2022 Track & Field Roster

Jacob Kaufman

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sammamish, Wash.
  • High School Eastlake High School
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Indoor Personal Bests Event Outdoor Personal Bests
19.51m at Ron Mann Classic (2/4/22) WT ---
--- HT 61.77m at Sun Angel Classic Invitational (4/7-9/22

2022 Outdoor:

  • Competed at NCAA West Regional Preliminaries
  • Finished fifth in the men's hammer throw at Big Sky Championships (61.31m)
  • Set personal best hammer throw mark of 61.77 meters at the Sun Angel Classic Invitational

2022 Indoor: 

  • Placed fourth in the men's weight throw at Big Sky Championships (18.80m)
  • Set personal best weight throw mark of 19.51 meters at Ron Mann Classic

2021 Outdoor: 

  • Placed eighth in the hammer throw at Big Sky Championships (58.26m)

2021 Indoor: NAU did not compete 

2020 Outdoor: Canceled 

2020 Indoor: 

  • Placed 5th in Weight Throw with 18.23m at Big Sky Championships.
  • Set personal best with 18.89m in Weight Throw at Lumberjack Team Challenge.

2019 Outdoor: Competed in eight meets... Qualified for the Men's Hammer Throw at the 2019 NCAA Division I West Regional Preliminary Rounds; placed 42nd with a mark of 56.81m... Made podium in the Men's Hammer Throw at the 2019 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Championships after placing third, earning All-Big Sky honors... Set a new PR in the Hammer Throw at the 2019 Desert Heat Classic with a mark of 60.50m... 

2019 Indoor: Competed in six meets... Three top-10 finishes in the Men's Weight Throw (Lumberjack Team Challenge, Mountain T's Invite & NAU Tune-Up)... Placed 12th in the Men's Weight Throw at the 2019 Big Sky Conference Indoor Championships

2018: PR'd in the weight throw at the Don Kirby Elite meet with a mark of 16.07m for a 16th-place finish... Placed 19th at indoor conference championships in the weight throw with a mark of 15.80m... Placed fifth at Mountain T's Invite in the weight throw with a mark of 15.47m... Competed unattached in the hammer throw at two meets...

2017: Competed at a total of seven meets (two indoor, five outdoor) … Set collegiate-best at Jim Click in the hammer throw event (52.32m, 171' 8") … Also competed at Big Sky Outdoor Championships

High School Personal Bests:

  • 12lb Hammer: 39.624m (130')
Why did you choose NAU?

I chose NAU because it reminded me of home.

Academic:

  • Majoring in Computer Science
Personal:
  • Son of Paul and Jeanette
  • Brother to Paul, Brandon, and Zach
  • Birthday: December 17

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

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  • 2018Sophomore

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  • 2019Junior

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  • 2020Junior

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  • 2021Senior

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  • 2022Graduate Student

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