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2023 Track & Field Roster

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Wesley Hitt
Errol Anderson

Roberto Vilches

  • Class Senior
  • Major Parks, Recreation and Sport
  • Hometown Mexico City, Mexico
  • Event Jumps

Biography

PERSONAL RECORDS & RESULTS

AWARDS & HONORS

  • 2023 Outdoor All-SEC First Team (High Jump)
  • 2022 Indoor All-SEC Second Team (High Jump)
  • 2022 Indoor First Team All-American in High Jump
  • 2020 NCAA Indoor All-American (High Jump)
  • Finished third at the 2019 Pan American Games in the high jump
  • 2019 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor All-American
  • Indoor school record holder in the high jump with a 2.26m mark

2023 Outdoor

  • Finished seventh in the high jump with a height of 2.17m at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (Apr. 1)

2023 Indoor

  • Began the season by clearing 2.16m in the high jump at the Texas Tech Invitational (Jan. 28) 
  • Second place Men High Jump at the Don Kirby Elite Indoor (Feb. 10) with a 2.16m jump
  • Placed second in the high jump (2.21m) at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25)

2022 Outdoor 

  • Finished 9th in high jump at the 2022 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays (Mar 23-26) with a jump of 2.15m
  • Took second in high jump with a jump of 2.15m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (April 22-23)
  • Placed fourth in high jump at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships (May 12-14) with a jump of 2.18m
  • Competed in the high jump at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (May 25-28) with a jump of 2.15m
  • Finished eighth in the high jump with a jump of 2.15m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships (June 8-11)

2022 Indoor

  • Placed first in the high jump at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 28-29) with a jump of 2.26m
  • Won the high jump at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-26) with a jump of 2.23m
  • Came in fifth in high jump at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships (March 11-12) with a jump of 2.20m

2021 Outdoor

  • Won the high jump at Tom Botts Invitational (4/20/21) with a season-best jump of 2.10m
  • Finished seventh in high jump at the War Eagle Invitational (4/17/21) with a jump of 2.00m

2020 Indoor

  • Posted back-to-back event wins in the high jump at the Mizzou Intercollegiate (1/17/20) and the Aggie Invitational (1/25/20) with jumps of 2.22m (7-3.25) and 2.17m (7-1.5), respectively
  • Placed first in the long jump with a mark of 7.59m (24-11) at the Mizzou Open (2/7/20)
  • Finished fifth in the high jump at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/29/20) with a clearance of 2.11m (6-11)

2020 Outdoor

  • Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

 2019 Indoor

  • Set the Mizzou Record in the high jump at the Missouri Intercollegiate (1/11/19) with a mark of 2.26m (7-5). This mark earned him a first place finish.
  • Finished first in the high jump at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational (1/19/19) with a mark of 2.21m (7-3)
  • Won the high jump at the Husker Invitational (2/2/19) with a mark of 2.22m (7-3.25)
  • Finished first in the long jump at the Missouri Collegiate Challenge (2/16/19), setting a personal record of 7.82m (25-8)
  • Competed at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/22/19) in the long jump, finishing ninth with a mark of 7.60m (24-11.25)
  • Competed at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the high jump, finishing 15th with a mark of 2.10m (6-10.75)

2019 Outdoor

  • Earned a first place finish in the high jump at the Mizzou Spring Open (4/6/19) with a mark of 2.27m (7-5.25). This put him in Mizzou’s Top-10 marks for the high jump.
  • Finished first in the high jump at the Tom Botts Invitational (4/20/19), recording a mark of 2.20m (7-2.5)
  • Competed at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/10/19), earning a fifth place finish in the high jump. He recorded a mark of 2.21m (7-3)
  • Tied for a ninth place finish in the high jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (5/7/19), finishing with a mark of 2.18m (7-1.75)
  • Finished first at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/25/19), with a high jump of 2.16m (7-1).

High School
Three-time All-American at Universidad del Valle de México High School … … Second Team All-American in 2019 … Bronze medalist at 2019 Senior PanAm games 

Personal
Born on May 21, 1999 in Mexico City, Mexico … Son of Carmina and Roberto … Has one sister, Julia … Majoring in Parks, Recreation Tourism and Sport

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Freshman

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  • 2020Sophomore

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  • 2021Junior

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  • 2022Junior

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  • 2023Senior

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