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Rivera, Natan
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Natan Rivera
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Salvador, El Salvador
- High School:
- Colegio David Livingstone HS
Bio
Rivera's TFRRS Results
Rice All Time Ranking (as of Aug. 29, 2023)
No. 4 in Indoor Pole Vault (17-0.75; 5.20)
No. 6 in Outdoor Pole Vault (17-6.5)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2022 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault
2019 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2023 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2022 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (1st)
2021 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2019 C-USA Outdoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2019 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (1st)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 5th, Pole Vault, 4.75m/15-7
2023 C-USA Indoor - 3rd, Pole Vault, 4.99m/16-4.5
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 3rd, Pole Vault, 5.08/16-8
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships- 1st, Pole Vault, 5.04/16-6.5
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships- 3rd, Pole Vault, 5.04/16-6.5
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 3rd, Pole Vault, 5.11/16-9.25
2019 C-USA Indoor Championships-1st, Pole Vault, 5.18/17-0
2019 NACAC U23 - 3rd (Bronze Medalist)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 C-USA Academic Medal
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020-21 Arthur Ashe, Jr Sports Scholar Award
2020-21 Rice Track & Field Scholar Athlete
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 Arthur Ashe, Jr Sports Scholar Award
2018-19 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
Pole Vault- 5.20/17-0.75, Houston Invitational, 1/26/19
(Outdoor)
Pole Vault- 5.35/17-6.5, Texas Relays, 3/30/19
100m- 11.45, Victor Lopez Classic, 3/23/19
2022-23
Indoor...Competed at three meets...Had a third-place finish with a season-best clearance of 4.99m at the C-USA Championships...Outdoor: Saw action in five meets...Finished fifth at the C-USA Championships.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at three meets...won his second career C-USA Indoor pole vault title, clearing 5.04m for the victory. Outdoor: Saw action in three meets...earned C-USA All-Conference honors with third place result in pole vault at C-USA Championships.
2020-21
Indoor: Earned all-conference honors with a third place (5.04m/16-6.5) finish in the pole vault at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Competed at six meets...cleared a season-best vault of 5.21m (17-1) at the Texas A&M Invitational, placing fourth overall...posted three top-three finishes, including a second place result at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight.
2019-20
Indoor: Redshirted.
2018-19
Indoor: Won the gold at C-USA Championships after converting 17’0”..also took first at the Houston Invitational, securing a personal best 17’0.75”. Outdoor: Scored the bronze medal at the C-USA Championships after converting 16’9.25”…Notched a personal best of 17’6.5” while winning the pole vault at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays….Also finished atop the podium at the J Fred Duckett Twilight Meet with a score of 17’2.25”.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Colegio David Livingstone (San Salvador)....was a Pan-American U20 silver medalist...Central America champion...vaulted 5.10m as a senior...also played soccer...graduated with a 3.7 GPA...Honorable Mention at Iberoamerican Physics Olimpiad.
PERSONAL
Parents: Antonio Rivera and Lissette Alas...three brothers...Rice College: Martel...Major: Mechanical Engineering.
Rice All Time Ranking (as of Aug. 29, 2023)
No. 4 in Indoor Pole Vault (17-0.75; 5.20)
No. 6 in Outdoor Pole Vault (17-6.5)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2022 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault
2019 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2023 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2022 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (1st)
2021 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2019 C-USA Outdoor Pole Vault (3rd)
2019 C-USA Indoor Pole Vault (1st)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 5th, Pole Vault, 4.75m/15-7
2023 C-USA Indoor - 3rd, Pole Vault, 4.99m/16-4.5
2022 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 3rd, Pole Vault, 5.08/16-8
2022 C-USA Indoor Championships- 1st, Pole Vault, 5.04/16-6.5
2021 C-USA Indoor Championships- 3rd, Pole Vault, 5.04/16-6.5
2019 C-USA Outdoor Championships- 3rd, Pole Vault, 5.11/16-9.25
2019 C-USA Indoor Championships-1st, Pole Vault, 5.18/17-0
2019 NACAC U23 - 3rd (Bronze Medalist)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 C-USA Academic Medal
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 C-USA Academic Medal
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2020-21 Arthur Ashe, Jr Sports Scholar Award
2020-21 Rice Track & Field Scholar Athlete
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 Arthur Ashe, Jr Sports Scholar Award
2018-19 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2018-19 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
PERSONAL BESTS
(Indoor)
Pole Vault- 5.20/17-0.75, Houston Invitational, 1/26/19
(Outdoor)
Pole Vault- 5.35/17-6.5, Texas Relays, 3/30/19
100m- 11.45, Victor Lopez Classic, 3/23/19
2022-23
Indoor...Competed at three meets...Had a third-place finish with a season-best clearance of 4.99m at the C-USA Championships...Outdoor: Saw action in five meets...Finished fifth at the C-USA Championships.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at three meets...won his second career C-USA Indoor pole vault title, clearing 5.04m for the victory. Outdoor: Saw action in three meets...earned C-USA All-Conference honors with third place result in pole vault at C-USA Championships.
2020-21
Indoor: Earned all-conference honors with a third place (5.04m/16-6.5) finish in the pole vault at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Competed at six meets...cleared a season-best vault of 5.21m (17-1) at the Texas A&M Invitational, placing fourth overall...posted three top-three finishes, including a second place result at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight.
2019-20
Indoor: Redshirted.
2018-19
Indoor: Won the gold at C-USA Championships after converting 17’0”..also took first at the Houston Invitational, securing a personal best 17’0.75”. Outdoor: Scored the bronze medal at the C-USA Championships after converting 16’9.25”…Notched a personal best of 17’6.5” while winning the pole vault at the 92nd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays….Also finished atop the podium at the J Fred Duckett Twilight Meet with a score of 17’2.25”.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Colegio David Livingstone (San Salvador)....was a Pan-American U20 silver medalist...Central America champion...vaulted 5.10m as a senior...also played soccer...graduated with a 3.7 GPA...Honorable Mention at Iberoamerican Physics Olimpiad.
PERSONAL
Parents: Antonio Rivera and Lissette Alas...three brothers...Rice College: Martel...Major: Mechanical Engineering.
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