2016-17 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Nathaniel Mechler
- Position:
- Multis
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt
- Hometown:
- Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- High School:
- Elmira District Secondary School
2018-19 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2019 All-American Athletic Conference (Decathlon)
2019 American Athletic Conference Indoor silver medalist - Decathlon
2018 NCAA Outdoor Championship Qualifier – Decathlon
2018 NCAA Indoor First Team All-American - Heptathlon
2018 American Indoor Champion - Heptathlon
2018 First Team All-American Athletic Conference - Heptathlon
2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2017 American Athletic Conference Indoor Champion - Heptathlon
2017 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Champion - 4x400-meter relay
2017 First Team All-American Athletic Conference - Heptathlon (Indoor)
2017 First Team All-American Athletic Conference - 4x400-meter Relay (Outdoor)
2017 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Silver Medalist - Decathlon
2017 Second Team All-American Athletic Conference - Decathlon (Outdoor)
2018-19 (Junior)
Indoor: Finished 12th in shot put at the Leonard Hilton Memorial with a throw of 39-10.75 (12.16m) ... Took silver in the heptathlon at The American Indoor Championships with a total of 5508 points
Outdoor: Did not compete.
2017-18 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Competed in five meets for the Cougars during the indoor slate...While competing in the heptathlon at the Charlie Thomas Invitational, Mechler set season bests in the long jump (7.41m), high jump (1.97m) and shot put (12.14m)...Set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles at the Leonard Hilton Invitational in 8.30.
Outdoor: Received an automatic-qualifying bid to the NCAA Outdoor Championships after posting a decathlon total of 7,722 points at the Bryan Clay Invitational, giving him a mark inside the top-12 in the NCAA…Finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles at The American Outdoor Championships, running a personal-best 14.51 in the final…Set his career-best in the discus at the Tom Tellez Invitational, throwing the disc 133-1 (40.56m).
2016-17 (Freshman)
Indoor: Won the American Athletic Conference Championships while competing in his second heptathlon for the Cougars over Feb. 24-25, where he earned First Team All-American Athletic Conference honors...Set six personal bests at the American meet including the 60-meter dash (7.08), 1,000-meter run (2:40.55), 60-meter hurdles (8.47), high jump (1.95m), pole vault (4.65m) and shot put (11.95m), while scoring a career-best 5,636 points...Set a personal best of 7.30m (23-11.5) at the Houston Invitational on Jan. 28.
Outdoor: Tallied 7,374 points in the decathlon to take silver at the 2017 American Outdoor Championships en route to earning Second Team All-Conference laurels...Also helped the Cougars to an American Championship in the 4x400-meter relay while running the third leg...Posted a personal-best 7,374 points in the decathlon at the American Championships, while setting top marks in the 100m (10.96), 1,500m (4:26.28), pole vault (4.70m), shot put (12.26m) and javelin (50.56m)...Set a personal best in the 110-meter hurdles at the Beach Invitational when he ran 14.97...Threw the discus 35.15m (115-4) at the Houston Alumni Invitational to set a personal best in the event...Completed his first collegiate decathlon at the 2017 Clyde LIttlefield Texas Relays where he set his top marks in the 400m (48.36), high jump (1.85m) and long jump (7.30m).
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed four years at Elmira District Secondary School…Was a four-time national champion in the decathlon…Holds the Canadian Junior Decathlon Record…Qualified for the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Poland…holds eight high school records while competing in the decathlon…also played basketball for two seasons, and ran cross country for one season in high school.
PERSONAL
Son of Colleen and Roland Mechler…Has four siblings, Joshua, Meghan, Emile and Taiga…Enjoys playing video games, napping and playing sports in his free time…Volunteers as a track coach…Majoring in Health…Aspires to be a track coach after his professional career is completed.
