University of Miami Athletics

Kevin Arreaga

position

Throws

Class

Fifth Year

Hometown

Madrid, Spain

High School

Comunidad de Madrid

Kevin Arreaga - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2021 Indoor: Was one of just two competitors to throw over 20 meters in the men’s weight throw at the Red Raider Invitational and finished second at 20.44m…Finished third in the weight throw at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a mark of 19.84m…Won the men’s weight throw at the Tiger Paw Invite with his mark of 21.19m, throwing over 21 meters for the first time this season.

2020 Outdoor: Outdoor season was canceled due to COVID-19.

2020 Indoor: Began the season winning the weight throw with a then-personal best mark of 20.94m at the Wolverine Invitational, which ranked second in program history… Finished third at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a mark of 20.44m in men’s weight throw… Set a new personal best mark of 21.82m, a Miami program record, in the weight at the Texas Tech Invitational, which ranked as the then-fourth best throw in the NCAA… Finished sixth at the Tiger Paw Invitational in the weight throw with his mark of 20.48m… Finished third in the men’s weight throw despite an injury with his mark of 20.16m at the ACC Indoor Championships… Finished the season ranked No. 14 nationally in the men’s weight throw and was set to compete at the NCAA Indoor Championships before the cancellation of the meet due to COVID-19.

USTFCCCA All-America, Second-Team – Hammer
Hammer Throw – ACC Outdoor Runner-Up
ACC Field Performer of the Week – 3/28/19

2019 Outdoor: Won the men’s hammer throw with a then-leading NCAA mark of 71.07m at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge… Finished seventh in the hammer throw at the Florida Relays with a mark of 68.94m…Finished first in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 70.75m at the Alumni Invitational… Finished fourth in the hammer throw with his mark of 68.13m at Tom Jones Memorial… Won the silver medal in the men’s hammer with his mark of 69.13m at the ACC Outdoor Championships… Finished 10th overall in the men’s hammer throw at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships with his mark of 68.32m.

2019 Indoor: Posted a mark of 20.37m in the Men’s Weight Throw at the UAB Blazer Invite… Competed in thr shot put for the first time in his collegiate career and recorded a mark of 20.37m at the UAB Vulcan Invite… Won the men’s weight throw at the Texas Tech Classic with a mark of 20.36m… Surpassed his former UM program record at the Tiger Paw Invite in the weight throw with a mark of 20.67m… Finished fourth in the men’s weight throw, registering a mark of 20.55m at the ACC Indoor Championships.

2018 Outdoor: Began the outdoor season breaking a UM record in the men’s hammer throw with a mark of 68.33m, finishing second at the Hurricane Invitational… Went on to beat his own school record at the Power 5 Trailblazer Challenge in the hammer throw with a mark of 69.83m… Finished fifth in the men’s invite hammer throw at the Florida Relays with a mark of 69.33m… Was third in the men’s hammer invitational section with a throw of 69.18m at the Hurricane Alumni Meet… Threw his third personal-best throw of the season with a mark of 70.64m in the hammer throw at the Virginia Challenge… Placed fourth with a mark of 64.48m in the men’s hammer throw at the Nation Relay Championships… Earned the silver medal in the men’s hammer throw at the 2018 ACC Outdoor Championship… Earned a spot in the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a mark of 67.27m in the men’s hammer  at the East Preliminary… Finished his 2018 season placing 10thwith a throw of 70.07m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the men’s hammer throw.

2018 Indoor: Posted a mark of 19.31m in the weight throw at the Tiger Paw Invitational that ranks second all-time in UM history…recorded personal-best 20.28-meter and 20.75-meter throws – the latter putting him second all-time in Miami history – to earn a bronze medal at his first ACC Indoor Championships.