2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Arvid Veidmark IV

  • Position Throws
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Highschool Thunderbird
  • Major Mining Engineering (B.S.) / Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering (M.S.)

Biography

TFRRS Profile

2022-23: Received a M.S. in Underground Construction and Tunnel Engineering in May 2023. Indoor Track & Field - RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … Competed in the shot put and weight throw … Finished eighth in the weight throw and ninth in the shot put at RMAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor Track & Field - Second-Team All-RMAC (HT) … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member …Was in the top 10 at RMAC Championships in three events, placing fifth in the hammer throw, eighth in the discus, and 10th in the shot put.

2021-22: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (shot put, weight throw) ... First-Team All-RMAC (weight throw, shot put) ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Specialized in the shot put and weight throw for Mines ... Claimed RMAC silver in the weight throw and RMAC bronze in the shot put thanks to marks of 18.43 meters (60-5.75) and 17.52 meters (57-5.75), respectively, at the conference's indoor championships ... Shot put performance at the RMAC Championships improved his program record in the indoor record book while the weight throw mark from conference put him second in the program's indoor record book ... Finished the season ranked 17th in the nation in the shot put and 44th in the nation in the hammer throw thanks to NCAA provisional qualifying marks. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (shot put, discus) ... RMAC Male Athlete of the Meet ... First-Team All-RMAC (shot put, discus) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (hammer throw) ... RMAC Champion in the discus ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... Competed in the hammer, discus and shot put for Mines during the spring ... Claimed RMAC gold in the discus on a mark of 50.72 meters (166-5.0) while grabbing RMAC silver in the shot put thanks to his 17.03-meter (55-10.5) toss with a fourth-place finish in the hammer on an attempt measuring 57.49 meters (188-7.0) ... His performances at the RMAC outdoor championships made him the highest male point scorer at the event ... Top discus outing of the spring was 52.46 meters (172-1.0) at the Dr. Dan Caprioglio Early Bird which broke the program record ... Shot put season best was 17.05 meters (55-11.25) at the CU Invitational ... Top hammer throw was at the conference championships ... Finished the season ranked 28th in the nation in the shot put, 24th in the nation in the discus and 36th in the hammer thanks to a trio of NCAA provisional qualifying marks.

2020-21: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (shot put) ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Academic ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... RMAC Preseason Athlete to Watch ... Oredigger thrower focused mainly on the shot put with two appearances in the weight throw ... Top shot put of the season was 16.74 meters (54-11.25) at the Mines Front Range #3 which was a NCAA provisional mark ... Best weight throw of the year was 16.41 meters (53-10.25) at the Mines Front Range #4 ... Finished the indoor season ranked 28th in the nation in the shot put. Outdoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (shot put) ... USTFCCCA All-Region (shot put) ... RMAC Male Athlete of the Meet ... First-Team All-RMAC (shot put, discus) ... Second-Team All-RMAC (hammer throw) ... RMAC Champion in the shot put and the discus ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/21) ... Continued his throwing focus with appearances in the shot put, discus and hammer ... Made his debut at nationals and finished 12th in the country with a shot put mark of 16.60 meters (54-5.5) ... Became the first-ever shot put all-American for Mines' men ... Top shot put during the outdoor campaign clinched him RMAC gold with a heave of 17.97 meters (58-11.5) which broke his own program record for a sixth straight week and provisionally qualified him - again - for the NCAA Championships ... Gold-medal discus performance at the RMAC Championships was 48.71 meters (159-10.0) ... Also threw the hammer 54.31 meters (178-2.0) to take fourth place at the conference championships ... Best discus of the year was 49.16 meters (161-3.0) at the Mines Pre-Conference invite which ranked third all-time at Mines ... Furthest hammer throw was 57.70 meters (189-4.0) at the Mines Kit Mayer Classic and that put him fifth in the program record book and provisionally qualified him for the NCAA Championships ... Finished the season ranked 37th in the nation in the hammer throw.

2019-20: Indoor Track & Field - USTFCCCA All-Region (shot put) ... First-Team All-RMAC (shot put, weight throw) ... RMAC Champion in the shot put ... RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (2/4) ... Appeared in both the shot put and weight throw events for the Orediggers ... Claimed RMAC gold in the shot put thanks to a toss of 16.91 meters (55-5.75) while taking silver in the weight throw on a career mark of 17.45 meters (57-3.0) which ranked sixth in the program record book ... Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the shot put and finished the season ranked 20th in the nation ... Broke the program's indoor record in the shot put by heaving it 17.12 meters (56-2.0) at the Mines Friday Night Invite ... Appeared in six meets on the year. Outdoor Track & Field - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2018-19: Indoor Track & Field - Throwing specialist for the Orediggers competing in the weight throw and shot put ... Placed 13th in the weight throw and 15th in the shot put at the RMAC Indoor Championships ... Season-best weight mark of 15.68 meters (51-5.5) at the Mines Triangular ... Top indoor shot put mark of 15.66 meters (51-4.5) at the Mines DII Invite & Multi. Outdoor Track & Field - Competed in the shot put, discus, hammer and javelin for the Orediggers ... At the RMAC Outdoor Championships, finished 8th in the discus, 9th in the javelin, 10th in the hammer and 10th in the shot put ... Broke the program shot put record, throwing 16.41 meters (53-10.25) at the Mines Nature's Bakery Invite where he also had a season-best 52.78 meters (173-2.0) in the hammer ... Top discus mark was 48.35 meters (158-7.0) at the Mines Kit Mayer Invite.

HIGH SCHOOL: Throwing standout at Thunderbird HS in Arizona ... Took gold in the discus at the state track and field meet with a throw of 171-0.0 ... Claimed silver in the shot put at the state track and field meet with his toss of 53-4.0 ... Also holds a mark of 150-6.0 in the javelin.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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  • 2022-23Graduate Student

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