Yariel Soto Torrado - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Yariel Soto Torrado

Sr./Sr. | 5-11 | Multi-Event | Hatillo, Puerto Rico | Centerville HS (Ohio) / Tennessee

Career highlights

  • Two-time first-team All-America | Indoor (1), Outdoor (1)
  • 2023 NCAA Outdoor 6th | Decathlon
  • 2023 NCAA Indoor 8th | Heptathlon
  • 2022 SEC Outdoor Bronze | Decathlon
  • 2022 SEC Indoor Bronze | Heptathlon

Junior (2023)
Outdoor: Scored over 7,900 points twice during the season … Set a career best of 7,917 to place sixth at NCAA Championships to earn first-team All-America honor … Also finished sixth in decathlon at Mt. SAC Relays with a then PR of 7,911 points … Bronze medalist at Central American Games with 7,762 points … Scored in the pole vault at SEC Championships, clearing a career best of 17-0.75 (5.20) to place eighth … Runner-up in pole vault at LSU Invitational with a clearance of 16-10.75 (5.15) … Placed second in pole vault at Trackwired Arkansas Grand Prix with a 16-0.75 (4.90) clearance.

Indoor: Placed eighth in NCAA Indoor heptathlon with a career best score of 6,047 points, which ranks No. 3 on the UA all-time list … Established indoor best marks in four of seven events of heptathlon in NCAA competition with 6.85 in 60m, 25-8 (7.82) in long jump, 8.37 in 60m hurdles, and 2:35.69 in 1,000m … Finished third in Razorback Invitational heptathlon with score of 5,889 points … Placed fourth in pole vault at Tyson Invitational with a 16-9.5 (5.12) clearance.

College | Tennessee

Sophomore (2022)
Outdoor: Finished 10th in decathlon at NCAA Championships with score of 7,668 points to earn second-team All-America … SEC bronze medalist with tally of 7,600 points … Set career best of 7,677 points for third place at Tennessee Relays.

Indoor: Produced a career best score of 5,832 points in placing ninth in heptathlon at NCAA Indoor, earning second-team All-America … First Tennessee Volunteer to compete in NCAA heptathlon since 2009 … SEC bronze medalist in heptathlon with a then PR of 5,760 points … Competing at Tyson Invitational, set a career best in long jump with a 25-0 (7.62) to place fifth … Opened season with a then career best score of 5,506 points for third in heptathlon at Hokie Invite hosted by Virginia Tech.

Freshman (2021)
Outdoor: Placed ninth in SEC decathlon with 6,586 points, which included a no height in pole vault … Led the SEC field in the 100m, with second best marks in three events – long jump, 400m, discus – and was third in the 1,500m … Finished third in Tennessee Relays decathlon with 7,363 points …

Indoor: Finished 10th in SEC heptathlon with 5,142 points.

Freshman (2020)
Indoor: Scored 5,498 points to place fourth in SEC heptathlon, the highest finish for Tennessee in the event since 2009.

High School
2019 graduate of Centerville HS in Centerville, Ohio … Named 2019 New Balance Nationals Field Athlete of the Meet after producing meet record and career best score of 7,509 for the victory … Representing Puerto Rico, won the 2018 U20 Pan American Combined Events Cup … Runner-up in 2018 New Balance Outdoor Nationals with score of 7,025 points … Four-time Member of third place 4 x 200m relay at 2019 Ohio D1 State meet, running first leg … Finished fourth in pole vault and long jump in State meet … As a junior, ran anchor leg of runner-up 4 x 400 relay in State meet.

Yariel Soto Torrado | College Marks

Career best marks

Indoor

Heptathlon | 6,047

Outdoor

Decathlon | 7,917