2023 Men's Track & Field Roster

Joe Buvid

Yashawn Hamilton

Yashawn Hamilton

  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown:
    Kingston, Jamaica
  • Highschool:
    Kingston College

Summary

Biography

2023 Outdoor Track & Field (Senior): Ran a season-best 10.52 to take 3rd in the 100-meter dash at the Cactus Cup, where he was also 4th in the 200-meter dash in a PR 21.40 and 2nd with the 4x100-meter relay in 40.71, the fourth-best time in program history ... Finished 7th in the 100 and 3rd in the 4x100 at the Charles Austin Classic ... Was 3rd with the 4x100 at the UTSA Invitational ... Made four entries into the program record books with the 4x100 ... At WAC Outdoor Championships, was 5th with the 4x100, 13th in the 100 and 16th in the 200. 

2023 Indoor Track & Field (Redshirt Junior): Was 4th in the 60-meter dash at the Robert Platt Invitational, where he ran a PR of 6.86 ... Finished 19th in the 60 and 30th in the 200-meter dash at WAC Indoor Championships. 

2022 Outdoor Track & Field (Junior): Competed in two meets before being sidelined by injury … Earned first-place finishes in the long jump, 100-meter dash and with the 4x100-meter relay at the South Texas Showdown … Tied the fourth-fastest time in program history in the 100 this season. 

2022 Indoor Track & Field (Redshirt Sophomore): Competed in three meets … Ran a personal best and the program’s third-best time of 6.90 in the 60-meter dash to finish 13th at WAC Indoor Championships … Part of the eighth-place 1,600-meter relay at conference … Placed 11th in long jump at all three meets, consistently improving his marks to hit a season-best 6.86 meters at conference.

2021 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Won WAC Championship in 4x100-meter relay and earned All-WAC First Team honors with time of 40.73, the fourth-fastest in program history, while earning All-WAC Second Team honors by finishing sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.69 at the WAC Championships (5/15) … Won the 100-meter dash preliminaries with a PR time of 10.61, the third-fastest in program history, at the WAC Championships (5/14) … Part of fastest 4x100-meter relay team in program history, finishing in 40.18 at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight (4/24) … Part of fifth-fastest 4x100-meter relay team in program history with time of 40.77 at Roadrunner Invitational (4/17) … PRed in 200-meter dash with time of 22.08 while running as part of third-fastest 4x100-meter relay team in program history with time of 40.70 at the UIW Invitational (4/10) … Part of second-fastest 4x100-meter relay team in program history with time of 40.62 at the UTSA Invitational (3/20) … PRed in the long jump with leap of 7.01 meters at the Longhorn Invitational (3/6).
 
2021 Indoor Track & Field (Redshirt Sophomore): Team did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic.
 
2020 Outdoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Track & Field (Sophomore): Redshirted the season.

2019 Outdoor Track & Field (Freshman): Won 100-meter dash with PR of 10.52 seconds at Bobcat Classic (4/27) … PRed in long jump with third-place leap of 7.00 meters (wind: 2.9) while also finishing second in 4x100-meter relay with time of 42.54 seconds at South Texas Showdown, presented by Navy Army Community Credit Union (4/6) … Came in second in long jump with leap of 7.01 meters (wind: 3.6) and 4x100-meter relay (42.06) while also finishing sixth in the 200-meter dash (22.07 (wind: 3.2)) at Cactus Cup (3/22-3/23) … Finished fourth in 100-meter dash debut with time of 10.92 seconds at UTSA Invitational (3/16).
 
2019 Indoor Track & Field (Freshman): Finished sixth in 60-meter dash at WAC Championships with PR of 6.96 seconds which earned him All-WAC Second Team honors. Also PRed in 200-meter dash with time of 22.20 seconds (2/23) … In collegiate debut, recorded best long jump of season at 6.55 meters at Houston Invitational (1/25).

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