University of Miami Athletics

Décio Andrade

position

Throws

Class

Graduate Student

Hometown

Camacha, Portugal

High School

Escola Secundaria de Francisco

Previous School

Angelo State

Instagram

@decio.andrade

Décio Andrade - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2x Outdoor All-American (Hammer Throw)

2x Indoor All-American (Weight Throw)

2x ACC Outdoor Champion (Hammer Throw)

1x ACC Indoor Champion (Weight Throw)

Personal Bests at Miami:

73.77m (Hammer Throw)

22.54m (Weight Throw)

Graduate Student (2023 Outdoor): Placed first in three out of five outdoor regular-season appearances in the men’s hammer throw…first at Florida Relays (3/31) with 72.89m, first at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/7) with 73.01m, and first at UNF East Coast Relays (4/28) with 72.02m…broke the previous program record at the Beach Invitational (4/14) with 73.77m, placing third…placed first at ACC Outdoor Championships (5/11) with 72.78m, beating the runner-up by seven meters…placed fourth with 70.94m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (5/25) and earned his third division one first-team all-American honors at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships (6/7) with 73.73m, placing fourth.

Graduate Student (2023 Indoor): Placed first in three out of four indoor regular-season appearances in the men’s weight throw…first at the Louisville Cardinal Classic (1/13) with 21.71m, first at the Texas Tech Raid Raider Open (2/3) with 22.48m, and first at the Tiger Paw Invite (2/10) with 22.48m…earned ACC Indoor Champion with 22.52m (2/23)…earned his second division one first-team all-American honors at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships (3/10) with 22.54m, placing fourth.

Graduate Student (2022 Outdoor): ACC Champion in the men’s hammer throw with a final mark of 70.88m, a mark that placed him at number two in outdoor program history…placed first at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational (3/26) with 71.76m and earned first at Florida Relays (3/31) with 70.51m…placed top three in four outdoor regular season appearances…placed first at ACC Outdoor Championships (5/12) in the hammer throw with 70.88m…placed fifth at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (5/28) with 68.72m…earned his first division one all-American honor at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships (6/8) placing seventh with 70.86m.

Graduate Student (2022 Indoor): Placed sixth at the 2022 ACC Indoor Championships in the men’s hammer throw with 20.93m (2/24)…placed second at the Tiger Paw Invitational with 21.49m in the men’s weight throw (2/11)…placed top-five in four out of five indoor appearances.

Prior to Miami (Angelo State University): 2019 NCAA DII hammer throw National Champion… 2021 NCAA DII hammer throw runner-up… 2021 NCAA DII weight throw runner-up… NCAA DII hammer throw second all-time… holds the Lone Star Conference (LSC) hammer throw and weight throw records… LSC hammer throw champion in 2019 and 2021… earned LSC 2021 weight throw championship… named to LSC Commissioner’s honor roll… earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration.

International Competition: Competed at the Mediterranean U23 Championships, European U23 Championships and European Throwing Cup.

Personal: He is the son of Lucia Goncalves and Eduardo Andrade… has two siblings, Robin and Vanessa.