2012 Track and Field Roster
Cameron Hutchins
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Centennial, Colo.
- High School:
- Arapahoe
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Weight Throw: 55-11/17.04m (2013)
OUTDOOR
Discus: 131-00/39.92m (2010)
Hammer Throw: 176-07/53.83m (2012)
Javelin: 140-01/42.70m (2012)
ACADEMIC HONORS
MPSF All-Academic (2012, 13)
Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention (2012, 13)
2013: Indoor: Hutchins improved on his personal best in the weight throw during his final season by more than two feet, launching the weight 55-11 at the MSPF Championships. The throw placed Hutchins ninth overall. He placed ninth at two other meets during the season: the Potts Invite (51-9.25) and the Air Force All-Comers Meet (50-4).
Outdoor: Hutchins finished his final season focusing on the hammer throw. He recorded his best throw of the season at the Cowpoke Open (5/3) with a toss of 178-5, which also placed fifth overall. He placed 12th at the Pac-12 Championships with a throw of 177-1.
2012: Indoor: Hutchins continued to excel in the weight throw as a junior, recording a then-personal record of 53-04.50 at the Husky Classic (2/11). All four of his throws during the campaign were over 50 feet. Hutchins’ top placing came at the Potts Invite (1/21) where he was third with a throw of 52-10.75.
Outdoor: Hutchins threw the hammer and javelin during the outdoor campaign and recorded personal bests in both events. His PR in the javelin came at the CU Invite (4/14) where he placed seventh overall with a mark of 140-01. Two weeks later at the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/28), he threw the hammer 176-07 for sixth. Hutchins competed at the Pac-12 Championships in the hammer and took 11th with a mark of 169-00.
2011: Indoor: Hutchins focused on the weight throw during the indoor season. He recorded a season best mark of 48-02 for seventh place at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight (2/18).
Outdoor: Hutchins only threw the hammer during the outdoor season. His best toss of the season was at the last meet, the Front Range Classic (5/1), where he recorded a throw of 148-11 for 14th place.
2010: Indoor: Hutchins made his debut for the Buffs in the weight throw at the Potts Indoor Invite (1/23). He recorded a mark of 42-11.75 for ninth place. Hutchins improved throughout the season and recorded his season best mark of 46-06.25 at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight (2/19), also taking ninth overall.
Outdoor: The outdoor season saw Hutchins throwing the discus and hammer. His best throws in both events came at the Fum McGraw Open (5/8). Hutchins recorded a throw of 131-00 in the discus and 134-04 in the hammer.
2009: Redshirt. Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Hutchins was a member of the Arapahoe High School track and field team, which won the state championship in 2008. He qualified for the meet in the discus. Hutchins earned three letters at AHS.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: Shot put: 49-11; Discus: 154-03.
ACADEMICS: Hutchins graduated with a degree in Classics at Colorado and has a GPA greater than 3.00. He was a member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Hutchins was named to the All-MPSF Academic and Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention teams in 2012 and 2013.
PERSONAL: Cameron Stuart Hutchins was born on March 10, 1990 in Denver. He is the son of Stuart and Susan Hutchins of Centennial, Colo. Stuart played football and basketball at Bowdoin. He has one younger brother, Zachary, and a younger sister, Jessica. Hutchins lists camping, hunting, reading, fishing, scuba diving and archery as his hobbies.
