Jonathan Gomez

Position:
Throws
Class:
Senior
High School:
Whippany / Delaware
Hometown:
Whippany, New Jersey

Career Best: Javelin - 214-1

2011 (JUNIOR): Finished fifth at the Big 12 Championships with a 208-9 effort on a very windy day ... Qualified for the NCAA Championship West Preliminary ... Produced a season best of 212-6 (64.76) for third place at LSU Invitational ... Finished fourth at Arizona State Invitational (204-4) and fifth at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial (203-1) ... Placed 14th at Texas Relays.

2010 (SOPHOMORE): Injury limited his performance at Big 12 and NCAA West region preliminary round after setting a career best of 214-1 (65.25) to place second at Michael Johnson Classic in Waco ... Finished eighth at Big 12 Championships with a toss of 202-2 ... Threw a distance of 174-7 at NCAA West region ... Opened outdoor season with a pair of seventh-place finishes in Puerto Rico (187-2) and Arizona State (192-0) ... Placed ninth (176-11) at Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational.

COLLEGE: Attended Delaware, coached by Larry Pratt ... Improved to 209-5 in the javelin, setting a freshman and school record ... Placed third at Penn Relays and CAA Championships ... Qualified for IC4A meet as well as NCAA East Region.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2008 graduate of Whippany Park High School ... Lettered four years in track and field and three years in soccer ... Coached by Brad Callahan and Ken Morris ... Competed in javelin, with a high school best of 187-7 as well as 200, 400, and 800 ... Named team MVP in 2008 as well as captain of squad ... Finished third in State among Group 1, ranked ninth overall in New Jersey ... State sectional champion in 2007 and 2008 ... Earned first team All-Conference honors ... Runner-up in conference as a junior, won conference javelin as a senior ... Team won State sectional title in 2007 and 2008 ... Also captain of soccer team in his senior year, earned second team All-County and was honorable mention on the All-State team ... Soccer team finished as State runner-up in 2005.

PERSONAL: Jonathan Alexander Gomez is the son of Domingo Gomez and Dr. Elizabeth Avery-Gomez, born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, on June 8, 1990 ... Has three younger siblings, Stephanie, Lexi and Russell ... Started competing in track and field at age 14 ... Majoring in Kinesiology ... Chose Texas A&M for its school spirit, traditions, program's success and coaches.