third Multi-Dual which CMS hosted ... Also added a first-place finish at the Redlands Final Qualifier, and second-place finishes at the Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers Meet at the CSU San Marcos Mangrum Invitational. 

2021-22 (Junior)
All-American (javelin) ... USTFCCCA All-West Region (javelin) ... SCIAC Champion (javelin) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team ... Broke the CMS record in the javelin on his very last throw at the NCAA Division III Championships, reaching 211 feet, six inches to earn All-America honors ... Earned the ninth and final spot in the finals during the preliminary round of the javelin with a then-PR of 203'8", putting him in the finals by a margin of only two inches ... Was still in ninth, one spot off the All-America stand, before his final throw moved him up to sixth ... Won the SCIAC Championship with a throw of 199'0", matching the throw that his older brother Maxwell had to win the 2019 SCIAC Championship (Maxwell finished second in 2022 and Jason Bowman third, giving CMS a 1-2-3 finish in the javelin) ... Also took first place in the javelin at the first SCIAC Multi-Dual at La Verne on March 5. 

2019-20 (First-Year)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Competed in three meets before the suspension of spring sports ... Was seventh in the weight throw in his first meet, the CMS Outdoor Indoor Distance Challenge (34'11.75") ... Came in second place in the javelin at the Pomona-Pitzer All-Comers Meet with a throw of 181'3", while adding an eighth place finish (137'11") in the hammer ... Was fourth in the hammer at a five-team SCIAC Multi-Dual hosted by Whittier. 

Prior to CMS
Graduated from a self-study program at Grace Brethren High School ... Played baseball for Grace Brethren, earning the team leadership award and helping the squad to the CIF Southern Section Division IV Championships at UC Irvine ... Received the McKenna Achievement Award from CMC upon admission to the college ... While in high school, researched collective cell migration for two years at UCSB, founded a TEDx event, competed in VEX Robotics world championships, and spoke at national leadership conferences.

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna ... Younger brother of Maxwell Knowles (CMC '20), who was the SCIAC Champion in the javelin in 2019 as a junior ... Oldest brother also attended Claremont McKenna, William Knowles II ('13, M '13) ... Lists The Goldilocks Enigma by Paul Davies as his favorite book ... Plans for a career in pediatric medicine ... Chose CMS because he "wanted to have another year to spend with my brother, Maxwell."