2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Quijera, Nicolas
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Nicolas Quijera
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pamplona, Spain
- High School/Previous School:
- Navarro Villoslada
Bio
2017 Outdoor First-Team All-American (Javelin)
2017 Outdoor NCAA Runner-Up (Javelin)
2018 SEC Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year
2018 Outdoor Second-Team All-SEC (Javelin)
2018 Outdoor NCAA Runner-Up (Javelin)
2018 Outdoor First-Team All-American (Javelin)
2018 Mediterranean Games Gold Medalist (Javelin)
2018 Outdoor Spanish U23 Champion (Javelin)
2018 Outdoor Spanish Champion (Javelin)
2018 Outdoor Season
Is part of MSU’s “JavU” corps that made the Bulldogs the first program in NCAA history with three men to throw more than 80.00m … closed his senior season at the European Championships (8/8) in Berlin where he threw 73.27m (240-4) in qualifying … won the Spanish Absolute Championships (7/21) after throwing 75.64m (248-2) … claimed the Spanish U23 Championship (7/7) with a throw of 74.73m … won a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games (6/30) for Spain with a mark of 75.13m … was the runner-up at NCAA Championship (6/6) in the javelin for the second year in a row … threw a personal-best 80.21m, a mark that allowed him to enter international competition for his home nation of Spain … paired with Anderson Peters to make MSU the first school to finish first and second in the event since 2007 (North Carolina) … finished second to Peters at the NCAA East Prelims (5/26) … won a bronze medal at the SEC Championship (5/11) … won the Penn Relays (4/28) with a throw of 73.80m … won the Tennessee Relays (4/13) with a then-personal-best mark of 79.75m to rank third in the NCAA at the time … finished second to Peters at the Florida Relays (3/29), Bulldog Relays (3/23) and Jaguar Classic (3/16) to begin the season.2017 Outdoor Season
Placed second in the NCAA Championships (6/10) in the javelin with a throw of 76.77m to move into second place in MSU history … advance to nationals with a fourth-place finish in the javelin at the NCAA East Prelims (5/25) … finished sixth at the SEC Championships (5/11) with a throw of 66.98m … won the javelin at the SEC Relays (4/28), Florida Relays (3/30) and UNF Spring Break Invitational (3/24) … placed third at the Bulldog Relays (3/17) … spent the summer competing in Spain where he won in Pamplona with a throw of 73.89m and at the Pamplona Memorial Jose Luis Hernandez with a throw of 73.16m.Before the Bulldogs
Placed eighth in the 2016 European Throwing Cup with a toss of 69.06m … held the top Spanish mark among competitors under 23 in 2016 with a throw of 75.86m to win the Spanish National Championships.Personal
Born Nicolas Quijera on June 24, 1996 in Pamplona, Spain to Manuel Quijera and Celia Poza ... has a brother, Manu ... majoring in economics.Collegiate Bests:
Outdoor
Javelin - 80.21m (NCAA Championships - 6/6/2018)TRACK & FIELD | NCAA NATIONALS PLAYERS MEDIA SESSION 5/30/24
Thursday, May 30
TRACK & FIELD | NCAA NATIONALS COACHES MEDIA SESSION 5/30/24
Thursday, May 30
TRACK & FIELD | Chris Woods Media Session - 02/23/23
Friday, February 24
Track and Field Chris Woods Media Session 033122
Thursday, March 31
