Tyler Esteves

Tyler Esteves, 100, Mustang Invitational, 4-21-23

Photo by: Eyasu Betwos

Wesley Salzman, MacGregor TeSelle, Tyler Esteves, 200, Cal Poly Open, 03-03-23

Photo by: Emmy Scherer

Photo by: Kyle Calzia

Tyler Esteves of Cal Poly competes in the 200m on March 23, 2019. (Photography 805 ©)

Photo by: Photography 805 ©

Cal Poly Athletics Picture Day Anna Tyler Grexton Esteves Track and Field. 1/8/23 Photo by Owen Main

Height:
5-9
Weight:
165
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Visalia, CA
High School:
El Diamante HS

TFRRS Profile

2022 -- Helped 4x100-meter relay team place fifth at the Big West Conference Championships in fourth year at Cal Poly … also finished 16th in 200 prelims and 20th in 100 prelims … helped 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams capture first at two meets … won the 100 at three meets … place first in the 200 at Mustang Invitational … season bests of 10.73 seconds in the 100 and 21.92 seconds in the 200 … received Big West Conference All-Academic honors.

2021 -- Earned team points for Cal Poly in four events at Big West Conference Championships ... placed fourth in 200 (21.67), fourth in 100 (10.71) and ran legs on fourth-place 4-by-100 relay (41.39) and sixth-place 4-by-400 relay (3:18.16) teams ... established new career bests in both the 100 and 200 at Fresno State Invitational ... won the 100 in 10.55 and placed second in 200 (21.47) ... placed first in 200 at Wildflower Invitational (21.65), Cal Poly Four-Way Meet (21.88) and Spring Break Invitational (21.89) and ran on several winning 4-by-100 and 4-by-400 relay teams throughout season ... earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors.

2020 -- Season was canceled due to the pandemic, but retains NCAA year of eligibility moving forward ... meanwhile, made the Big West Conference All-Academic Team.

2019 -- As a freshman, ran for each of the Mustangs’ relay squads at the Conference Championships hosted by UC Santa Barbara on May 11 ... helped Cal Poly finish seventh in both events at the Big West Finals, clocking a time of 42.27 seconds in the 4x100m relay, along with a 4x400m effort of 3:19.01 at Pauley Track ... season-best 200-meter performance came on April 19 at Azusa Pacific for the Bryan Clay Invite: 22.07 seconds (wind-aided) ... also recorded a 200m time of 22.34 at the #ShareSLO Invitational on March 23, good for fourth place.

Prep -- With El Diamante High School in Visalia, won the 2018 CIF Central Section Masters championship for the 200 meters with a career-best performance of 21.70 seconds ... went on to finish 10th at the CIF State Championships, in 21.90 ... consistently clocked under 22 seconds as a senior for the Miners, including claiming the West Yosemite League title in 21.98 a week after earning second place via 21.83 attending the Battle of Central Cal Invitational ... also helped squad advance to the section Masters Finals in the 4x100m relay, with a top time of 43.40 which won at the Tulare County Championships ... before specializing in the 200, established a 400m PR of 51.70 which won the crown at the 2017 Tulare County Invite ... also played soccer for El Diamante, starting at defender for a WYL championship team that went 21-5-0 in 2018 while tallying a 106-23 goal differential ... was an honors student, belonged to the California Scholarship Federation, and participated in both Key Club and Engineering Club.

Personal -- Majors in BioResource & Agricultural Engineering; aspires to “receive my degree and then move back to my hometown and start giving back to the community who raised me” ... also visited UC Merced; chose Cal Poly in part because of the “amazing engineering program and the area around the campus.”