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Chris Baltazar

Class: Senior Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri High School: Mehlville High

Last College: Missouri Baptist Height: 5-11 Event: Throws

WSU CAREER. JUNIOR (2011-12): Indoor - Tossed a PR in the 35-pound weight throw of 16.25m/53-3 3/4i at the Vandal Collegiate (2/18/12, Moscow)...Outdoor - Twice threw hammer PR distance of 50.78m/166-7 - at SCC WAR V (4/7/12, Spokane) and at Cougar Invite (4/21/12, Pullman).

PRE-WSU CAREER. Competed at Missouri Baptist University for two seasons...indoor weight throw PR of 15.25m/50-0 1/2i came in 2011...outdoors tossed hammer 42.85m/140-7.

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned eight varsity letters at Mehlville High...three in football for coach Gary Heyde...one in basketball for coach Bill Mayfield...one in volleyball for coach Corey Arbini...three in track and field for coach Kent Heinemann...on football field earned All-Suburban West Conference, all-metro, and all-state honors as a senior as team were state quarterfinalists...named all-conference third-team as junior...track honors included all-conference in shot put and discus three years...state qualifier in shot and discus as junior and named all-state in discus as senior...named Suburban Journal Athlete of Week as senior.

PERSONAL. Born in November 1990 in St. Louis...father Feliciano is a truck driver...mother Judith...older brother Ellis...older sisters Lori, Jill and Marjorie...enjoys playing guitar and piano...majoring in psychology at WSU.

BALTAZAR'S WSU BESTS
Weight Throw - 16.25m / 53-3 3/4i (2012)
Hammer - 50.78m / 166-7 (2012)