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Aron Alvarez Aranda
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bloemfontein, South Africa
Personal Records
Indoor Track
- Weight Throw: 16.96m (2025)
Outdoor Track
- Discus: 61.14m (2025)
- Hammer: 56.83m (2024)
SEC Scoring
Outdoor Track
- 2025 - Discus - 5th - 59.44m
- 2024 - Discus - 4th - 58.68m
NCAA Scoring
Outdoor Track
- 2025 - Discus - 8th - 59.87m
HONORS
- 2025 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2025 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
- 2025 USTFCCCA First Team All-American - Discus
- 2024 USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Athlete
- 2024 Outdoor USTFCCCA Second Team All-American - Discus
- 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2025 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Saw action in seven collegiate meets during his sophomore outdoor season, competing exclusively in the discus throw
- Represented South Africa at the FISU World University Games in July 2025, finishing ninth in the final with a mark of 55.94m (183-6)
- Earned First Team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships (6/13) with an eight-place finish in the national discus final, heaving a mark of 59.87m (196-5)
- Became the first Vol to score in an NCAA discus final since 2015 with his eighth-place finish at the national meet
- Scored at the SEC Championships (5/17) for the second year in a row, taking fifth place with a mark of 59.44m (195-0)
- Notched his personal best in the men's discus at the Big Orange Invite (5/2) with a throw of 61.14m (200-7)
- Finished first in the men's discus at the Tennessee Invite (4/4) with a throw of 58.57m (192-2)
- Opened the outdoor season with a throw of 68.64m (192-4) at the USF Alumni Invite (3/22), claiming second place
- Competed twice in the weight throw during the 2025 indoor season
- Saw his first indoor action as a Vol at the McFerrin 12 Degree Invitational (1/10), placing second in the weight throw with a mark of 16.96m (55-7.75)
2024 TRACK & FIELD
Outdoor- Wrapped up his freshman season with Second Team All-America honors in the discus, placing 11th at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/8) with a throw of 57.85m (189-9)
- Punched his ticket to nationals with a seventh-place outing in the discus at the 2024 NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (5/24), heaving the discus 57.25m (187-10)
- Scored five points for the Vols at the SEC Outdoor Championships (5/9) with a fourth-place finish in the discus, throwing a mark of 58.68m (192-6)
- Posted his PR of 58.89m (193-2) at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (4/13), which stands as the UT freshman record and No. 5 mark in school history
- Finished second in the discus at the Battle of the Bayou (3/29) with a throw of 58.44m (191-9)
- Made collegiate debut at the UCF Black & Gold Invite (3/15), topping the podium in the discus with a throw of 58.02m (190-4)
PRIOR TO TENNESSEE
- Discus standout and two-time junior national champion from Bloemfoentein, South Africa
- Logged a third-place finish at the USSA Track & Field Championships with a mark of 52.55m (172-5)
- Posted his 2kg discus PR of 55.34m (181-7) at the ASA Athletics Grad Prix 3 in April 2023, ranking No. 6 on the final U20 world list
- Finished fourth at the 2023 South African Senior National Championships with a discus heave of 53.87m (176-9)
- Opened the 2023 season placing fourth at the U20 South African Championships with a mark of 58.34m (191-5) in the 1.75kg discus
- Qualified for the 2022 World Athletics U-20 Championships in the discus (1.75kg) and finished 11th in the final, throwing 59.36m (194-9)
- Ranked 12th in the world in 2022 in the men's 1.75kg discus with a season-best heave of 60.99m (200-1) at the ACNW Open T&F Meeting
- Repeated as national champion in the discus at the 2022 U-20 South African Championships (57.34m / 188-1)
- Ranked No. 1 on the 2021 U-18 World Athletics list in the 1.5kg discus throw with a lifetime-best heave of 63.46m (208-2) to win gold the U-18 South African Championships
- Accompanied his 2021 U-20 discus national title with a bronze medal in the hammer throw (5kg) at the U-18 South African Championships, throwing 58.44m (191-9) in the final
PERSONAL
- Majoring in public health
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Thursday, April 17
Track & Field | 400m Hurdles Feature
Wednesday, May 22
Track & Field | Tennessee Invite Recap
Wednesday, April 10
Track & Field | Battle on the Bayou Recap
Saturday, March 30
