Chico State Athletics

2020
Appeared in two meets priors to the cancellation of the 2020 track & field season…Earned an NCAA Provisional qualifying bid on the way to a second place decathlon finish at the February 28–29, 2020 Chico Multi Classic…Posted six personal record marks in six events: 100m dash (11.20 seconds), long jump (6.79m), shot put (10.56m), discus (33.04m), javelin (47.90m), and 1,500m run (5:04.44), racking up a PR total of 6,501 points…Competed in two events at the March 6–7, 2000 Kim Duyst Invitational, winning the 110m hurdles (15.03 seconds) and sharing eighth place in the high jump (1.85m)…Earned 2019–20 CCAA All-Academic honors.
 
Pre-Chico Days
Spent two years competing at American River College in Sacramento…Won the state decathlon title at the 2018 CCCAA Championships…Competed in 110m and 400m hurdles, high jump, long jump, and javelin as a freshman…A 2016 graduate of Calaveras High School in San Andreas…Helped lead the Redskins to four consecutive Mother Lode League titles and the 2016 Sac-Joaquin Section Division V championship…Holds the school record (14.53 seconds) in the 110m high hurdles…Took top MLL honors in the 110m hurdles three times…Also won league titles in the 4x100m hurdles (2016), high jump (2015), and triple jump (2013)…Named team MVP in 2015 and 2016…Received Most Outstanding Award in 2014.
 
Personal
Born June 15, 1997, in Sacramento…Son of Mike and Kristen…Has one older sibling, Alayna…The person he most admires in the sports world is Aries Merritt (“He set the world record in the 110m hurdles in 2012, got a kidney transplant in 2015, then went back to being No. 5 in the world in 2017”)…Favorite course at Chico State is Strength of Material, taught by David DeBock…Why he chose to attend Chico State: “I wanted to go to a college close to home, and the track program fit what I was looking for”…His greatest sports moment is breaking his high school’s record in the 110m high hurdles…The most interesting thing he’s ever done is build his own 3D printer…The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is winning the state decathlon with only a quarter season of practice…Has learned by competing in track & field that “it takes time and repetition to get good at something”…Enjoys playing video games when he has some free time…Owns his own cattle…At the top of his bucket list: “Learn to fly a plane”…Best advice ever received: “Just try it. Who knows, you might like it”…Majoring in mechanical engineering.