Biography
2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Graduate Student): Finished 40th in shot put with throw of 16.60 meters and 47th in discus with throw of 45.77 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (5/26-28) … Earned WAC Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Athlete of the Year honors (5/24) … Named WAC Outstanding Field Performer (5/15) … Earned trio of All-WAC First Team honors by winning WAC Championship in shot put with program record-tying throw of 18.09 meters and taking silver in the hammer with a throw of 57.19 meters, tied for the fifth-best in program history, and the discus with a throw of 50.38 meters, the fourth-best in program history, at the WAC Championships (5/13-15) … Shattered program record in discus with throw of 55.84 meters while PRing in hammer with throw of 60.06 meters, the second-best in program history, and throwing the shot put 18.01 meters, the third-best in program history, at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/24) … Broke program record in the shot put with a throw of 18.09 meters to win the Roadrunner Invitational while finishing fifth in the discus and hammer with throws of 50.89 and 57.95 meters, respectively, each of which ranks fourth in program history (4/16-17) … Won the discus and shot put with throws of 51.47 meters, the third-best in program history, and 17.80 meters, the fourth-best in program history, while placing third in the hammer with a throw of 56.79 meters, the sixth-best in program history, at the Victor Lopez Classic (3/27) … Launched the eighth-best shot put in program history, coming in at 16.71 meters, at the UTSA Invitational (3/19) … Opened season with 56.14-meter hammer throw, the eighth-best in program history, and 16.55-meter shot put, the 10th-best in program history, at the Longhorn Invitational (3/6).
2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Redshirt Senior): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor Track & Field (Redshirt Senior): Won the WAC Championship in the weight throw with a mark of 18.70m, the second-best in program history … Won the WAC Championship in the shot put with a program record distance of 17.76m, which earned him All-WAC First Team honors (2/28-29) ... Placed second in the shot put and weight throw with a mark of 16.20m, the eighth-best in program history, and a mark of 18.65m, the third-best in program history, respectively at the Howie Ryan Invitational (2/14) ... Recorded the fourth-best distance in the shot put with a mark of 17.25m and the sixth-best distance in the weight throw with a mark of 17.94m at the Houston Invitational (1/31-2/1) ... Finished first in the shot put with a mark of 17.68m, the second-best in program history and finished second in the weight throw with a mark of 18.46m, the fourth-best in program history and the Aggie Invitational (1/25) ... Placed first in the shot put at the Ted Nelson Invitational with a mark of 16.25m, the seventh-best in program history (1/17).
2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Redshirted the season.
2019 Indoor Track & Field (Senior): Redshirted the season.
2018 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Earned UTRGV Male Student-Athlete of the Year honors … Competed in seven meets … won the discus at the Western Athletic Conference Championships after a throw of 52.30 meters while also adding a third place finish in the shot put with a mark of 15.79 meters, which earned him First Team All-WAC honors and also posted a sixth place finish in the hammer throw after a mark of 53.14 meters, which also earned him Second Team All-WAC honors … posted a third place finish in the shot put at the Tom Tellez Invitational with a mark of 17.18 meters … finished in third place in the discus at the J Fred Duckett Twilight after a throw of 49.58 meters, while also adding a fourth place finish in the shot put with a mark of 16.30 meters and also added a sixth place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 53.50 meters … came in third place in the shot put at the UIW Invitational after a throw of 17.51 meters while adding a sixth place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 48.39 meters and also added a seventh place finish in the discus with a throw of 46.78 meters … won the shot put, discus, and hammer throw at the UTRGV Dual with throws of 16.78 meters, 48.20 meters, and 55.48 meters … finished in second place in the shot put at the Bobcat Invitational after a throw of 17.21 meters while also adding an eighth place finish in the discus throw with a mark of 50.83 meters … posted a third place finish in the shot put at the Texas Relays with a throw of 16.70 meters … finished in third place in the shot put at the UTSA Invitational after a mark of 16.57 meters while also adding a fifth place finish in the discus with a throw of 46.66 meters.
2018 Indoor Track & Field (Junior): Competed in five meets … won the shot put at the Western Athletic Conference Championship after a throw of 16.58 meters while also posting a fourth place finish in the weight throw with a mark of 16.47 meters … won the shot put at the Howie Ryan Invitational after a throw of 17.45 meters while also placing sixth in the weight throw after a mark of 16.45 meters … posted a third place finish in the shot put at the Texas Tech Open after a throw of 16.62 meters while adding a fifth place finish in the weight throw with a mark of 16.62 meters … won the shot put at the Houston Invitational after a throw of 17.37 meters while posting an eighth place finish in the weight throw with a mark of 16.47 meters … opened the season with a win in the shot put at the Ted Nelson Invitational after a mark of 16.63 meters.
