2020 Track & Field Roster
Roster

Jacob Wachtendonk
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- North Bend, Wash.
- High School:
- Mount Si
2020: Did not get to compete in his final season with the cancelation of the outdoor season due to COVID-19 โฆ a Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll selection.
2019: Improved his personal-best in the javelin and advanced to a second NCAA West Preliminary โฆ opened his sophomore season with a PR of 216-7 at the Stanford Invitational to take third โฆ second in the javelin at the UW-WSU Dual with a toss of 211-3 โฆ was 10th at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 195-10 โฆ tossed 212-0 at the National Relays in Arkansas for seventh โฆ finished 34th overall at the West Prelims in Sacramento at 197-1.
2018: Completed his first full season in the javelin, qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships โฆ big breakthrough came at the UW-WSU Dual where he took third in the javelin with a PR of 11 feet, throwing 207-1 โฆ was 47th at West Prelims with a mark of 183-7 โฆ competed at the Pac-12 Championships, throwing 184-10 for 13th โฆ fifth in the javelin at the Pepsi Team Invite going 190-1 โฆ first meet in uniform was the Trojan Invitational where he threw 190-0 for fourth โฆ named USTFCCCA All-Academic ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: Redshirted his first season throwing the javelin โฆ ended his year competing at the U.S. Junior Championships and had a season-best at that meet of 196-feet for eighth-place โฆ took second, competing unattached, at the Ken Shannon Invite, throwing 193-0 โฆ also threw 188-7 at the OSU High Performance Meet unattached.
High School and Personal: Born in Washington โฆ parents are Karyn and Robert Wachtendonk โฆ has two older sisters, Megan and Rachel โฆ Megan was a UW graduate in 2016 โฆ two-time KingCo and district champion in the javelin throw โฆ placed fifth at the 4A state meet as a senior and seventh as a junior in the javelin โฆ top throw of 194-5 as a senior ranked third overall in Washington state โฆ also lettered two years in football and was the student-athlete of the year for basketball in 2012 โฆ high school student-athlete of the year in 2016 โฆ played tenor saxophone all four years of high school as part of jazz band that finished sixth in the nation at the Essentially Ellington jazz band competition โฆ graduated with a 3.92 grade point average.
Major Meets
2017 U.S. Juniors - 8th, Javelin
2018 Pac-12 - 13th, Javelin
2018 NCAA Prelims - 47th, Javelin
2019 Pac-12 - 10th, Javelin
2019 NCAA Prelims - 34th, Javelin
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Outdoor Bests
Javelinโฆโฆ.216-7
Academic Honors
2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2019: Improved his personal-best in the javelin and advanced to a second NCAA West Preliminary โฆ opened his sophomore season with a PR of 216-7 at the Stanford Invitational to take third โฆ second in the javelin at the UW-WSU Dual with a toss of 211-3 โฆ was 10th at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 195-10 โฆ tossed 212-0 at the National Relays in Arkansas for seventh โฆ finished 34th overall at the West Prelims in Sacramento at 197-1.
2018: Completed his first full season in the javelin, qualifying for the NCAA West Preliminary Championships โฆ big breakthrough came at the UW-WSU Dual where he took third in the javelin with a PR of 11 feet, throwing 207-1 โฆ was 47th at West Prelims with a mark of 183-7 โฆ competed at the Pac-12 Championships, throwing 184-10 for 13th โฆ fifth in the javelin at the Pepsi Team Invite going 190-1 โฆ first meet in uniform was the Trojan Invitational where he threw 190-0 for fourth โฆ named USTFCCCA All-Academic ... a Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.
2017: Redshirted his first season throwing the javelin โฆ ended his year competing at the U.S. Junior Championships and had a season-best at that meet of 196-feet for eighth-place โฆ took second, competing unattached, at the Ken Shannon Invite, throwing 193-0 โฆ also threw 188-7 at the OSU High Performance Meet unattached.
High School and Personal: Born in Washington โฆ parents are Karyn and Robert Wachtendonk โฆ has two older sisters, Megan and Rachel โฆ Megan was a UW graduate in 2016 โฆ two-time KingCo and district champion in the javelin throw โฆ placed fifth at the 4A state meet as a senior and seventh as a junior in the javelin โฆ top throw of 194-5 as a senior ranked third overall in Washington state โฆ also lettered two years in football and was the student-athlete of the year for basketball in 2012 โฆ high school student-athlete of the year in 2016 โฆ played tenor saxophone all four years of high school as part of jazz band that finished sixth in the nation at the Essentially Ellington jazz band competition โฆ graduated with a 3.92 grade point average.
Major Meets
2017 U.S. Juniors - 8th, Javelin
2018 Pac-12 - 13th, Javelin
2018 NCAA Prelims - 47th, Javelin
2019 Pac-12 - 10th, Javelin
2019 NCAA Prelims - 34th, Javelin
ย
Outdoor Bests
Javelinโฆโฆ.216-7
Academic Honors
2020 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2019 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019 Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team
2018 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
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