Eliel Cuesta –
TFRRS PROFILE
School Records: *Last Updated 5/19/2023
6th - Indoor Heptathlon - 3900 at Big South Indoor Championships (2/24/2023)
5th - Outdoor Decathlon - 5431 at Big South Outdoor Championships (5/10/2023)
2023 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Competed in seven meets during the season ... Set personal bests in the 110m hurdles at the USC Open (4/22/23) with a 14.63 (0.9) and in the javelin throw at the Charlotte Invitational (4/28-29) with a 39.25m (128' 9") ... Set a career best in the decathlon with a total score of 5431 at the Big South Outdoor Championships (5/10-12) for 6th ... Recorded personal bests in three of the events during the competition.
2022-2023 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Had outings in five of the meets during the season ... Finished in 7th in the heptathlon at the big South Championships with a score of 3900 ... Best performance came in the high jump for third with a mark of 1.77m (5' 9.75").
2022 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season primarily on high jump and long jump ... Finished in 5th in the Big South Outdoor Championships with a score of 5160 finishing third in three of the events during it ... In the long jump (3rd) had a 5.94m (0.4) (19' 6") ... In the high jump (3rd) had a 1.83m (6' 0") ... In the discus (3rd) had a 35.07m (115' 1").
2021-2022 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Competed in five meets during the winter ... Had a personal best in the high jump of 1.85m (6' 0.75") at the Buccaneer Invitational (2/3-5) ... Set his PB in the triple jump at the VMI Classic (2/11-12) of 12.71m (+.0) (41' 8.5").
2021 Outdoor at Gardner-Webb: Recorded a season best at the VertklasseMeeting (4/1-2) with a height 1.74m (5' 8.5") ... Best in the triple jump came at Big South Outdoor Championships with a 12.49m (0.8) (40' 11.75").
2021 Indoor at Gardner-Webb: Canceled due to COVID-19.
Prior to Gardner-Webb: Competed on the track and field team at Rock Hill High School in Rock Hill, S.C...Competed in the jumps and the pole vault...Won event championship in the triple jump at the 2019 Fort Mill Meet with a distance of 37' 1.5"...Also finished second in the event at the SCHSL Region 3-5A Meet with a distance of 42' 6.5"...Won the long jump championship at the 2019 Fort Mill Meet with a distance of 19' 7"....Also finished third in the event at the SCHSL Region 3-5A Meet with a distance of 20' 2"...Also recorded top-five finishes in the pole vault and the high jump at the 2019 SCHSL Region 3-5A Meet...Did not compete his senior season due to COVID-19
