Chico State Athletics

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As a Junior - T&F (2025)
- Appeared in eight meets
- Finished seventh in the shot put at the CCAA Championships, reaching 15.21m
- Recorded a personal-best 15.41m in the shot put at the Wildcat Invitational
- Threw a season-best 38.32m at the Chico Invitational

As a Junior - T&F (2023)
- Did not see action

2020
Competed in two events at the March 6–7 Kim Duyst Invitational before the remainder of the 2020 track & field season was cancelled…Finished 11th in the shot put (13.44m) and 28th in the hammer throw (34.55m).
 
2019
Appeared in seven meets for the Wildcats as a true freshman…Posted personal best marks in the hammer (36.41m), discus (35.09 m), and shot put (14.05m).
 
Pre-Chico Days
A 2018 graduate of Oakdale High School…Claimed the Valley Oak League shot put and discus titles as a senior…Lettered in wrestling, helping lead the Mustangs to three VOL and Sac-Joaquin Section Division III crowns…Three-time VOL champion…As a center in football, led Oakdale to the 2017 VOL title…Was a member of the Mustangs’ 2016 Sac-Joaquin Section Division III and State Division 3-A championship football team…All-VOL selection is track, wrestling, and football.
 
Personal
Born February 1, 2000, in Sonora…Son of Miguel and Laura…Has three siblings: Miguel, Oscar, and Antonio…His mom is his hero (“I would not be where I am right now without her. She is the hardest worker I know and I hope to one day be a fraction of what she is”)…Favorite course at Chico State is Foundations of Exercise and Sports Psychology, taught by Aubrey Newland…Why he chose to attend Chico State: “I love the family aspect that the track & field team has. I have always been treated like family even when I didn’t know the other athletics staff”…His greatest sports moment is becoming the first shot putter in his high school’s history to make it to the state meet (“I only took half of my throws and missed finals to make it to graduation and still qualified”)…The most interesting thing he’s ever done is dive straight into class 3 rapids to get certified to be a rafting guide…The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished getting the All-League award four different times in just his senior year of high school…Has learned by competing in track & field that “sitting around doing nothing will not help you in what you need to do. You don’t want to go to practice all the time, but you want to get better, so you need to put the time in”…Enjoys playing basketball, playing video games, and working out when he has some free time…Is a River Rescue Certified rafting guide…Can play the clarinet and trumpet…Is fully fluent in Spanish and English…At the top of his bucket list: “Owning a Nissan GT-R”…Best advice ever received came from his current throws coach: “Do things for myself and not for someone else, because the only way you can enjoy what you do is if you do it for yourself by yourself”…Majoring in exercise physiology…Plans a career in occupational therapy, preferably with children with disabilities.