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2013-14 Track and Field Roster

Profile

  • Throws
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Blackfoot, Idaho
    Hometown
  • Blackfoot
    High School
Michael Cardinal
Michael Cardinal
Throws
Position
Junior
Class
Blackfoot, Idaho
Hometown

Summary

Biography

*Academic All-WAC (2013)*

2013 (So.): Named first-team all-WAC after placing third in the shot put at the WAC Indoor Championships... Earned first-team all-WAC honors after finishing third in the shot put at the WAC Outdoor Championships... Placed 32nd in the shot put at the Opening Round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships... Finished 11th in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Championships... , Placed seventh in the discus at the Outdoor WAC Championships... Earned academic all-WAC honors.

High School: A four-time letterwinner in track & field... Holds school records in the shot put and discus... State champion in the shot put and discus as a senior... Named Idaho Comeback Athlete of the Year, team MVP and academic all-state as a senior... Two-time National Champion in Olympic weight lifting.

Personal: Full name is Michael Gerard Cardinal... Only son, along with five daughters, of D.J. Mark Cardinal and Margaret Renae Martin... Served a two-year LDS Church Mission in Brazil from 2008-2010... Majoring in nutrition, dietetics and food sciences with a minor in Portugese.

Personal bests include:

Indoor Outdoor
Shot Put 17.67m 17.04m
Weight Throw 17.82m na
Discus na 49.81m
WAC Indoor Championships
2013 Shot Put 3rd 17.67m
2013 Weight Throw 11th 16.35m
WAC Outdoor Championships
2013 Shot Put 3rd 17.05m
2013 Discus 7th 48.10m
NCAA Outdoor First Round
Championships
2013 shot put 32nd 16.58m
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