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2023-24 Track and Field Roster

Yuben Goncalves

  • Position Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Alcena-Alverca, Portugal
  • Highschool Gustave Eiffel Professional School

Biography

Season and Career Results
5x All-Conference
Indoor
2023 Triple Jump (2nd; 15.28m/50'1.75")
Outdoor
2023 400m Hurdles (3rd; 51.25); Long Jump (2nd;7.40m/24'3.5"); Triple Jump (2nd; 15.25m/50'0.5")
2022 Triple Jump (2nd; 15.64m/51'3.75")
3x NCAA Outdoor West Preliminaries Qualifier
2023 400m Hurdles (17th; 51.25); Triple Jump (43rd; 14.22m/46'8")
2022 Triple Jump (22nd; 15.39m/50'6")
Portuguese Championships
2023 400m Hurdles Champion - 51.19
Academic Honors
3x Academic All-Conference - 2022, '23, '24
6x AD Honor Roll - Fall 2020, Fall '21, Fall '22, Spring/Fall '23, Spring '24
2023-24 (Senior): Indoor – Competed in six meets, recording five top-three performances…Took second in the long jump and third in the triple jump at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular to open the season…Won the triple jump at the Wilson Invitational…Recorded a season-best 7.46m/24’5.75” to win the long jump at the Ichabod Invitational…Took second in the triple jump at the Ichabod Invitational with a season-best jump of 14.99m/49’2.25”…Placed sixth in the long jump with a mark of 7.36m/24’1.75”, scoring three points for the team and took 15th in the triple jump at the AAC Championships.

2022-23 (Junior): Indoor – Competed in two meets…Earned all-conference recognition for his second-place performance in the triple jump at the AAC Indoor Championships, jumping 15.28m/50’1.75”., the seventh-best jump in school history. Outdoor – Competed in six meets, recording five top-three finishes…Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Shocker Open with a season-best 51.11…Made his season debut in the long jump and triple jump at the AAC Outdoor Championships for the second-straight year, placing second and earning all-conference recognition in both events…Jumped 7.40m/24’3.5” in the long jump and 15.25m/50’0.5” in the triple jump…Placed third in the 400-meter hurdles directly after wrapping up the triple jump competition, earning his third all-conference award of the meet…Scored a total of 22 points towards the Shocker men’s second-straight team title, the most points on the team…Qualified to the NCAA West Preliminaries in both the triple jump and the 400-meter hurdles…Made it to the quarterfinal in the 400-meter hurdles and placed 20th in the semifinal with a time of 51.13…Placed 43rd in the triple jump, pulling out of the competition after his first jump. Summer – Competed overseas for Portugal, running two personal bests to move up to third all-time in Shocker history (50.54)…Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Portuguese Championships with a time of 51.19.

2021-22 (Sophomore II): Indoor – Did not compete in a Shocker uniform. Outdoor – Competed in eight meets…Won the 400-meter hurdles at both the KT Woodman Classic and the Shocker Open…Made his season debut in the horizontal jumps at the AAC Outdoor Championships, placing second in the triple jump and fourth in the long jump…Also placed fifth in the 400-meter hurdles to score a total of 17 points for the team…Capped his season with a 22nd-place finish in the triple jump at the NCAA West Preliminaries.

2020-21 (Sophomore): Indoor – Competed at five meets … Won the triple jump at the Herm Wilson Invitational … Had season bests in each of his three events at the Championship at The Peak … Jumped 7.22m/23-8.25 in the long jump at the Championship at The Peak … Threw down a mark of 14.87m/48-9.50 in the triple jump at the Championship at The Peak … Ran a season-best time of 8.30 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Championship at The Peak. Outdoor – Competed at seven meets … Scored team points in the 400-meter hurdles and triple jump at the conference meet … Took ninth in the long jump at the AAC Championships … Won the 400-meter hurdles at the Shocker Spring Invitational and triple jump at the KT Woodman Classic … Had 13 top-10 finishes … Ran his best time in the 400-meter hurdles in the prelims of the conference meet … Had his best long jump mark at the John McDonnell Invitational with a jump of 7.06m/23-2 … Had his best triple jump mark at the John McDonnell Invitational with a jump of 15.08m/49-5.75.
Prior to Wichita State: Qualified in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2019 NJCAA Outdoor Championships and finished 15th … Took home wins in the 400-meter hurdles, 4X100-meter relay and 4X400-meter relay at the 2019 Cloud County Thunderbird Classic … Took second at the 2019 KT Woodman Invitational in the 400-meter hurdles … Was a two-time Scholar All-American … Was a member of the 2019 NJCAA Track and Field national champion team at Cloud County CC … Plans on studying Electrical Engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles/Jumps