2017 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in 10 meets … Earned Men’s Outstanding Field Performer after posting three second place finishes at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships in the shot put with a season best throw of 16.68 meters, in the hammer throw with a season best throw of 48.54 meters and in the discus throw with a throw of 48.78 meters … finished in ninth place in the shot put at the Bobcat Classic after a throw of 14.69 meters while also adding an eighth place finish in the javelin throw after a season best throw of 34.87 meters … finished in seventh place in the shot put at the Baylor Invitational after a throw of 16.20 meters … posted a sixth place finish in the shot put at the Bobcat Invitational after a throw of 15.38 meters … finished third in the shot put at the Victor Lopez Classic after a throw of 16.07 meters … won the hammer throw at the UIW Quadrangle after a throw of 45.83 meters while adding a second place finish in the shot put with a throw of 15.86 meters and a sixth place finish in the discus throw with a throw of 36.41 meters … finished in third in the discus throw at the Islander Open after a throw of 44.70 meters while also finishing in second place in the shot put with a throw of 15.34 meters … opened the season with a second place finish in Valley Classic Collegiate Meet after a throw of 16.07 meters.
2017 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Competed in five meets … posted a pair of third place finishes at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships to earn First Team All-WAC honors in the shot put after a throw of 15.36 meters and in the weight throw after a mark of 15.68 meters … posted a season best throw of 15.49 meters in the shot put at the Cowboys Classic II to finish in ninth place … finished in ninth place at the Cowboys Classic I after a throw of 15.15 meters … recorded season best throw of 16.18 meters in the weight throw at the Houston Invitational to finish in 10thplace … posted a fifth place finish in the shot put at the Aggie Team Invitational with a throw of 15.40 meters while adding a 10thplace finish in the weight throw with a mark of 15.71 meters.
2016 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in eight meets … earned WAC Freshman of the Year after winning the discus throw at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships with a throw of 49.01 meters while also finishing in second place in the shot put with a mark of 15.82 meters and finished in 11th place in the hammer throw with a throw of 36.87 meters … posted a ninth place finish in the shot put at the Bobcat Classic after a throw of 15.32 meters while also adding a 22nd place finish in the discus throw with a mark of 40.79 meters … finished in 31st place in the shot put at the Beach Invitational after a throw of 14.92 meters while placing in 56th in the discus throw with a mark of 38.49 meters … posted a sixth place finish in the shot put at the Bryan Clay Invitational after a throw of 16.49 meters and also finished in 20th place in the discus throw with a mark of 43.27 meters … recorded three top-10 finishes at the UTSA Invitational after finishing in sixth place in the shot put with a throw of 13.97 meters, a seventh place finish in the hammer throw with a throw of 39.64 meters and an eighth place finish in the discus throw with a throw of 42.90 meters … posted an eighth place finish in the shot put at the Bobcat Invitational after a throw of 15.73 meters … finished in 10thplace in the shot put at the Victor Lopez Classic after a throw of 15.02 meters while also placing in 21stplace in the discus throw after a mark of 40.91 meters … opened the outdoor season with a third place finish in the shot put at the Islanders Open with a mark of 15.87 meters while also finishing in fourth place in the discus throw with a throw of 44.34 meters and a 12th place finish in the hammer throw with a mark of 28.81 meters.
2016 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Competed in five meets … posted a third place finish in the shot put at the Western Athletic Conference Indoor Championships after a throw of 15.33 meters and finished in fifth place in the weight throw with a mark of 14.49 meters … finished in ninth place in the weight throw at the Howie Ryan Invitational after a throw of 15.82 meters … posted a seventh place finish in the weight throw at the Houston Invitational after a throw of 15.82 meters and also added a 12th place finish in the shot put with a mark of 14.73 meters … won the weight throw at the Battle of the Palms after a throw of 14.08 meters and also added a fifth place finish in the shot put after a mark of 12.85 meters … finished in third place in the shot put at the Texas A&M 13 Team Invitational after a mark of 15.05 meters while also finishing in 12th place in the weight throw with a throw of 13.51 meters.
Bloomfield High School: Finished in sixth place in the shot put and seventh in the discus at the 2015 CIAC State Open Championships after winning the discus and finishing runner-up in the shot put at the CIAC Class S Meet ... In the outdoor season, he won the CCC-East Outdoor Track Championships in discus and shot put ... also competed at the 2015 New Balance Outdoor National Meet where he placed eighth in the shot put, ninth in the hammer throw and 12th in discus and also posted a seventh place finish in the shot put at the 2015 New Balance Indoor National Meet.
