Former UCSB Multi-Eventer, Derek Masterson, who captured three
Big West Championships in the decathlon and javelin will return to
Santa Barbara to assist with the multi-event groups and throws.
After defending his Big West conference decathlon title in 2013,
Masterson set a new personal best in Dallas at the TGA Invite with
a score of 7,631. He recorded the 20th best decathlon
score in the US in 2013. Masterson was a pivotal part of the
Gauchos 2012 Big West Team Championship and throughout his career
he scored in the high jump, javelin, pole vault, long jump and
decathlon at the Big West Championships.
He was an NCAA qualifier in 2012 after recording a 7,558 effort at
the Sam Adams Multi Event Competition here in Santa Barbara. He is
a talented javelin thrower, winning the 2013 Big West Championships
with a throw of 218'4. Masterson twice qualified for the NCAA First
Round competition in the javelin.
Masterson received his degree in Environmental Studies and looks
to pursue a career with NOAA working with global weather systems.
