Boston University

AWARDS
• Patriot League Rookie of the Week (12.10.24)
• Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2025)

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2024-25
Finished with a hammer throw distance of 47.10m at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships (May 2) … Hit 50.36m in the hammer throw at the Holy Cross Invitational, a personal best (April 19) … Finished seventh in the weight throw at the Patriot League Indoor Championships with a 16.59m throw (March 1) … Reached 11.07m in the shot put at the Battle in Beantown, a personal best (Jan. 18) … He earned Patriot League Rookie of the Week for that effort (Dec. 10) … Reached 18.19m in the weight throw in his collegiate debut at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, making him 10^th all-time in the event at BU (Dec. 7).

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Competed at Chester Academy in Chester, New York … Finished 14^th at Nike Outdoor Nationals in the discus and competed at the New Balance Indoor Nationals in his senior year … Section 9 Class B Weight Throw Champion and Section 9 OCIAA Division 5 Weight Throw Champion during senior year … Competed at Nike Outdoor Nationals Emerging Elite meet in the discus during his junior year.
 
PERSONAL 
Son of Oksana Kopanska-Hychka and Mykhaylo Kopanskii … Has one sibling, Daniel Hyckha … Chester Academy Class of 2024 Valedictorian ... In the College of Engineering and pursuing an electrical engineering degree.