ULM Warhawks

Personal bests as of September 14, 2022

Date	Event	Mark	Meet
May 14, 2022	Discus	150-11 (45.99)	Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships
April 22, 2022	Hammer Throw	162-11 (49.66)	Warhawk Classic
Feb. 7, 2021	Weight Throw	50-10 (15.49)	Jaguar Invitational

 
2022 (JUNIOR)
Competed in nine meets, with three indoor and six outdoor meets, in 2022 … Set a personal best in the hammer throw at 162-11 to place fifth at the Warhawk Classic (April 22-23) … Finished 12th in the hammer throw at 155-3 and 16th in the discus at 136-6 at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships (May 12-14) … Also finished fourth in the discus at 138-3 at the Warhawk Classic (April 22-23) … Finished eighth in both the hammer, at 156-2, and discus, at 135-6, at the LSU Battle on the Bayou (April 2) … Took 10th in the hammer at 152-0 at the Louisiana Classic (March 18-19) … Placed 14th in the weight throw at 47-10 at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Championships (Feb. 21-22) … Came in seventh in the weight throw at 48-5 1/4 at the LSU Bayou Bengal (Feb. 4).

2021 (SOPHOMORE-2)
Opened the slate with a seventh-place showing at the LSU Purple Tiger after completing a toss of 14.76 meters in the weight throw … placed ninth in the weight throw (44-feet, 9 ½-inches / 13.65 meters) at the Scarlet & Black Invitational (Jan. 31) … equaled that finish (ninth) at the USA Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 7) after a heave of 15.49 meters in the weight throw… came through with two Top-10 finishes in the discus, enjoying a season-best sixth-place finish at the Little Rock Invitational (April 10) after a toss of 44.71 meters … the following week, placed eighth in the LSU Boots Garland Invitational (April 17) with a heave of 41.89 … had four Top-10 finishes in the hammer throw, including a season-best sixth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics after reaching 47.52 meters … also finished seventh at the Little Rock Invitational (47.85 meters) and ninth at the Baylor Invitational (45.99 meters) in the hammer throw ... placed 21st overall in the hammer throw (150-feet / 45.73 meters) in the 2021 Sun Belt Outdoor Championship (May 13). 

2020 (SOPHOMORE-1)
Among the Top-10 finishers in the weight throw at the LSU Purple Tiger (Jan. 10), finishing eighth with a heave of 13.92 meters … placed 18th in the weight throw at the Ted Nelson Invitational (Jan. 17) with a mark of 12.97 meters … had his highest finish of the season (sixth) in the weight throw event at the Samford Invitational (Feb. 15) after a heave of 13.12 meters … completed the Sun Belt Indoor Championship (Feb. 24) with a 12th-place finish in the weight throw (15.39 meters) 

PREP
Attended Sterlington High School in Sterlington, La. … was a two-sport athlete who was a member of the football and track teams … a three-time varsity letterwinner in track who began as a sophomore … participated in the state championship as a member of the 4x100 meter relay, 4x200 meter relay and 4x400 meter relay teams … competed in shot put and discus over the course of junior season … enjoyed heaves of 129-feet in the discus and 35-feet in shot put in junior season … emerged as the district and regional champion in discus and district champion in shot put as a senior … improved on his personal bests as a senior including tosses of 146-feet (discus) and 47-feet (shot put) … captured three varsity letters in football, winning the district championship in 2015 and 2018 … member of the all-district team in 2016, 2017 and 2018. 

PERSONAL
Jacob Mitchell Houston … born Nov. 9, 1998 … son of Teresa and Mitch Houston … has one brother (Trace) … majoring in construction.