2020 Track and Field
Wesley Salzman
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Carlsbad, CA
- High School:
- Calvin Christian HS
2022 -- Competed in seven meets in third year at Cal Poly … established collegiate bests in the 200-meter (22.36 seconds) and 400 (49.02) … helped the 4x400 relay team place first at three meets … finished third in the 400 at the Mustang Invitational and Cal Poly Invitational … received Big West Conference All-Academic honors.
2021 -- Competed in four meets in second year at Cal Poly ... placed first in 400 at Cal Poly Spring Break Challenge with a personal-best time of 49.18 ... also won 400 in Cal Poly Blue-Green Rivalry Meet at 49.83 and was third in Spring Break Invitational (49.48) ... ran leg on first-place 4-by-400 relay team at Cal Poly Four-Way Meet (3:17.79) and second-place relay finish at Spring Break Invitational (3:16.86) ... earned Big West Conference All-Academic honors.
2020 -- Spring sports schedule was canceled due to COVID-19; however, retains an extra season of NCAA eligibility moving forward into next year.
Prep -- While with Calvin Christian High School in Escondido, came in second place at the 2019 San Diego Section Finals for the 400 meters, with a PR performance of 48.25 seconds ... was the back-to-back San Diego Division 2 champion in 2018-19, as well as a three-time Coastal League champ from 2017-19 ... also took fourth place at the 2019 ASICS Invitational (in 48.56) on the way to finishing 14th at the CIF State Championships (via 49.05) ... in the 200m, earned a PR of 22.10 seconds, good for third at the 2019 Coastal Finals ... also played football for the Crusaders ... was a National Honor Society student every year, while also serving on Prom Committee his junior year and then Student Council as a senior.
Personal -- Majoring in aerospace engineering ... also visited Colorado State and UC San Diego; chose Cal Poly because it’s “an amazing school academically, has a beautiful campus, and I loved the coaches” ... aspires for a career in sports technology.
