A five-time NCAA All-American and 2017 national champion in the hammer throw, Winkler wrapped up his Ivy League career with his third straight title in both the hammer throw (outdoors) and weight throw (indoors). His hammer throw title made him the fifth athlete in Ivy history, and first from Cornell, to claim three hammer throw titles, and his third straight weight throw title made him the fourth Ivy athlete to reach that total. The wins as a senior came after he represented the United States in the hammer throw at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he finished 18th overall. The 2016 and 2017 USTFCCCA Northeast Field Athlete of the Year was also a two-time indoor Heps MVP of Field Events and earned that distinction at the 2016 outdoor conference championships as well. He was the 2016 NCAA runner-up in the hammer throw and placed eighth in 2015 to claim two All-America honors outdoors. Indoors, Winkler placed fourth in the weight throw at the 2017 NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honors after finishing 10th in 2016 to earn second-team honors. Winkler finished his career as the school (251-10) and Ivy League record holder in the hammer throw (246-5), while also holding the best mark in school history in the weight throw (76-6 1/4) and the third-best all-time Heps meet mark in the event (75-7 3/4). Winkler was named Academic All-Ivy in both 2016 and 2017 to go along with his six first-team all-league honors between the weight and hammer throw. He did not compete as a freshman.
