Texas Rio Grande Valley Athletics

2013 Season • Senior
Indoor – Competed in three meets ... finished in fifth place in the weight throw with a mark of 13.55m at the Great West Conference Championships ... recorded  a sixth place finish in the weight throw with a mark 14.24m at the Red Raider Open ... posted a seventh place finish in the weight throw with a mark of 14.02m at the Masked Rider Open.

Outdoor – Finished eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 42.04 meters at the Great West Conference Championships (5/5) … Placed third in the hammer throw with a career-best distanced of 46.00 meters at the Javelina Twilight Invitational (4/13) … Came in ninth in the hammer throw with a mark of 43.67 meters at the Texas State Invitational (4/5) … Placed 14^th in the hammer throw with a distance of 45.45 meters at the Bobcat Invitational (3/28) … Placed sixth in the hammer throw with a mark of 42.38 meters at the Cactus Cup (3/16).

2012 Season • Junior
Indoor – Competed in three meets … Finished 10^th in weight throw at Great West Conference Championships with distance of 12.84 meters … Made career-best weight throw at McNeese Jeff Davis Bank Indoor Invite II with mark of 13.05 meters to finish 10^th.
 
Outdoor – Competed in six meets … Recorded career-long hammer throw to finish 11^th at Great West Conference Championships with mark of 44.90 meters … Finished ninth in hammer throw at Texas State Invitational with distance of 42.84 meters … Made career-best discus throw at Cactus Cup with mark of 36.79 meters while coming in seventh in hammer throw with distance of 44.03 meters.
 
2011 Season • Sophomore
Indoor – Competed in three meets … finished 12th in the weight throw at the UH All-Comers Meet with a toss of 12.48 meters.
 
Outdoor – Competed in five meets … finished 10th in the hammer throw with a mark of 41.38 meters … finished seventh in the hammer throw with a personal best of 43.54 meters at the Great West Conference Outdoor Championships.
 
2010 season
Outdoor – Had three top 20 finishes during his freshman outdoor season … finished sixth in the discus at the Cactus Cup with a throw of 28.89 meters … finished 18th in the hammer throw at the Rice Twilight meet with a throw of 31.32 meters … had his best throw in the discus at the Great West Conference Championships with a distance of 32.98, good for 13th place.
 
Mission Veterans High School
Earned two letters in football, wrestling, and track … was champion in the 215 lb. weight class in wrestling in 2008 … was a regional qualifier in 2008 and 2009 in wrestling … member of HOSA and Spanish Club … graduated in the Top 10% of his class … is a certified EMT and Nurse’s Assistant.
 
Off the Track
Son of Daniel Tamez, Jr. and Cris de Leon … born April 21, 1991 … has one brother, Joseph … majoring in pre-med.