2019-20 Track & Field / XC Roster
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Soto, Yariel
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Yariel Soto
- Position:
- Multis
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Hatillo, Puerto Rico
- High School:
- Centerville
Bio
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- 60m: 6.96 (2022)
- 1000m: 2:38.02 (2022)
- 60mH: 8.45 (2022)
- High Jump: 1.96m (2022)
- Pole Vault: 4.86m (2022)
- Long Jump: 7.62m (2022)
- Shot Put: 13.18m (2022)
- Heptathlon: 5,832 points (2022)
Outdoor Track
- 100m: 10.67 (2022)
- 400m: 48.10 (2022)
- 1500m: 4:27.48 (2022)
- 110mH: 15.28 (2022)
- High Jump: 1.89m (2021)
- Pole Vault: 4.85m (HS)
- Long Jump: 7.56m (2022)
- Shot Put: 13.00m (2022)
- Discus: 43.66m (2022)
- Javelin: 48.02m (2021)
- Decathlon: 7,677 points (2022)
SEC Scoring
Indoor Track
- 2022 - Heptathlon - 3rd - 5,760 points
- 2020 - Heptathlon - 4th - 5,498 points
Outdoor Track
- 2022 - Decathlon - 3rd - 7,600 points
HONORS
- 2022 Outdoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Decathlon
- 2022 Outdoor All-SEC Second Team - Decathlon
- 2022 Outdoor SEC Bronze Medalist - Decathlon
- 2022 Indoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - Heptathlon
- 2022 Indoor Second Team All-SEC - Heptathlon
- 2022 Indoor SEC Bronze Medalist - Heptathlon
2022 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor
- Earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-America accolades after he scored a lifetime-best 5,832 points in the heptathlon and finished ninth at the 2022 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships (3/12)
- Became the first Vol since Michael Ayers in 2009 to compete in the multi-events at the NCAA Indoor National Championships
- Earned Second Team Indoor All-SEC honors with his third-place finish in the heptathlon
- Won a bronze medal at the 2022 SEC Indoor Championships in the heptathlon, finishing with a then career-high 5,760 points (2/26)
- Set a personal-best in the long jump at the Tyson Invite, leaping 7.62m (25-0) (2/11)
- Opened the year competing in the heptathlon at the Hokie Invite, placing third with a then personal-best 5,506 points (1/22)
- Earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-America accolades with his placement in the decathlon
- Placed 10th overall in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships, scoring 7,668 points (6/10)
- Finished third in the decathlon with 7,600 points at the SEC Championships (5/13)
- Threw a personal-best 43.66m (143-3) in the men's discus throw during the Tennessee Challenge (5/7)
- Set a career-high in the decathlon with 7,677 points at the 54th Tennessee Relays (4/8)
2021 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor
- Achieved a personal-best and came in seventh place in the men's shot put with a distance of 12.26m (40-2.75) at the SEC Championships (2/25)
- Finished third in the men's decathlon at the Tennessee Relays (4/9), racking up a total 7,363 points and recording a personal-best mark of 40.81 meters (133-10) in the discus throw
- Made his first official outdoor appearance for Tennessee at the Tiger Track Classic (3/19), recording a personal best mark of 48.03m (157-6) in the javelin throw
2020 TRACK & FIELD
Indoor- Finished 4th in the heptathlon at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/29) with a total of 5,498 points, the No. 7 mark in Tennessee history and highest finish at the conference meet for UT since 2009
- Logged PRs in the 60m (6.99), 60m hurdles (8.68) and 1000m (2:39.10) at the SEC Championships (2/29)
- In his college heptathlon debut, recorded PRs in the 60m (7.01), 1000m (2:45.13) and long jump (7.38m) at the Texas Tech Invitational (1/31)
- Cleared a height of 4.70m (15-5) for fourth place in the unseeded pole vault at the Virginia Tech Invite (1/17)
- Finished sixth in his college long jump debut with a mark of 6.98m (22-11) at the Virginia Tech Invite (1/18)
Outdoor
- Did not compete, as the 2020 outdoor track & field season was canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) global health crisis
HIGH SCHOOL/PERSONAL
- Competed for Centerville High School in Centerville, Ohio
- Intends to major in Sport Management
- 2019 New Balance Nationals champion in the decathlon - scoring a meet record and personal best 7,509 points
- 2019 New Balance Nationals Field Athlete of the Meet
- Representing Puerto Rico, won the 2018 U20 Pan American Combined Events Cup
- Second place in decathlon at the 2018 New Balance Outdoor Nationals with 7,025 points
- Four-time Ohio state high school champion
- Recipient of the VJM Sigmon Athletic Scholarship
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