2020 Track and Field
Damien Trunkey
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Salyer, CA
- High School:
- Trinity HS
2020 -- Spring sports schedule was canceled due to COVID-19; however, retains an extra season of NCAA eligibility moving forward into next year.
2019 -- As a sophomore, landed a career-best long jump mark of 21 feet, 8 inches at the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual against UC Santa Barbara on April 27, good for fourth place (via 6.60m) at Pauley Track ... at the Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invitational hosted on March 23, helped the Mustangs win the 4x100m relay, with a time of 42.50 seconds ... also contributed to the 4x400m relay squad at the regular-season finale, helping the team take third, via 3:23.63 in Isla Vista.
2018 -- Posted the squad’s second-leading long and triple jump performances of the year ... in the long jump, earned a season-best mark of 21 feet, 1.5 inches at the meet vs. UCSB on April 28 ... for the triple, recorded a best mark of 44’ 10.25”, also vs. the Gauchos (placing second in each event) ... in addition, helped the team tally its fastest 4x1 relay of the season, taking the baton third for a performance of 41.76 at the Big West Conference Championships May 12 at CSUN.
Prep -- As a senior for Trinity High School in Weaverville, advanced to the CIF State Championships in the long jump, with a PR of 21 feet, 9 inches (earning second place at the 2017 Sacramento Meet of Champions) ... won the MVL title with a mark of 21’ 6”, equaled his career-best 21’ 9” by finishing second at the Northern Section Championships, and came in 26th at the overall state final ... came in second for the triple jump at the 2017 West Valley Invitational with a career-best 42’ 10.75”; season also included a 200-meter dash PR of 22.48 seconds that won the Division 3 crown at Mt. Shasta ... competed for first three years at Hoopa Valley High School ... graduated in top 10 percent of class and belonged to the Wolves’ Spanish Club.
Personal -- Also visited Humboldt State; chose Cal Poly because of the great engineering school in addition to track ... majors in Computer Engineering.
