2012 Track and Field Roster

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Jacob Weintraub
Senior Jacob Weintraub will compete in the shot put and discus at the NCAA West Preliminary Round in Austin, Texas.
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Jacob Weintraub

  • Position:
    Throws
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    American Studies
  • Hometown:
    Redondo Beach, Calif.
  • Prev School:
    Washington State
Jacob Weintraub -- Career and Season Statistics
Long Beach State Top 10 -- Outdoor Shot Put (59-4 1/4, 7th)

2012 NCAA West Preliminary Round Qualifier (Shot Put, Discus)
2012 Big West Individual Champion (Discus)
2012 All-Big West Performer (Shot Put)

2012 (Senior)
Outdoor:
Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in both the discus and the shot put ... Was 13th in the first round of the NCAA's in the shot with a career-best 59-4 1/4 (the seventh-longest mark in school history) ... Won the Big West discus title with a toss of 183-9, a new career-best ... Was the Big West runner-up in the shot (59-2) ... Won the discus and shot at the Big West Challenge Cup ... Won the shot at the Cal/Nevada Championships ... Won the discus at the Beach Classic and the California Relays.

Indoor: Posted the second longest shot put throw in indoor school history, 58-9 1/4 at the Run for the Dream (second) ... Won the shot at the Air Force Team Challenge (57-11 3/4) and won the shot at the UW Open (58-8 1/2) ... Finished second in the shot at the Husky Classic (58-1 3/4) ... Was third in the shot put (58-3 1/4) at the MPSF Championships.

2011 (Redshirt/Junior)
Outdoor:
Redshirted the outdoor season.

Indoor: The runner-up in the shot put at the Don Barrett Duals with a season-best 55-7 3/4 ... Also took sixth at the Don Kirby Invitational (53-5 3/4) and ninth at the MPSF Championships (54-8).

Prior to LBSU: Notched Washington State's second-best mark of the season in the shot put (54-8) during the 2010 season ... Also ranked third on the squad in the discus with a season-long 143-4 ... Had an indoor best of 55-3 1/2 in the shot put ... A two-time team captain at El Camino College ... Was the runner-up in the shot put at the 2008 and 2009 CCCAA Championships ... Won the South Coast Conference shot put title ... Ranks second in school history in the shot put (57-2 1/4) and fifth in the discus (158-5) at El Camino ... A CCCAA All-American in the shot put.

High School: Lettered four years in track and field at Redondo Union High School ... Established a school-record 56-1 in the shot put ... Won the Bay League title as a senior ... Finished second in the shot put at the CIF Division II Championships ... Named team MVP in 2007 ... Also lettered one year in football, basketball and wrestling ... Ocean League heavyweight champion in wrestling as a freshman ... Was an offensive line starter in football ... Helped the basketball squad to a CIF Division I-A and state playoff runner-up finish as a senior.

Personal: Majoring in American Studies.
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