2021 Men's Track & Field Roster

Michael Gonzalez

Michael Gonzalez

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Height:
    6-1
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Alamo, TX
  • Highschool:
    PSJA Memorial High School

Summary

Biography

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Graduate Student): Earned bronze and All-WAC First Team honors in the shot put with a throw of 16.81 meters, All-WAC Second Team honors with a fifth-place PR hammer throw of 52.56 meters, and a point by placing eighth in the discus with a season-best throw of 46.38 meters, at the WAC Championship (5/13-15) … Finished fifth in the shot put in three-straight meets with marks of 16.57 meters at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/24), 15.91 meters at the Roadrunner Invitational (4/16), and 15.88 meters at the UIW Invitational (4/9) … Finished third in the discus with a throw of 43.67 meters at the Rice Invitational (3/9).
 
2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Placed fourth in the shot put at the WAC Championships with a mark of 16.50m, the sixth-highest in program history, earning All-WAC Second Team honors (2/29) ... Finished second in the shot put at the Howie Ryan Invitational with a mark of 16.20m, the eighth-highest in program history and fifth on the weight throw (16.36m) (2/14) ... Finished ninth in both the shot put (15.62m), the then ninth-highest in the program and the weight throw (16.44m) at the Houston Invitational (1/31-2/1) ... Placed fourth in both the weight throw (16.45m) and the shot put (15.47m) at the Aggie Invitational (1/25) ... Finished fifth in both the weight throw (15.81m) and the shot put (14.88m) at the Ted Nelson Invitational (1/17).

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): PRed in hammer throw with fourth-place mark of 49.12 meters while coming in third in the shot put with a PR of 16.08 meters and sixth in the discus with a PR of 45.77 meters at the WAC Championships, earning All-WAC Second Team honors (5/9-5/11) … Finished fourth in the discus (44.39m) and fifth in the shot put (15.53m) and hammer throw (48.67m) at the Bobcat Classic (4/26-4/27) … Placed third in the shot put (15.42m) and fourth in the discus (44.80m) at the South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union (4/6) … Came in third in the hammer throw with a mark of 48.22 meters at the Cactus Cup (3/22) … Finished third in the shot put with a throw of 15.72 meters at the UTSA Invitational (3/15).
 
2019 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): PRed in shot put with third-place throw of 16.52 meters at WAC Championships (2/23) … PRed in weight throw with second-place mark of 16.56 meters at WAC Championships (2/22) … Came in fourth in both weight throw (15.11m) and shot put (15.04m) at Howie Ryan Invitational (2/8).
 
2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in seven meets … posted 15 top-10 finishes … earned Second Team All-WAC honors in the shot put after finishing in fourth place at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships with a season best throw of 15.70 meters while finishing seventh in the discus with a throw of 46.89 meters and ninth in the hammer throw with a season best throw of 48.22 meters … posted a ninth place finish in the discus at the Tom Tellez Invitational after hitting a mark of 43.85 meters while adding a 10thplace finish in the shot put after a throw of 15.30 meters … finished in eighth place in the discus at the J Fred Duckett Twilight after a mark of 44.28 meters … finished in eighth place in the shot put at the UIW Invitational after hitting a mark of 14.62 meters while also adding an eighth place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 44.72 meters and a 10thplace finish in the discus with a throw of 41.49 meters … finished in third place in the discus at the UTRGV Dual after a throw of 43.44 meters while also adding a third place finish in the javelin throw with a mark of 31.63 meters, a fourth place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 42.97 meters, and a fifth place finish in the shot put with a mark of 14.63 meters … opened the outdoor season with a fifth place finish in the hammer throw after hitting a mark of 41.94 meters and added a seventh place finish in the shot put with a throw of 14.05 meters.
 
2018 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in five meets … posted four top-10 finishes … finished in sixth place in the shot put at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships after a mark of 14.59 meters, which earned him All-WAC Second Team honors, while also finishing in ninth in the weight throw with a mark of 14.24 meters … posted a ninth place finish in the shot put at the Howie Ryan Invitational after hitting a mark of 15.08 meters while adding in a 12thplace finish in the weight throw with a mark of 13.70 meters … came in eighth place in the shot put at the Houston Invitational after a throw of 14.78 meters while finishing in 12thplace in the weight throw with a mark of 14.49 meters.
 
2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in 10 meets … posted a sixth place finish in the discus throw at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships to earn Second Team All-WAC honors with a throw of 43.15 meters while adding an eighth place finish in the shot put with a throw of 13.90 meters … recorded a personal best throw of 47.25 meters at the Baylor Invitational to finish in 13thplace … posted a pair of third place finishes at the UIW Quadrangle in the shot put with a throw of 14.31 meters and in the discus throw with a throw of 44.26 meters … posted best finish of the season at the Valley Classic Collegiate Meet in the discus throw after finishing in second place with a throw of 43.29 meters while also adding a fifth place finish in the shot put with a throw of 14.10 meters.
 
2017 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in five meets … posted a seventh place finish in the weight throw at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships after a throw of 14.96 meters … posted a season best throw of 14.48 meters in the shot put at the Cowboys Classic II to finish in 15thplace … recorded a career-best throw of 15.03 meters in the weight throw at the Aggie Team Invitational to finish in 13th place.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

    Throws
    6'1"
  • 2018Sophomore

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    6'1"
  • 2019Junior

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    6'1"
  • 2020Senior

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    6'1"
  • 2021Graduate Student

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    6'1"