2023-24 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Mason Strunk
- Position:
- Throws
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Salem, Ore.
- High School:
- Salem Academy HS
2022-23: Indoor – competed twice in the weight throw…season-best measure of 18.85m/61-10.25 in runner-up showing at the Husky Classic…was also second at season-opening UW Preview. Outdoor – NCAA West Preliminary qualifier (hammer)…collected two wins during outdoor campaign with first-place efforts of 62.91m/206-5 at the Oregon Preview (March 18), 65.27m/214-2 at the Desert Heat Classic (April 29)…finished ninth at the Mt. SAC Relays with mark of 64.42m/211-4 in second round of the competition…moved to 10th place on the UO hammer list (66.43m/217-11) as runner-up at the Oregon Twilight…established a lifetime best of 67.33m/220-11 at the Pac-12 Championships, jumping two spots to No. 8 in program history…finished in sixth place at the conference meet...at NCAA West Preliminary, matched 19th-place finish from previous season with a day’s best of 64.85m/212-9 on his final attempt of the meet.
2021-22: Indoor – won the weight throw with a toss of 20.06m/65-9.75 at the season-opening Cougar Classic; also finished third in the shot put (16.56m/54-4)…became No. 2 performer in UO history with a lifetime best of 20.84m/68-4.5 in the weight throw, finished fourth at the Razorback Invitational…was third in the shot put at the Windy City Invite with an indoor best of 16.58m/54-5.75...had a day’s best toss of 20.77m/68-1.75 for sixth place in the weight throw at the Pac-12 Invitational. Outdoor – NCAA West Preliminary qualifier (hammer)…got out to 59.64m/195-8 to win the hammer throw at the OSU PNW Invite…finished seventh overall and third among collegians with a mark of 64.44m/211-5 at the Hayward Premiere…picked up another win (60.18m/197-5) at the Titan Invitational…tallied a season’s best of 65.43m/214-8 in a third-place finish at the Oregon Twilight…finished 13th (61.35m/201-3) in debut appearance at the Pac-12 Championships…competing in flight two of three at the NCAA West Preliminary, posted a day’s best of 63.94m/209-9 to finish in 19th place overall.
2020-21: Indoor – made collegiate debut at the Razorback Invitational with a runner-up finish in the weight throw, posting a day’s best of 19.94m/65-5 in the opening round…good for No. 4 on the UO all-time list and sixth-best mark among freshman in the nation. Outdoor – competed unattached…tallied bests of 16.23m/53-3 in the shot put and 61.46m/201-8 in the hammer.
Before Oregon: 2019 OSAA 3A state champion in the discus and runner-up in the shot put…finished in third place in the discus at the 2018 OSAA 3A State Championships; also fourth in the shot put…during the 2020 indoor season with the Super Throws Track Club, set a prep best of 75-7 in the 25-lb weight throw…four-time district champion for Salem Academy HS…swept the shot put and discus titles at the 2018 and 2019 district meets…posted bests of 61-0.5 in the shot put (12lb), 166-9 in the discus (1.6 kg) and 183-0 in the hammer throw (12lb).
