2011 Track and Field Roster
Niklas Cederstrom
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greeley, Colo.
- High School:
- Greeley Central
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Shot Put: 48-08.50/14.84m (2010)
Weight Throw: 52-06/16.01m (2011)
OUTDOOR
Shot Put: 44-05.50/13.55m (2009)
Hammer Throw: 164-09/50.22m (2012)
Discus: 146-10/44.75m (2009)
ACADEMIC HONORS
Academic All-Big 12 (2009)
2012: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Cederström only threw the hammer during his senior campaign, participating in seven meets. At four of those competitions he recorded a mark greater than 160 feet. Cederström's highest finish was at the Potts Invite (3/17); he took seventh with a personal best of 164-09. At the Pac-12 Championships, Cederström earned a 13th-place finish with a throw of 161-02.
2011: Indoor: Cederström competed in the weight throw during the indoor season. He started the season with a throw of 43-07.75 at the Potts Indoor Invite (1/22). At the final meet of the season, only four weeks later, Cederström launched a personal record of 52-06.06 to place fourth at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight (2/19). It was the seventh best throw for CU during the season.
Outdoor: Cederström participated in the discus and hammer throws. He recorded his best toss of the season (158-01) in the discus at the Beach Invitational (4/16). Cederström had a better outing in the hammer throw. He threw a then-personal best (158-01) at the CU Invite (4/9) and placed seventh. The throw was the eighth best for CU during the outdoor campaign. He also had the ninth best hammer toss by a Buff during the season when he threw 157-10 at the Front Range Classic (5/1).
2010: Indoor: Cederström recorded season bests at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight (2/19). He recorded a toss of 51-07.25 in the weight throw, placing him fifth overall. In the shot put, Cederström's best throw was 45-08.50, good for sixth.
Outdoor: During the outdoor campaign, he threw the shot put, discus and hammer. His personal best in the shot put was 44-00.50 at the CU Invite (4/10) where he took 14th overall. At the Jack Christiansen Invite (4/24), he launched a throw of 153-04 to place 12th in the hammer throw. Cederström also recorded his season best in the discus at the JCI at 141-09 to place 17th.
2009: Indoor: Cederström competed in the shot put and weight throw during the indoor season, recording season bests in both events. His throw of 44-00.50 in the shot put earned him an eighth-place finish at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight Meet (2/20). Cederström took fifth at the Potts Indoor Invite (1/24) with a toss of 48-03.50.
Outdoor: Cederström led the Buffs in the shot put during the outdoor season. He launched his best throw of 44-05.50 at the Front Range Classic (5/2) and took ninth. Cederström placed 10th with a PR of 146-10 in the discus in the first meet of the season (Potts Invite, 3/21).
HIGH SCHOOL: Cederström earned four letters as a member of the Greeley Central track and field team. As a senior, he won the 4A state discus championship with a personal record of 159-05. Cederström was the first discus thrower at GCHS to win the discus throw. He also won the regional and conference championship as a junior and senior.
HIGH SCHOOL BESTS: Discus: 159-05.
ACADEMICS: Cederström is majoring in psychology and philosophy. He was named to the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll during the fall of 2009. Cederström was a member of the Academic All-Big 12 second team in 2009.
PERSONAL: Niklas Bror David Cederström was born on April 22, 1989 in Stockholm, Sweden. He is the son of Bror and Nancy Cederström of Greeley, Colo. He has two older brothers, Marcus and Christopher. Cederström enjoys snowboarding and going to concerts.
