2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Roster

Gabe Oladipo
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Missouri City, Texas
- High School:
- Fort Bend Hightower
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2021 OUTDOOR
Threw in 10 meets... Registered a PR in the hammer throw with a mark of 63.04m (206' 10") at the Tech Open to take first as he went on to win the discus and shot put... Registered a PR throw of 18.88m (61' 11.5") in the shot put at the Corky/Crofoot... His PR in the discus came at the ACU Last Chance Meet with a throw of 59.07m (193' 9")... Big 12 Discus Champion as he took the title with a throw of 57m (187' 0")... Placed 27th in the discus at the NCAA meet.
2021 INDOOR
Threw in seven meets with a run into the NCAA Championships, finishing as an All-American... Tossed a PR mark of 22.43m (73' 7.25") in the weight throw at the Tech Invite...Big 12 Weight Throw Champion with a mark of 21.16m (69' 5.25")... Placed 12th in the weight throw at the NCAA Meet.
2020 OUTDOOR
Season canceled.
2020 INDOOR
Competed in seven meets in his debut as a Red Raider. At the indoor Big 12 championships he became First Team All Big 12 in both the weight throw and the shot put. He posted a personal best of 18.07m in the shot put at the conference meet. Went on to qualify for indoor nationals where he became Indoor All-American for Texas Tech.
PRIOR TO TEXAS TECH
Competed two seasons at Texas A&M... 2018 INDOOR: Competed in shot put at SEC Championships, placing 15th with a mark of 53-5 (16.28) … Opened season placing fourth (55-10 ¼) at Reveille Invitational … Runner-up at Ted Nelson Invitational (55-5) and Texas A&M Quadrangular (55-9 ¼) … Finished seventh (55-7 ¾) at Razorback Invitational … Won Charlie Thomas Invitational with a season best 58-4 ½ (17.79), which ranks No. 10 performer on the Aggie all-time list … Reached a distance of 57-6 ¼ to place 14th at Razorback Invitational … Third in Aggie Twilight (56-4 ¾).. 2018 OUTDOOR: Produced a career best with junior implement (1.75kg) to defend his USATF Junior discus title with a mark of 200-7 (61.15) … Moved from third to first place in fifth round to win and earn position on United States team competing in IAAF World U20 Championships in Finland … In the World Junior meet, a mark of 185-5 (56.53) in qualifying placed 14th with the top 12 advancing to the final … Competed in shot put (57-2 ¾) and discus (169-7) at SEC Championships, placing 13th and 15th … Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary round, threw 174-4 (53.13) in placing 21st … Season best effort with the collegiate discus was 186-6 (56.84) as runner-up in the Michael Johnson Invitational, where he was also runner-up in the shot put (57-2) … The 186-6 mark ranks No. 12 performer on the Aggie all-time list … Opened the outdoor season with a 180-6 toss that placed fourth in the Baldy Castillo Invitational … Won the UTSA Roadrunner Invitational with a 178-0 and finished fifth in shot put (56-8 ¾) … Won the B division shot put (55-7 ¾) at Texas Relays and placed 11th in the discus (177-10) … At Houston Alumni Invitational, won discus (179-10) and placed second in shot put (56-8) … Won both events at UCLA Invitational with marks of 54-10 ¼ and 180-2... 2019 INDOOR: Scored in the weight throw at SEC Championships, placing fifth with career best of 68-10 (20.98) … Also competed in shot put at SEC meet, finishing 12th (55-9 | 16.99) … Opened season by winning weight throw (60-8 | 18.49) and placing second in shot put (56-8 ¾ (17.29) at Reveille Invitational … Won weight (63-2 ¼ | 19.26) and placed fourth in shot put (54-4 ¾ | 16.58) at Ted Nelson Invitational … Claimed win in weight throw (64-8 ½ | 19.72) at Texas A&M Triangular … At Texas Tech Classic, finished fourth in weight (63-1 ½ | 19.24) and fifth in shot put (58-2 | 17.73) … Placed third in weight (63-2 ¼ | 19.26) and shot put (58-4 ½ | 17.79) at Charlie Thomas Invitational … At Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational, finished 10th in weight (60-7 ¼ | 18.47) and 11th in shot put (56-2 | 17.12) … Runner-up in weight throw (63-3 ¼ | 19.28) at Aggie Twilight... 2019 OUTDOOR: Competed in shot put and discus during SEC Championships, placing 10th in discus (166-4 | 50.71) and 14th in shot put (54-4 | 16.56) … Qualified for the NCAA West preliminary round in discus, placing 32nd (173-5 | 52.87) … Started outdoor campaign placing fourth in discus (173-9 | 52.97) at Baldy Castillo Invitational … Runner-up in discus (179-5 | 54.70) and seventh in shot put (52-4 ½ | 15.96) at UTSA Roadrunner Invitational … Finished sixth in Texas Relays discus (186-3 | 56.77) … Won pair of home meets in discus at Texas A&M Invitational (174-6 | 53.19) and A&M Alumni Muster (185-11 | 56.67) … Also placed fourth at Reveille Meet (170-8 | 52.03) and fifth in Michael Johnson Invitational (181-5 | 55.31).
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of Fort Bend Hightower High School in Missouri City, Texas … Established best marks of 73-8 ¾ (shot put) and 215-2 (discus) … Won 2017 USATF Junior discus with a then career best of 196-9 (59.97) … Member of United States team competing in Pan Am Championships, where he finished sixth at 189-8 (57.81) … 2017 State 6A champion in discus with throw of 204-5 … Swept district (206-0), area (192-0), and region titles (203-8) … Undefeated senior season included victories at Texas Relays (205-1) and Great Southwest Classic (206-3) … In shot put, claimed silver medal in State meet after winning district, placing third in area and runner-up in region … Placed third in shot put at Texas Relays, won the Great Southwest Classic and AAU Junior Olympics, where he produced his PR of 73-8 ¾ … In 2016, earned State silver in discus and bronze in shot put … Swept discus titles in district, area and region … Runner-up in discus at Texas Relays and TTFCA Meet of Champions … Won AAU Junior Olympics discus with a toss of 192-6 … Threw 209-0 in discus and 61-11 in shot put to sweep titles at Coaches Coalition National Championships … Won district and area shot put titles, placed second in region … Third in shot put at Texas Relays … Silver medalist at AAU Junior Olympics … Sophomore season earned State silver in shot put and placed fifth in discus … Swept district, area and region titles in both shot put and discus … Placed third in discus and eighth in shot put at Texas Relays … Finished ninth in IAAF World Youth Championships discus with a mark of 183-8 after producing a 192-2 in the qualifying round.
PERSONAL
Gabe Oladipo... son of Gabe Sr. and Vanessa Oladipo... enjoys gaming, music, art and MMA... pursuing a master's degree in sport management.