Etamar Bhastekar - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Etamar Bhastekar

Sr./RS Jr. | 5-8 | Pole Vault, Multi | Mitzpe Ramon, Israel | UTEP

Career Highlights

  • 2021 SEC Outdoor bronze | Pole Vault
  • 2021 Israeli National Champion | Pole Vault
  • Israeli National Record | Heptathlon

Junior (2021)
Outdoor: Bronze medalist in pole vault at SEC Championships, clearing an outdoor career best of 17-6 1/2 (5.35) … Claimed national title in Israeli Championships, equaling his career best … Also matched his PR during NCAA West Preliminary round, placing 19th … Won Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial (17-2 3/4 |5.25), runner-up at John McDonnell Invitational (17-1 1/2 | 5.22), third at LSU Invitational (16-11 1/2 | 5.17) … Claimed Arkansas Twilight with a 17-2 3/4 clearance … Also won a summer meet in Neurim (16-4 3/4 | 5.00).

Indoor: Established an Israeli national record in the heptathlon with a score of 5,680 points in placing fourth at Razorback Invitational … Improved career best in pole vault to 17-8 1/2 (5.40) to win Wooo Pig Classic … Finished fifth in SEC heptathlon with a tally of 5,650 points … Placed sixth in SEC pole vault (16-10 3/4 | 5.15) … Clearance of 17-4 1/2 (5.30) tied for 12th in NCAA Championships … Did not finish in NCAA Championships heptathlon after a no-height in pole vault … Won Tyson Invitational (17-4 1/2 | 5.30), runner-up at Arkansas Invitational (16-4 3/4 | 5.00) and Arkansas Qualifier (17-7 | 5.36).

Junior (2020)
Indoor: Finished seventh in heptathlon at SEC Indoor Championships with career best score of 5,191 points … Also tied for ninth place in SEC pole vault, clearing 16-3.25 (4.96) … Part of a four-man Razorback crew in the SEC multi-event, which combined for 20 points of a 2-3-5-7 finish … Produced the second fastest time in 60m in conference heptathlon and fourth-best pole vault (15-11 | 4.85) … Other marks included 21-8.25 (6.61) long jump, 36-1.25 (11.00) shot put, 5-11.25 (1.81) high jump, 8.65 in 60m hurdles, and 2:55.43 in 1,000m … Placed seventh in pole vault (16-0.75 | 4.90) at Red Raider Invitational … Set career best of 8.45 in 60m hurdles at Tyson Invitational … Finished seventh in pole vault (16-0.75 | 4.90) at Arkansas Qualifier … Completed first day of heptathlon at Razorback Invitational, scoring 2,825 points … Produced marks of 7.10 in 60m, 21-6.75 (6.57) in long jump, 39-3 (11.96) in shot put, and 6-0.5 (1.84) in high jump.

At UTEP
2019 Indoor:
Competed five times in 2019, all in the pole vault … Improved his marks in each of the first four meets, topping out at 5.18m/17-0 at the Don Kirby Invitational on Feb. 8, less than an inch from a personal-best … Also competed at the Conference USA Indoor Championships in the event.

2018 Outdoor: Posted two career bests in pole vault (4.75m) and high jump (1.94m) at the C-USA Championships.

2018 Indoor: Debut for the Miners at the Vanderbilt Commodore Invitational notching a second-place finish in the high jump leaping over the bar at 2.00m (6-6.75) … Marked a personal best 5.20m (17-0.75) in the pole vault at the Don Kirby Invitational ranking him fifth in school history … Racked up a top-10 finish in the pole vault, leaping over the bar at 4.83m (15-10) at the MLK Invitational for a seventh-place finish … Competed at the 2018 C-USA Championships in the high jump leaping over the bar at 1.96m (6-5) to finish 13th overall.

PERSONAL: Born in Be’er Sehva, Israel … son to Abraham Bhastekar and Sigal Sela … has two brothers and two sisters … served in the army in Israel … is an industrial engineer major.

Etamar Bhastekar | Career Stats

Career best marks

Indoor

60m | 6.91

1000m | 2:46.18

60mH | 8.27

High Jump | 6-6 3/4 (2.00)

Pole Vault | 17-8 1/2 (5.40)

Long Jump | 23-10 1/4 (7.27)

Shot Put | 40-5 (12.32)

Heptathlon | 5,680

Outdoor

Pole Vault | 17-6 1/2 (5.35)