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Rhea Hoyte Season 2022-23

PositionSPRINTS/HURDLES
Height5-7
ClassJunior
HometownSt. Michael, Barbados
Previous SchoolThe St. Michael School

Rhea Hoyte TFRRS page (season/career statistics)
 
Updated June 10, 2024

Honors & Awards
2024 Mountain West Champion (4x400m Relay)
2024 All-Mountain West Outdoor (400m Hurdles)
2024 All-Mountain West Indoor (4x400m Relay)
2023 Mountain West Outdoor Champion (400m Hurdles, 4x100m)
2023 All-Mountain West Indoor (4x400m Relay)
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022 All-Mountain West Outdoor (400m Hurdles)
2022 Mountain West Indoor Champion (4x400m Relay)
2022 All-Mountain West Indoor (4x400m Relay)
2021 Mountain West Outdoor Champion (4x400m Relay)
2021 All-Mountain West Outdoor (400m Hurdles)
Mountain West Scholar-Athlete (2022, 2023)
Mountain West All-Academic Team (2021, 2022, 2023)


SDSU Records
4x400m Relay (Indoor): 3:37.06 (2nd all-time)
4x400m Relay (Indoor): 3:37.20 (3rd all-time)
4x400m Relay (Indoor): 3:39.32 (4th all-time)
4x400m Relay (Outdoor): 3:33.78 (5th all-time)
4x400m Relay (Indoor): 3:39.44 (5th all-time)
4x400m Relay (Indoor): 3:40.05 (7th all-time)
400m Hurdles (Outdoor): 58.38 (7th all-time)
4x400m Relay (Indoor): 3:40.28 (10th all-time)

Collegiate Bests
200m (Indoor): 24.53 (Feb. 24, 2023, at Mountain West Championships – Albuquerque, N.M.)
400m (Indoor): 55.27 (Feb. 23, 2023, at Mountain West Championships – Albuquerque, N.M.)
60m Hurdles (Indoor): 9.11 (Jan. 20, 2024, at MLK Invitational – Albuquerque, N.M.)
100m (Outdoor): 12.33 (Mar. 11, 2022, at San Diego Collegiate Challenge – San Diego, Calif.)
200m (Outdoor): 24.87 (March 27, 2021, at Aztec Invitational - San Diego, Calif.)
400m (Outdoor): 56.96 (Feb. 25 at Utah Dual Meet - San Diego, Calif.)
400m Hurdles (Outdoor): 58.38 (May 11, 2024, at Mountain West Championships – Clovis, Calif.)
 
NCAA West Outdoor Preliminary Rounds
2024: 20th, first round (3:36.12 – 4x400m Relay) | 33rd, first round (59.75 – 400m Hurdles)
2023: 19th, first round (3:37.86 – 4x400m Relay) | 36th, first round (1:00.24 – 400m Hurdles)
2022: 46th, first round (1:02.26 – 400m Hurdles)
2021: 14th, first round (3:36.72 - 4x400m Relay) | 33rd, first round (1:00.33 – 400m Hurdles)

Mountain West Outdoor Championships
2024: 1st (3:33.78 – 4x400m Relay) | 2nd (58.37 – 400m Hurdles)
2023: 1st (58.80 – 400m Hurdles) | 1st (3:34.97 – 4x400m Relay)
2022: 3rd (59.19 – 400m Hurdles)
2021: 1st (3:38.94 - 4x400m Relay) | 2nd (59.66 – 400m Hurdles)

Mountain West Indoor Championships
2024: 2nd (3:37.20 – 4x400m Relay) | 9th, prelims (55.27 – 400m)
2023: 2nd (3:40.05 – 4x400m Relay) | 11th, prelims (56.15 – 400m) | 17th, prelims (24.53 – 200m)
2022: 1st (3:37.06 – 4x400m Relay) | 10th, prelims (56.76 –400m)

2023-24 Season
Indoor: Ran in three meets, including the Mountain West Championships … Earned all-MW honors as part of the second-place finishing 4x400m relay team that posted a 3:37.20, the third fastest time in program history … Also finished ninth in the 400m prelims at the MW Championships with a career best 55.27 … Ran a career best 9.11 in the 60m hurdles and a 25.22 in the 200m at the MLK Invitational.
 
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West Prelims for a fourth consecutive season, finishing 20th as part of the 4x400m relay team and 33rd in the 400m hurdles … Ran a leg on the gold medal-winning 4x400m relay at the Mountain West Championships for the third time in four years, running the fifth fastest time at 3:33.78 … Also earned all-MW in the 400m hurdles, claiming silver with a time of 58.37 which ranks seventh all-time … Competed in five meets throughout the season, including the NCAA preliminary meet and conference championships.
 
2022-23
Indoor: Competed in three events at the Mountain West Championships, earning All-Mountain West honors for a second-place finish in the 4x400m relay … Also finished 11th in the opening round of the 400m and 17th in the opening round of the 200m … Ran a lifetime-best 200m at the Mountain West Championships and a lifetime-best 400m at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … Totaled four meets of competition in the season.
 
Outdoor: Qualified for her third straight NCAA West Prelims, finishing 36th in the opening round of the 400m hurdles and 19th in the opening round of the 4x400m relay … Claimed her second and third Mountain West titles, winning the 400m hurdles along with running a leg on the 4x400m relay team … Set a new personal best of 58.80 in the title-winning 400m hurdle race … Competed in five meets throughout the season.
 
2021-22
Indoor: Won the gold medal at the Mountain West Indoor Championships in the 4x400m relay (3:37.06) and took 10th in the 400 meters (56.76)... Competed in four meets... Placed second in the UNM Collegiate Classic (3:41.25) and fourth in the Texas Tech Open (3:39.44) in the 4x400m relay... Set one personal record at the UNM Collegiate Classic with a 56.85 in the 400 meters and another at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a 24.932 in the 200 meters... Finished fourth in the UNM Collegiate Classic in the 200m run (24.971).


Outdoor: Placed 46th in the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:02.26... Earned a bronze medal at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 59.19 in the 400m hurdles... Competed in five meets... Part of the 4x400m relay team that won the Aztec Invitational with a time of 3:37.43... Took third in the San Diego Challenge in the 200m dash (24.87)and fifth in the 100m dash (12.33).

2020-21
Indoor: Season cancelled due to COVID.

Outdoor: Took second in the 400m hurdles at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships with a time of 59.66… Also was on gold medal winning 4x400m relay team (3:38.94)… Ran a personal best time of 59.02 and took first in the 400m hurdles at the UC Riverside Sprints Invitational (April 30).

High School/International
Attended the St. Michael School in St. Michael, Barbados… She was a two-time Barbados National Junior champion in the 400m and 400m hurdles (2018 & 2019)… Awarded the Most Outstanding Senior Female in Athletics in 2016 and 2019… Helped her 4x100m relay team win the bronze at the 2019 CARIFTA Games… Helped her team win the BSSAC Championship in 2018 and 2019… Comes to SDSU with PRs of 12.17 (100m), 24.17 (200m), 55.38 (400m) & 1:00.81 (400m hurdles)… Was on the honor roll every year from 2013-2020.

Personal
Born in Bridgetown, Barbados to Sheraldine Brathwaite and Rickey Hoyte… Enjoys traveling and shopping… Lists Allyson Felix as her favorite athlete.

Hoyte

Freshman
2020-21

SPRINTS/HURDLES
5-7 / -
Hoyte

Sophomore
2021-22

SPRINTS/HURDLES
5-7 / -
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Junior
2023-24

Sprints/Hurdles