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2018 Track & Field Roster

David Sellens III

  • Position Throws
  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 263
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Yreka, CA
  • Highschool Yreka High School

Biography

2018 (R-SENIOR): Transferred to CSU Bakersfield to complete his fifth year of eligiblity...competed in seven meets with the Roadrunner track & field team...threw 10 top 10 marks throughout the season...posted a season-best 145-11 in discus at WAC Outdoor Championships...recorded personal-best in hammer (187-11) at WAC Outdoor Championships, placed second...earned First Team All-Conference honors...named Academic All-WAC honoree.

2017 (R-JUNIOR): Competed for USC under Dan Lange and Caryl-Smith-Gilbert…was named to the Dean’s List six-times...earned the Stevens Scholar Award with a 3.66 GPA...placed first in the hammer throw at the California Collegiate and ninth at the PAC 12 Championships with 187-5 (57.12m).

2016 (R-SOPHOMORE): Competed for USC under Dan Lange and Caryl-Smith-Gilbert...placed third in the hammer throw at the California Collegiate with 180-6 (55.02m)...finished 12th in hammer throw at the PAC-12 Championships with 171-10 (52.39m).

2015 (R-FRESHMAN): Competed for USC under Dan Lange and Caryl-Smith-Gilbert...posted a season-best in discus at 129-1 (39.35m).

2014 (REDSHIRT): Sat out from competition as a medical redshirt at the University of Southern California.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2013 graduate of Yreka High School...coach was Orlyn Culp...track & field NAL Champion in shot put and discuss....named Northern Section Champion in discus...also played football for the Miners, earned All-NAL...selected to play in Lions All-Star game. PERSONAL: Born June 26, 1994...son of Susan Sellens…wife, Alexandra Sellens is a two-time All-American Pac 12 Champion in discuss throw...father in-law, Alan Collatz, Div. II record holder in the javelin for CSU Bakersfield...mother in-law, Maria Collatz, scholarship athlete in volleyball and track at Bakersfield...sister in-law, Tatum Collatz, scholarship athlete at CSUB.  
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