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2018 Men's Track & Field Roster

Wilmer Jovel

Wilmer Jovel

  • Position:
    Hurdles/Sprints
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-6 /
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Closter, NJ
  • High School:
    Northern Valley Regional

Summary

Biography

2018 Outdoors: Placed second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 56.83 at the Metropolitan Outdoor Track and Field Championships...Also competed in the 4x400 at Mets, earning third place with a time of 3:21.01...Won the 400-meter hurdles at Monmouth on April 22 with a season-best time of 56.41...Earned bronze in the 4x400-meter race at the MAAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships with a time of 3:19.60...Also competed in the 400-meter hurdles at the MAAC Championships, earning sixth overall with a time of 56.44.

2017-18 Indoors: Was a member of the winning 4x400 team at the Yale Invitational on January 13, earning a time of 3:21.81...Also competed in the 500-meters at Yale, earning third with a time of 1:09.40...Set a personal-best time of 1:07.84 in the 500-meter race at the Metropolitan Indoor Track and Field Championships, good for 11th overall.

2017 Outdoors: Finished fourth in the 400 meter hurdles (58.95) at the Mark Young Invitational on April 1…Took fifth in the 400 hurdles (56.89) at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships on April 14…Placed eighth in the 400 hurdles (56.85) at the Lions Invitational on April 29…Posted a season-best time of 56.35 seconds to secure sixth place in the 400 hurdles while also earning a bronze medal in the 4x400 meter relay at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 6.

2016-17 Indoors: Registered a time of 1:09.51 to take eighth place in the 500 meters at the Crowell Open on Dec. 3…Ran the 400 meters in 53.26 seconds at the Penn 8-Team Select on Jan. 21…Notched a season-best clocking of 1:08.98 in the 500 at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships on Feb. 2…Competed in the distance medley relay at the Millrose Games on Feb. 11.

2016 Outdoors: Placed sixth in the 400 meter hurdles with a 58.82-second clocking at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships on April 8…Finished seventh in the 400 hurdles (56.70) at the Princeton Outdoor Invitational on April 15…Secured sixth place in the 400 hurdles (55.99) at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 7.

2015-16 Indoors: Had a season-best time of 1:08.92 in the 500 meters at the Metro Holiday Season Opener on Dec. 5…Took third in the 500 (1:10.65) at the Draddy Invitational on Feb. 13.

2015 Outdoors: Took fifth in the 400 hurdles (57.50) at the Rider Invitational on April 11…Notched a 56.69-second clocking in the 400 hurdles at the Larry Ellis Invitational on April 15…Secured seventh place in the 400 hurdles with a season-best time of 56.56 seconds at the MAAC Outdoor Championships on May 2.

2014-15 Indoors: Notched a season-best time of 52.35 seconds in the 400 meters at the Metro Team Challenge on Jan. 23…Placed 17th in the 400 (52.92) at the Metropolitan Indoor Championships on Feb. 5.

Before Manhattan: Holds five school records at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest…Earned a pair of First Team All-League and Second Team All-County selections in the 400 meter hurdles…Team won both the Big North Conference and New Jersey Group 3 State Sectional Championships, and was named Bergen County “Team of the Year” during the 2014 indoor season…Also a member of the squad that received Bergen County “Team of Year” honors outdoors in 2013.

Personal: Full name Wilmer Jovel-Reyes…Son of Jose Jovel and Mary Reyes…Has one sister, Mayra…Only member of family not born in Guatemala…Majoring in engineering…Worked with Challenger Track & Field, teaching the sport to autistic children…Born on March 8, 1996.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'6"
  • 2016Sophomore

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'6"
  • 2017Junior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'6"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Hurdles/Sprints
    5'6"
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