2019 Track and Field Roster
Day, Herman
Herman Day
- Position:
- Jumps/Decathlon
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Communications
- Hometown:
- Bakersfield, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Ridgeview HS
Bio
Herman Day -- Career and Season Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Heptathlon (5,265, 4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Decathlon (7,410, 4th)
2016 All-Big West Performer (Decathlon)
2019 (Senior)
Outdoor: Posted the third highest mark in the decathlon, 7,410 points, when he won the event at the UCR Spring Track Classic ... Reset career-bests in the 110m hurdles (14.98), discus (135-10), and the pole vault (15-3) ... Finished eighth in the decathlon (6,391) at the Big West Championships ... Finished fifth in the high jump (6-6 3/4) and fifth in the javelin (177-7) at the Big West Championships ... Won the javelin (170-4) at the Beach Opener.
Indoor: Competed in the high jump (15th, 6-6 3/4) and the shot put (17th, 46-8 1/4) at the MPSF Championships.
2018 (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Long Beach State program.
2017 (Junior)
Outdoor: Competed at the Big West Championships in the high jump… Placed 18th with a jump of 6-1 1/2 in the high jump… Competed in the decathlon at the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic, placing ninth with 5992 points… Competed in the shot put at the Beach vs UCLA meet, hitting a season-best mark of 46-6 3/4.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2016 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Big West runner-up in the decathlon ... Set season-bests in the high jump (6-7 1/2) and discus (130-2) at the conference multi-event championships ... Also scored at the Big West meet with a sixth-place finish in the high jump (6-5 1/2) ... Won the decathlon at the UCR Spring Track Classic with a personal-best 7,249 points ... That mark ranks fourth on the LBSU all-time charts ... Named the Big West Men's Field Athlete of the Week for that effort ... Registered a personal-best 200-0 to win the javelin at the Anteater 4-Way Meet.
Indoor: Placed ninth in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championships ... Scored 5,265 points which ranks third in program history.
2015 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Scored in the decathlon (5th) and high jump (7th, T) at the Big West Championships ... Compiled a season-best 6,394 points to finish fifth in the decathlon ... Also a conference qualifier in the javelin (18th) ... Established a season-best 6-6 1/4 in the high jump at the UCR Spring Classic Decathlon ... Added a season-best 179-5 in the javelin at the UCR meet ... Claimed runner-up honors in the high jump at the Cal Opener (6-4 3/4).
Indoor: Competed in two meets ... Placed 12th in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championships (4,623).
High School: Won two letters in track and field at Ridgeview High School ... Named the South Yosemite League Field Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Also garnered first-team Bakersfield Californian All-Area honors ... Earned first-team All-League recognition as a junior ... Established a prep-best 6-6 in the high jump ... Lettered two years in football ... Helped the Wolfpack to a runner-up finish at the CIF Central Section Division III Championship.
Personal: Majoring in communications.
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Heptathlon (5,265, 4th)
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Decathlon (7,410, 4th)
2016 All-Big West Performer (Decathlon)
2019 (Senior)
Outdoor: Posted the third highest mark in the decathlon, 7,410 points, when he won the event at the UCR Spring Track Classic ... Reset career-bests in the 110m hurdles (14.98), discus (135-10), and the pole vault (15-3) ... Finished eighth in the decathlon (6,391) at the Big West Championships ... Finished fifth in the high jump (6-6 3/4) and fifth in the javelin (177-7) at the Big West Championships ... Won the javelin (170-4) at the Beach Opener.
Indoor: Competed in the high jump (15th, 6-6 3/4) and the shot put (17th, 46-8 1/4) at the MPSF Championships.
2018 (Redshirt): Sat out the season as a redshirt in the Long Beach State program.
2017 (Junior)
Outdoor: Competed at the Big West Championships in the high jump… Placed 18th with a jump of 6-1 1/2 in the high jump… Competed in the decathlon at the UC Riverside Spring Track Classic, placing ninth with 5992 points… Competed in the shot put at the Beach vs UCLA meet, hitting a season-best mark of 46-6 3/4.
Indoor: Did not compete.
2016 (Sophomore)
Outdoor: Big West runner-up in the decathlon ... Set season-bests in the high jump (6-7 1/2) and discus (130-2) at the conference multi-event championships ... Also scored at the Big West meet with a sixth-place finish in the high jump (6-5 1/2) ... Won the decathlon at the UCR Spring Track Classic with a personal-best 7,249 points ... That mark ranks fourth on the LBSU all-time charts ... Named the Big West Men's Field Athlete of the Week for that effort ... Registered a personal-best 200-0 to win the javelin at the Anteater 4-Way Meet.
Indoor: Placed ninth in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championships ... Scored 5,265 points which ranks third in program history.
2015 (Freshman)
Outdoor: Scored in the decathlon (5th) and high jump (7th, T) at the Big West Championships ... Compiled a season-best 6,394 points to finish fifth in the decathlon ... Also a conference qualifier in the javelin (18th) ... Established a season-best 6-6 1/4 in the high jump at the UCR Spring Classic Decathlon ... Added a season-best 179-5 in the javelin at the UCR meet ... Claimed runner-up honors in the high jump at the Cal Opener (6-4 3/4).
Indoor: Competed in two meets ... Placed 12th in the heptathlon at the MPSF Championships (4,623).
High School: Won two letters in track and field at Ridgeview High School ... Named the South Yosemite League Field Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Also garnered first-team Bakersfield Californian All-Area honors ... Earned first-team All-League recognition as a junior ... Established a prep-best 6-6 in the high jump ... Lettered two years in football ... Helped the Wolfpack to a runner-up finish at the CIF Central Section Division III Championship.
Personal: Majoring in communications.
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