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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Erik Mensendiek

  • Position Throws
  • Height 6-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Danville, Calif.
  • High School Monte Vista High School

Biography

Personal Best Marks

Outdoors:
100-meter dash – 11.25 (Jim Click Shootout 4/9/15)
200-meter dash – 23.18 (Willie Williams Classic 3/20/15)
400-meter sprint – 50.63 (Jim Click Shootout 4/9/15)
1,500-meter race – 5:30.55 (Jim Click Shootout 4/10/15)
110-meter hurdles – 17.18 (Jim Click Shootout 4/10/15)
High Jump – 5-10 (1.77m) (Jim Click Shootout 4/9/15)
Pole Vault – 12-1.5 (3.69m) (Jim Click Shootout 4/10/15)
Long Jump – 20-1.5 (6.13m) (ASU Invitational 3/28/15)
Shot Put – 38-10.5 (11.84m) (Jim Click Shootout 4/9/15)
Discus Throw – 95-10 (29.21m) (Willie Williams Classic 3/20/15)
Javelin Throw – 223-5 (68.09m) (Jim Click Shootout 4/8/17)
Decathlon – 6,058 points (Jim Click Shootout 4/9-10/15)
 
2017
Indoors: Did not compete in the indoor season …
Outdoors: Competed in six javelin throw events, finishing in first place in four of those outings … Set a career mark of 223-5 at the Jim Click Shootout to earn first place honors … Tabbed a first place finish at the Willie Williams Classic with a 217-1 mark … Earned first place honors at the TCU Big 5 Classic with a 213-6 mark … finished in first at the Duel in the Desert … 
2016: Did not compete in indoors, Mensendiek competed in the javelin in four meets in the 2016 outdoor campaign and placed in the top-10 in three of them. His highest place came at the Jim Click Shootout where he dominated the field and threw a 195 ft. - 10 in. (59.69m), good enough for first-place. His best throw of the season came at the ASU Invitational, where he came in seventh with a toss of 198 ft. - 5 in. (60.47m).

2015: Redshirted during the indoor season … Outdoors, Mensendiek competed in the decathlon at the Jim Click Shootout and finished in fourth place with a score of 6,058 points … Took first place in the javelin throw with a personal-best toss of 201-3 (61.34m) at the Willie Williams Classic … Earned a second-place finish in the javelin throw at the Arizona-ASU Dual meet with a mark of 188-10 (57.55m).

Personal: He is the son of Barbi & John Mensendiek … He has one sister Caroline (Oregon 2014) and one brother Thomas (Colorado 2016) ... His major is engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Combined Events
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'6"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Sprints
    6'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Throws
    6'6"
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