Aiden Pastorian

Aiden Pastorian, Mark Conover Classic, 032126

Photo by: Alan Ko

Height:
5-9
Class:
Redshirt Junior
Hometown:
Temecula, CA
High School:
Great Oak HS
Prev School:
Long Beach State

TFRRS Profile
2024 NCAA West Prelims Qualifier (Men’s Shot Put)
Currently No. 2 in school history in indoor & outdoor men’s shot put

2026 (Redshirt Junior)
Indoor – Placed first in the men’s shot put at the UW Preview (Jan. 17) and UW Invite (Jan. 30) … recorded the second-best mark in school history in the men’s indoor shot put at the UW Invite (55 feet, 6.5 inches; 16.93 meters).

2022-25 (Long Beach State)
While competing at Long Beach State for three years, placed third in the men’s shot put at the 2024 Big West Championships hosted by Cal Poly with the ninth best mark in school history at the time (58 feet, 7.5 inches; 17.87 meters) … mark helped him qualify for the NCAA West Preliminaries, where he finished 29th … redshirted during 2025 season … captured second in the shot put at the 2023 MPSF Indoor Championships as a true freshman with a mark of 55-5.75 (16.91m), which ranks No. 8 indoors in Beach history … took fifth at the meet in 2024 … finished seventh in shot put at 2023 Big West Championships … won the shot put at the 2023 Stanford Invitational … competed at the 2023 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships, placing fourth in the men’s shot put 6kg (62-0.5; 18.91m).

Prep
A three-year letterwinner in track and field at Great Oak High (Temecula, CA) … 2022 state runner-up in the shot put as a senior, earning First Team All-State honors … won the 2022 CIF Southern Section Division I title in the event … helped Great Oak capture three league championships.

Personal
Born in Santa Clara, CA ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies with a concentration in public health ... son of Crystal and Kirk Pastorian … has one brother, Orion ... wants to be a strength and conditioning coach in the future.