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2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Joel Bengtsson

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Landskrona, Sweden
  • High School Malmö Idrottsgymnasium

Biography

PRs AT UTA | Indoor: 60m: 6.90, 200m: 21.55, 60mH: 7.68, LJ: 6.17m; Outdoor: 110mH: 13.54

TFRRS Profile
 
Championships (at UTA)
  • 2023 WAC Outdoor Champion (110mH)
  • 2023 WAC Indoor Champion (60mH)
  • 2021 Sun Belt Indoor Champion (60mH)
  • 2020 Sun Belt Indoor Champion (60mH)

USTFCCCA All-America Honors (at UTA)
  • 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor Second Team All-American (110H)

Championship Appearances
  • 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships
  • 2022 European Championships 
  • 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • 2021 NCAA Outdoor Preliminary Round 

All-Conference Honors (at UTA)
  • 2022 All-SBC Outdoor Third Team (Bronze Medalist - 110H)

UTA All-Time Top 10 List
  • No. 1: Indoor 60m Hurdles (7.68 at 2023 WAC Indoor Track and Field Championship) 
  • No. 2: Outdoor 110m Hurdles (13.54 at 2022 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays)

Academic Honors
  • 2019-2020 Academic Honor Roll

2022-23 SEASON
2023 Indoor: Broke the program and WAC record in the 60m hurdles at the WAC Indoor Championships with a PR of 7.68, claiming the gold medal … the lone Maverick to compete at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships, where he ran in the 60m hurdles and just missed qualifying for a spot in the finals … named the WAC Track Athlete of the Week twice during the indoor season … competed in four regular season meets … at the JD Martin Invitational, posted a personal best of 6.90 in the 60m and placed first in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.80 … placed second in the 60m hurdles at the Howie Ryan Invitational and the Texas Tech Open.
2023 Outdoor: Claimed the conference title in the 110m hurdles after breaking the WAC record, which had stood for nearly 30 years, with a time of 13.64 … named the WAC Track Athlete of the Week twice during the outdoor season … competed in four regular season meets … placed first in the 110m hurdles at the Clyde Hart Classic and the Sooner Invitational & Multis … finished seventh in the 110m hurdles at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
 
2021-22 SEASON
2022 Indoor: Broke the program record in the 60m hurdles at the Texas Tech Open & Multis, placing first with a PR of 7.78 … set a PR at the Sun Belt Championships in the 200m with a time of 21.55.
2022 Outdoor: Ran the second fastest 110m hurdles time in program history at the 94th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a PR of 13.54 … placed third in the 110m hurdles at the Sun Belt Championships (13.80) … All-Conference Third Team … appeared at the NCAA Championships and competed in the 110m hurdles … named USTFCCA Outdoor Second Team All-American for his performance in the 110m hurdles … claimed the Swedish National Championship in the 110m hurdles with a lifetime best of 13.52 … competed for Sweden in the European Championships. 

2020-21 SEASON
2021 Indoor: Won the Sun Belt Conference 60m hurdles individual title for the second-consecutive year while posting the fourth-fastest time in school history of 7.94 … named to Sun Belt First Team … one of four individual winners from UTA at the SBC meet … narrowly missed the podium at the Ted Nelson Invitational with a time of 8.07, only 0.01 seconds behind third place.
2021 Outdoor: Competed at the NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round meet in the 110m hurdles … named to Sun Belt Third Team … placed third at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a time of 13.87w (+2.5 m/s) … won three consecutive regular-season meets at the UT Arlington Invitational, North Texas Classic and Sooner Invite … set a personal-record time of 14.10 at the 93rd Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … placed second with a time of 41.61 at the Sooner Invite.

2019-20 SEASON
2020 Indoor: Crowned the Sun Belt Conference individual champion in the 60m hurdles … in the finals, matched his season-best time of 8.02, which ranks fifth in school history … was one of just two freshmen, joining teammate Ismael Kone, to win an individual conference title at the meet ... also ran a 8.02 at the Texas Tech Shootout … competed in five meets in his inaugural season. 
2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to coronavirus pandemic.

PERSONAL
Is a business major.