2024 Track & Field Roster

Michael Gupta

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lexington, Mass.
  • Last School(s) Lexington HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHS:
Hammer:
66.88m (219-5)
Weight: 18.67m (61-3)

2024 (Outdoor): Appeared in seven meets for Cal… threw the hammer 64.53m (212-0) at the NCAA West Preliminary… posted a hammer PR of 66.88m (219-5) at the Pac-12 Championships to score for the Bears and move up to seventh in program history… at the 129th Big Meet, launched the hammer 64.57m (211-10)… posted a mark of 63.21m (207-4) at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational… CSC Academic All-District… USTFCCCA All-Academic... Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2024 (Indoor): Competed in one meet for Cal… posted a mark of 18.24m (59-10.25) in the weight throw at the Don Kirby Invitational... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2023 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets for Cal… threw the hammer 60.75m (199-4) at the NCAA West Preliminary… posted the 10th-best hammer throw in program history at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 63.78m (209-3)… at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, posted a throw of 62.40m (204-9)… threw the hammer 63.69m (208-11) at the 44th Aztec Invitational… College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Third Team… USTFCCCA All-Academic… named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2023 (Indoor): Appeared in two meets for Cal… threw the weight 18.67m (61-3), a personal best, at the New Mexico Team Open... earned Cal's Golden Bear Award for having the highest GPA on the team... Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll selection.

2022 (Outdoor): Competed in seven meets for the Bears… his mark of 63.12m (207-1) in the hammer throw at the Mt. SAC relays is 10th-best in program history… took second in the hammer at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational, posting a throw of 60.52m (198-7)… posted a mark of 61.03m (200-3) in the hammer at the Stanford Invitational… at the Cardinal Classic, finished second in the hammer with his throw of 60.76m (199-4)… USTFCCCA All-Academic… CoSIDA Academic All-District… Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (Indoor): Competed in three meets for Cal… posted a mark of 17.81m (58-5.25) in the weight throw at the Pac-12 Invitational… threw the weight 17.90m (58-8.75) at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational... named to the Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll... received the Golden Bear Achievement Award for having the highest GPA on the team.

2021: Competed in five outdoor meets for the Bears… set the Pac-12’s 12th-best mark of the season in the hammer throw with a personal-best heave of 60.15m (197-4) at the Pac-12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships… threw the hammer 58.79m (192-10) at the Big Meet… took second place in the hammer throw at the Cal-Sac State Dual with a final mark of 55.16m (181-0)… named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Lexington High School record-holder in the hammer throw and the weight throw… reached the 2020 Massachusetts Interscholastic Activities Association (MIAA) All-State Championship in the shot put… 2020 Middlesex League All-Star… in 2019, qualified for the USA Track & Field (USATF) Region 1 Junior Olympic Championships for the hammer throw… also competed in that event at the 2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoor… finished second at that year’s New England High School Hammer Throw Championships… competed in the shot put and the discus throw at the 2019 MIAA Division 1 East Championship… qualified for the 2019 New Balance Nationals Indoor in the weight throw… earlier that year, competed in the New England Weight Throw Championships… 2019 Middlesex League All-Star… competed in the hammer throw at the 2018 New Balance Nationals Outdoor… also played football for the Minutemen… Advanced Placement (AP) National Scholar… Honor Roll student at Lexington High School.

PERSONAL: Majored in computer science with the intent of pursuing a career in software engineering... son of Sunil and Michelle Gupta.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021Freshman

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  • 2022Sophomore

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  • 2023Junior

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  • 2024Senior

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