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2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Throws
    Position
  • Junior
    Class
  • Milliken, Colo.
    Hometown
  • Roosevelt
    High School
Mikey DeRock
Mikey DeRock
Throws
Position
Junior
Class
Milliken, Colo.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

2021-22
Indoor Track & Field: Competed in both the weight throw and the shot put during the season… Took seventh in the shot put at the Mountain West Championships with a toss of 52-0.75… Finished eighth in the weight throw at the Mountain West Championships with toss of 49-9…  Posted a season best mark of 54-5 in the shot put at the Power Meet… Took second in the weight throw at the Invite at the Peak with a season best toss of 55-4.25… Finished sixth in the weight throw at the Husky Classic with mark of 53-2.7.

Outdoor Track & Field: Had a productive season competing in both the shot put and the discus… Finished seventh in the discus at the Mountain West Championships with a toss of 50-3.25… Followed that up with ninth place finish in the shot put at the Mountain West Championships… Finished sixth in the shot discus and seventh in the shot put at the Spank Blasing Invite… Earned a second-place finish in the shot put at the Front Range Open with a toss of 49-4.5.

2020-21
Indoor Track & Field: Competed in shot put at every meet… Recorded a career best throw of 52-9.5 at the Power Meet where he also had a season best third place finish… Placed sixth at the Air Force Invitational… Finished 11th amongst a strong field of competitors at the Championships at the Peak. 

Outdoor Track and Field: Had a strong season competing in both discuss and shot put… Threw a career best 169-2 in the discus at the Loper Twilight where he finished third… Set a new career best in the shot put with a toss of 54-2 to finish fourth at the West Coast Relays… Took third in both the shot put and discus at the UNLV Spring Invitational. 

2019-20
Indoor Track & Field: Had a career meet at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, where he put up career-bests in the shot put and the weight throw, with marks of 52-2.5 and 54-5.25, respectively… Placed sixth in the shot put and eighth in the weight throw at the MW Championships… Had three top-five finishes in the shot put during the season.
Outdoor Track & Field: Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Before Wyoming: Redshirted during his first season at Western Colorado University… Earned Academic All-conference honors.

High School: Lettered three times in track and field at Roosevelt (CO) High School… Was the state runner-up in the shot put as a senior after finishing runner-up at the conference meet… As a junior, was the conference champion in the shot put and was a state qualifier in the shot put and the discus… Also lettered in football and lacrosse… In football, was honorable-mention all-state and all-conference as a senior and was honorable-mention all-conference as a junior… Earned academic all-state as a senior in both football and track and was academic all-conference in both sports as a junior… Was named class president as a senior.

Personal: Son of Mike and Christine DeRock… Has one sister, Logan DeRock, who is also a thrower at the University of Wyoming... Mother, Christine, played volleyball at Hawai’i, and his father, Mike, played football and competed in track & field at Adams State.

Personal Bests:

Indoor:
Shot Put: 52-3.75 (2021)
Weight Throw: 54-5.25 (2020)

Outdoor:
Shot Put: 53-2 (2021)
Discuss: 165-0 (2021)