2019 Track and Field
Nathan Bustos
- Height:
- 5-7
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, CA
- High School:
- Loyola HS
2020 -- Season was canceled due to the pandemic, but retains NCAA year of eligibility moving forward ... meanwhile, made the Big West All-Academic Team in addition to earning Conference Commissioner’s Highest Honors academically.
2019 -- As a Mustang freshman, posted each of his season-best marks at the 37th annual Cal Poly #ShareSLO Invitational hosted on March 23 ... took fifth place in the long jump, with a performance of 20 feet, 11.75 inches ... also clocked a 100-meter dash time of 11.48 seconds at the meet, a 0.16-second improvement from his collegiate debut March 9 at UC Santa Barbara.
Prep -- With Loyola High School in Los Angeles, had a 200-meter PR of 23.22 seconds to take second place at the Cubs’ Quad Meet in 2018 ... had a 100-meter dash best of 11.2 seconds to earn eighth place at the Mission League Championships ... also specialized in the long jump, landing a career-best mark of 20 feet, 11.5 inches as a senior ... helped lead Loyola to a 6-0 dual meet record in 2017 en route to a league championship ... helped his 4x100m relay squad advance to the Southern Section Division 1 Championships in 2018, with a top performance of 42.19 which came in second at the league finals ... also played football as a cornerback & kick returner ... had an 87-yard kickoff return in a 2017 win vs. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame and a 98-yard return for a touchdown later in the season against Bishop Alemany ... graduated Magna Cum Laude.
Personal -- Chose Cal Poly in part because of “its academic excellence and great location” ... majors in Kinesiology.
