Roberto Vilches

Roberto Vilches
Mizzou Tigers at SEC Indoor Championships in College Station, TX. on Saturday, February 26, 2022.
(Photo by Jeff Curry)

Photo by: Hunter Dyke/Mizzou Athletics

Photo by: Wesley Hitt

Photo by: Errol Anderson

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

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 15^th 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