2022-23 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Cole Hardan
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Valley Center, Calif.
- High School:
- San Pasqual HS
• 2022 All-Big 12 Outdoors (hammer throw)
• 2022 All-Big 12 Indoors (shot put)
• 2022 USTFCCCA Academic Team
• 2021 All-Big 12 Indoors (weight throw)
• 2021 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
• 2020 All-Big 12 Indoors (shot put)
• 2019 All-Big 12 Outdoors (shot put, hammer throw)
• 2019 All-Big 12 Indoors (weight throw)
2022 Outdoor: Started the outdoor season at the TCU invitation with a throw of 59-10.5 (18.25m) in shot put, finishing in third place… Finished in second place at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a shot put throw of 58-4.5 (17.79m)… Finished first in the weight throw with a distance of 192-10 (58.78m) and also finished first in the shot put with a distance of 60-65 (18.45m) in the Baylor Invitational… Had another first place finish in the 44 Farms Team Invitational in shot put with a throw of 59-6.75 (18.15m)… Threw a 59-6.25 (18.14m) in shot put and a 188-2 (57.35m) in the weight throw at the Michael Johnson Invitational… At the LSU Invitational he threw a 58-10.75 (17.95m)… Finished All-Big 12 in the weight throw at the Big 12 Championships with a toss of 196-9 (59.97m), finishing sixth while also having a throw of 57-7.75 (17.57m) in the shot put… Finished the season by competing in NCAA West Preliminary Round, throwing a 61-0.75 (18.61m) in shot put.
2022 Indoor: Started the season off with a throw of 55-8.25 (16.97m) in shot put at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational… Improved his season best shot put throw to 56-0.05 (17.08m) and had a throw of 56-3.25 (17.15m) in the weight throw at the Texas Tech Shootout… Finished the season at the Big 12 Indoor Championship with a weight throw of 57-11.25 (17.66m) and received All-Big 12 in the shot put with a throw of 59-7 (18.16m).
2021 Outdoor: Opened the season with a title at the Longhorn Invitational in the shot put ... Champion on the shot put at the Baylor Invite with a 59-9 throw ... Silver medalist at the Michael Johnson Invite at the Clyde Hart Track & Field Stadium ... Bronze medalist at the LSU Alumni Gold in Baton Rouge. Qualified to the NCAA West Regional Prelims in College Station.
2020 Indoor: All-Big 12 in the shot put after finishing in fourth place with a personal-best throw of 58-2 (17.73m) at the Big 12 Indoor Championships... Placed 13th in the weight throw at Big 12 Indoors with a mark of 49-1.75 (14.98m)... Finished eighth in the shot put at the season-opening Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a throw of 46-1.25 (14.05m)... Runner-up in the shot put at the Texas A&M Invitational with a throw of 54-0.5 (16.47m)... Broke his own school record in the weight throw at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis, recording a mark of 61-6.75 (18.76m) to place sixth... Finished seventh in the shot put at Texas Tech with a throw of 53-8.25 (16.36m)... Placed third in the shot put at the Iowa State Classic with a throw of 55-2.25 (16.82m)... Finished eighth in the weight throw at Iowa State with a mark of 58-1.75 (17.72m).
2019 Outdoor: Recorded a career-best shot put of 61-10.5 (18.86m) at the NCAA West Preliminary Championships to place 14th, just outside of a trip to nationals... Set the Baylor outdoor school record in the hammer throw with a mark of 179-6 (54.72m) at the Baylor Invitational en route to taking home the victory... Earned All-Big 12 honors in the shot put with a throw of 58-5.25 (17.81m) to place fourth at the conference championships... Also achieved all-conference accolades in the hammer throw with a mark of 179-3 (54.63m), good for a sixth-place finish at Big 12s... Placed third in the shot put at the USC Trojan Invitational with a throw of 56-11.25 (17.35m)... Finished 11th in the hammer throw at USC with a mark of 164-5 (50.11m)... Won the shot put at the Baylor Invitational with a throw of 57-8.25 (17.58m)... Runner-up in the discus at the Baylor Invite with a throw of 144-8 (44.10m)... Finished third in the shot put at "The Reveille" meet with a mark of 58-3 (17.75m)... Took fourth in the hammer throw at "The Reveille" with a throw of 163-8 (49.88m)... Recorded a career-best discus throw of 160-0 (48.76m) at the Michael Johnson Invitational to place ninth... Also placed ninth in both the shot put (57-4.25, 17.48m) and hammer throw (175-6, 53.49m) at the MJ... Finished fifth in the shot put at the National Relay Championships with a throw of 60-2 (18.34m)... Placed sixth in the hammer throw at the National Relay Championships with a mark of 176-9 (53.87m)... Took 11th in the discus at the National Relay Championships with a throw of 135-10 (41.40m).
2019 Indoor: Earned All-Big 12 in the weight throw with an eighth-place finish at the conference championships, recording a mark of 56-7.5 (17.26m)... Set the Baylor indoor school record in the weight throw with a mark of 56-11.5 (17.36m) to win the event at the Texas Tech Classic... Finished 13th in the weight throw at the Ted Nelson Invitational, posting a mark of 47-1.5 (14.36m)... Placed fifth in the shot put at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a throw of 53-7.5 (16.34m)... Finished ninth in the weight throw at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a mark of 49-11.25 (15.22m)... Took eighth in the shot put at the Texas Tech Classic with a throw of 50-4.5 (15.35m)... Placed 10th in the shot put (53-10.25, 16.41m) and 12th in the weight throw (52-9.5, 16.09m) at the Tyson Invitational... Recorded a 10th-place finish in the shot put at the Big 12 Championships with a throw of 52-5.5 (15.99m).
High School: Letterwinner for San Pasqual HS...Posts shot put personal best of 58'1"...Ranked sixth in the state of California in shot put...Scholar-athlete for three consecutive years during high school...Also played football for the Fighting Eagles...All-league player from 2015-2017 seasons...Also participated in FCA.
Personal: Given name is Nicholas, goes by Cole...Parents are Brad and Kim Hardan...Father plays professional golf...Has one sister, Haley...Majoring in finance.
