Claudio Romero Season 2024

Claudio Romero’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

1x NCAA National Champion
3x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
2x ACC Champion
2x First Team All-ACC
2x Second Team All-ACC
2022-23 South American Athletics Championships Gold Medalist (Discus Throw)
2021-22 USTFCCCA Southeast Region Field Athlete of the Year
2021-22 ACC Field Performer of the Year
2021-22 VaSID Field Athlete of the Year
2020-21 VaSID Field Athlete of the Year
2020-21 VaSID Field Rookie of the Year
2020-21 VaSID First Team All-State
2021 All-ACC Academic team
ACC Men’s Field Performer of the Week 6x (03/31/21, 04/07/21, 04/20/21, 04/05/22, 04/12/22, 05/03/22)

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 2: Outdoor Discus Throw (64.03m, 2023 Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto)

2023 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
Continued his dominance as one of the top discus throwers in the world and collegiate landscape in 2023… became the South American Athletics Championships title holder after winning with a throw of 63.24 meters (207’ 5.75”)… recorded the second best discus throw in LSU performance list history of 64.03 meters (210’ 0.75”) at the 2023 Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto… went to the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, to represent Chile in discus… finished fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships to earn USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors in discus… qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries in discus, taking second at the meet… finished fourth at the SEC Outdoor Championships in discus… opened the season up with a first-place finish at the LSU Battle on the Bayou… took first at the Tom Jones Memorial and LSU Alumni Gold… finished third at the Texas Relays and LSU Invitational… South American Athletics Championships Gold Medalist (DT)… USTFCCCA First Team All-American (DT).

2023 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Finished first at the LSU Twilight in shot put and third in weight throw… took seventh in shot put at the Razorback Invitational… finished eighth in shot put at the Tyson Invitational… closed the season in ninth at the SEC Indoor Championships for shot put.

2022 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE AT VIRGINIA)
Won the NCAA discus title by two centimeters posting a mark of 66.17 meters (217’1″)… Finished the season undefeated in discus with nine wins… Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminaries for the second straight season… Set an ACC Championships record in the discus winning gold for the second consecutive season… Placed first in discus at the Virginia Open (61.05m / 200′ 3″)… Placed first in the discus and third in the shot put at the Duke Invitational… Named ACC Field Performer of the Week three times (4/5, 4/12, 5/3)… Won discus at Penn Relays setting an ACC, UVA, and meet record at 67.02 meters (219’10”)… Named ACC Field Performer of the Year… Named Southeast Regional Field Athlete of the Year… Named 2022 VaSID Field Athlete of the Year for the second time.

2022 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE AT VIRGINIA)
Placed third in shot put at the Virginia Tech Invitational (17.54m / 57’6.5″)… Recorded a mark of 18.29m (60′.25″) in the shot put to claim a third-place finish at the Hokie Invitational… Competed in the shot put and weight throw at the VT Challenge… Placed seventh in the shot put at the ACC Indoor Championships… Competed in the weight throw at the ACC Indoor Championships.

2021 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN AT VIRGINIA)
Placed third in discus at NCAA Championships (61.36m / 201′ 4″) to earn first-team All-America honors… Finished second at NCAA East Preliminary Round in discus with school-record throw of 65.78m (215′ 10″) on his third throw… Won ACC title in discus on his final throw with mark of 61.21m (200′ 10″)… Was sixth in shot up at the ACC Championships… Set school record, freshman record and meet record in discus competition at Virginia Challenge… Named ACC Men’s Field Performer of the Week for the third time during the season after his Virginia Challenge win… Runner-up and top collegiate finisher (62.81m / 206′ 1″) in discus at Virginia Grand Prix… Won both shot put and discus in UVA Opener… Named ACC Men’s Performer of the Week (March 31) following Raleigh Relays and (April 7) after the Virginia Invitational… Winner of team’s Coach’s Award for Excellence… Named to 2021 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team… Named 2021 VaSID Field Athlete of the Year… Named 2021 VaSID Field Rookie of the Year… Named to 2021 VaSID First Team All-State for Throws.

2021 INDOOR (FRESHMAN AT VIRGINIA)
Finished sixth at ACC Championships in shot put to earn second-team All-ACC honors… Had season best mark in shot put (18.44m / 60′ 6″) at Virginia Tech Invitational that ranks seventh on UVA all-time list and fourth on freshman record list… Top weight throw was 18.47m (60′ 7.25″) that figures seventh on UVA all-time list and was good for fourth on UVA freshman record chart… Named to 2021 All-ACC Academic team.

2020 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN AT VIRGINIA)
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 INDOOR (FRESHMAN AT VIRGINIA)
Did not compete.

PRIOR TO COLLEGE – Santa Maria De Santiago
Was a 2019 Pan American U20 Champion in the discus… Captured a bronze medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships… Was the 2017 World Youth Champion.

PERSONAL
Born on July 10, 2000, in Santiago, Chile… plans to pursue a degree in political science at LSU.