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2016-17 Track and Field Roster

CJ Deters

CJ Deters

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Grand Junction, Colorado
  • Highschool:
    Grand Junction High School

Summary

Biography

Senior (2017):  Finished with a season-best shot put mark of 14.18 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… placed seventh in the shot put at the WAC Championships… tallied a season best of 13.57 meters in the weight throw at the Mountain States Games… took fifth in the weight throw (13.31m) at the BYU December invite… ranked eighth in the WAC in the shot put… 12th in the WAC in the weight throw. Outdoor: Matched a personal record and the fifth-best mark in program history in the shot put (14.81m) at the Long Beach State Beach Invitational… set a personal record in the discus with a 40.24-meter throw at the BYU Robison Invitational… finished fourth in the shot put (14.45m) at the Weber State Twilight meet… placed fifth in the hammer with a season-best mark of 47.18 meters at the WAC Outdoor Championships in Edinburg, Texas… ranked fourth in the WAC in the shot put… sixth in the WAC in the hammer… 12th in the WAC in the discus.
 
At Utah Valley...

Junior (2016):  Indoor:
Moved into fourth in program history in the shot put with a mark of 14.75 meters at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational… added the sixth farthest throw in the hammer on UVU’s all-time record list at the UVU Collegiate Invite… recorded the ninth best weight throw (13.95m) on the school record chart in UVU debut at the Weber State Wildcat Winter Open… placed fifth in the shot put (14.69m) at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho…  earned sixth place finish at BYU in the shot put and weight throw (13.00m)… also finished sixth in the shot put at the Wildcat Winter Open, Mountain States Games (14.74m) and Weber State Outdoor Invitational (14.58m)… ranked fifth in the WAC in the shot put… seventh in the WAC in the weight throw. Outdoor: Tallied the fifth-best shot put mark in program history with a 14.81-meter throw at the Utah Spring Classic... placed fourth in the hammer (45.90m) and the shot put (14.74m) in outdoor debut at the UNLV Spring Invitational… posted a season-best throw of 40.12 meters in the discus at the Weber State Wildcat Outdoor Open… ranked seventh in WAC shot put standings… eighth in the WAC in the hammer… 13th in the WAC in the discus.

Before Utah Valley...
Prepped at Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, Colorado...as a senior was all-state in shot put and discus...holds high school record in shot put (56'1")... also played football...transferred from Weber State University.

Personal...
Graduate of Grand Junction High School...son of Ross and Linda Deters..has five sisters and two brothers...majoring in philosophy

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Throws
    6'2"

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