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2024-25 Track & Field Roster

Todd Cruff

Josh Hoekendorf

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Parker, Colo.
  • High School Chaparral HS
  • Instagram jp.hoekendorf

Biography

Collegiate PRs | Indoor: WT: 18.36m; Outdoor: SP: 10.02m, HT: 58.84m, DT: 25.56m

TFRRS Profile
 
Medals at UTA
  • 2025 Indoor Silver - Weight Throw
  • 2025 Outdoor Gold - Hammer Throw

UTA All-Time Top 5 List
  • No. 1: Outdoor Hammer Throw (58.84 at 2025 TCU Alumni Invitational)
  • No. 2: Outdoor Hammer Throw (56.83 at 2023 Oliver Jackson Twilight)
  • No. 3: Indoor Weight Throw (18.36m at 2025 Texas A&M Charlie Thomas Invitational)

2024-25 SEASON AT UTA
2025 Indoor: Competed in four regular season meets … Competed in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships where he won the silver medal with a throw of 18.21m … Set a personal record of 18.36m in the weight throw at the Texas A&M Charlie Thomas Invitational, the third best throw in program history … Finished sixth overall in the weight throw at the Jarvis Scott Invite.
2025 Outdoor: Competed in five regular season meets … Competed in the hammer throw at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he won the gold medal with a throw of 57.09m … Set a personal record in the hammer throw with a mark of 58.84m at the TCU Alumni Invitational, breaking his previous school record and now leaving him with the top two throws in program history … Finished second overall in the hammer throw at the Joe Gillespie Invitational.
 
2023-24 SEASON AT UTA
2024 Indoor: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships where he finished eighth overall with a season’s best throw of 16.97m … Finished sixth overall in the weight throw at the Arkansas Invitational.
2024 Outdoor: Competed in four regular season meets … Competed in the hammer throw at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he finished seventh overall … Threw a season’s best 52.93m in the hammer throw at the John Jacobs Invitational where he finished seventh overall.
 
2022-23 SEASON AT UTA
2023 Indoor: Competed in three regular season meets … Competed in the weight throw at the WAC Indoor Track & Field Championships … Threw a season’s best 16.48m in the weight throw at the Howie Ryan Invitational … Finished third overall in the weight throw at the JD Martin Invitational.
2023 Outdoor: Competed in seven regular season meets … Competed in the hammer throw at the WAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships where he finished sixth overall … Threw a season’s best 56.83m in the hammer throw at the Oliver Jackson Twilight where he finished second overall, it was also at the time a school record in the event … Placed second overall in the hammer throw at the North Texas Classic … Finished third overall in the hammer throw at both the TCU Alumni Invitational and UTA Invitational.
 
2021-22 SEASON AT UTA
2022 Indoor: Competed in one regular season meet … Threw a season’s best 12.92m in the weight throw at the Ted Nelson Invitational.
2022 Outdoor: Competed in six regular season meets … Competed in the hammer throw at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Set personal bests in both the discus throw (25.56m) and the shot put (10.02m) at the UTA vs. UNT Dual … Finished sixth overall in the hammer throw with a season’s best mark of 46.75m at the UTA Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL
2021 graduate of Chaparral High School in Parker, Colorado … Two time State Championship Qualifier in the discus … 14th place sophomore in state and fifth place his senior year at state … Eight time honor roll … Academic All State … Competed for Amata outside of school … Two gold medals at Rocky Mountain State games … USATF Junior National Qualifier.
 
PERSONAL
Born October 23, 2002 … Has one sibling, Jordan … Mother played volleyball at St. Xavier … Aerospace Engineering major.
 
UPDATED: 10/22/25