Aaron Sirles, a senior track and field athlete, is next up in February's Get To Know Your Mean Green Student-Athlete. Click on the video to meet Aaron.
Mean Green track and field compete in the Sun Belt Indoor Track and Field Championship Feb. 23-24.
Bio
2012
Competed in discus at the NCAA Division 1 West Preliminary Round ... Participated in three events at the SBC Outdoor Championships ... Took fifth in discus at the Texas State Bobcat Classic ... Threw a season-best 52.36 meters in discus at the John Jacobs Invitational ... Notched a long hammer throw of 50.94 meters at the UTA Bobby Lane Invitational ... Threw a career-best 16.89 in shot put at the Texas Tech Indoor Open #3 ... Named SBC Men's Field "Athlete of the Week" for the week of Feb. 8, 2012.
2011
Finished fourth at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championships in the shot put with a career mark of 15.84m … Started the outdoor season with a fourth-place finish at the TCU Invitational … Registered six overall top-five finishes on the year with a career best in the hammer throw at 47.01 to go along with his shot put mark.
2010
Threw shot put and discus in six meets during the outdoor season … Set his season high of 15.17 meters in the shot put during the Sun Belt Championships where he finished 10th … Recorded a seventh-place finish in the discus at the SBC Championships, throwing 47.57 m.
High School/Personal Lettered in both football and track & field … Son of Donald and Robin Sirles … Born April 8, 1990 … Has one older sister, Danielle
