Hokie ClubClass: Senior
High School: Holargos
Hometown: Athens, Greece
2005 Outdoor: Won the NCAA championship in the hammer with a mark of 231'1" (70.43m) and earned the third All-America honor of his career in the event ... Won the NCAA East Region hammer throw title with a mark of 219'11" (67.04m) ... Won the ACC men's hammer throw title with a new ACC meet and Florida State's Mike Long Track record of 233'7" (71.27m) ... Named to the All-ACC outdoor track & field team ... A two-time ACC Track & Field Performer of the Week ... Set the school and ACC overall hammer throw record with the No. 1 mark in the nation (238'5; 72.68m) at the Clemson Invitational ... Won five hammer throw competitions.2005 Indoor: Won Virginia Tech's first national championship at the NCAA Indoor Championships at Arkansas ... He is also the first NCAA champion for the Hokie track & field program ... Won the men's 35 lb. weight throw NCAA title with his throw of 76'0.75" (23.18m), which was close to four feet farther than his competitors ... Earned 10 points for the men's team and his fourth All-America honor at the NCAA Championships ... Became Virginia Tech's first ACC individual champion on the first day of the Atlantic Coast Conference Indoor Championships at North Carolina ... He picked up 10 team points when he won the men's 35 lb. weight throw event with his fifth NCAA automatic qualifying mark of 75'9.50" (23.10m); his mark shattered the previous ACC Indoor Championship meet record by almost nine feet and he also broke his own Eddie Smith Field House record ... Set the school and Rector Fieldhouse records with a season-best throw of 76'3.50" (23.25m) at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet ... Also holds records at Clemson and North Carolina's track & field facilities set during the season.
2004 Outdoor: Broke his own school record in the hammer throw seven times during the season ... Posted his season-best throw of 231'11" (70.70m) at the NCAA Championships for second place ... Finished second at regionals with a mark of 222'2" (67.72m) ... Won his second consecutive BIG EAST hammer throw title with a throw of 223'7" (68.14m) ... Took third at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Was first at both the Virginia Tech Invitational and Raleigh Relays with throws of 218'3" (66.52m) and 211'8" (64.52m), respectively ... Was the second collegian in the invitational section at the Mt. SAC Relays.
2004 Indoor: Was an All-American in the weight throw with a fourth place throw of 69'8" (21.23m) at the NCAA Championships ... Won his second BIG EAST Championship with a mark of 66'6.5" (20.28m) ... Won the Virginia Tech Last Chance competition with a throw of 67'6.75" (20.59m) ... Had a total of five first-place finishes in the indoor season.
2003 Outdoor: Finished sixth at the NCAA Championships in the hammer throw with a mark of 223'5" (68.10m), earning All-America honors ... Took first place in the BIG EAST with a personal best and school record of 228'4" (69.60m) ... Ranked second in the nation in the hammer throw and third in the weight throw ... Broke the school record three times and finished third at regionals.
2003 Indoor: Finished 16th in the NCAA Championships weight throw competition with a toss of 64'0.5" (19.52m) ... Won the BIG EAST Indoor Championships with a meet and school record of 71'3.25" (21.73m) ... Set the school record three times during the indoor season ... Finished first or second in all indoor meets but one, with first-place finishes at the Father Diamond and BIG EAST meets, and second-place finishes at the Kroger and Rod McCravy Invitationals ... During the indoor season, was named the U.S. Track Coaches' Association Division I Athlete of the Week ... Named the BIG EAST Most Outstanding Field Athlete.
High School: Threw for Ethnikos team in Greece for 10 years ... Named two-time under-23 Greek champion in the hammer throw ... Named third Balkan champion ... Recorded a career-best throw of 211'06" (64.48m).
Personal: Born on June 21, 1981, in Athens, Greece ... Son of Gerard-Louis Jullien and Stavroula Kalatzandonake ... Human nutrition, foods and exercise major ... Studied violin ... Sister was named Greek champion in taekwondo.
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