The 5-foot-10, 160-pound senior exploded for 29 individual points at the Class 5A state meet this past season, leading the Scorpions to third place as a team. Gonzalez won the triple jump with a personal-best leap of 47 feet, 0.25 inches, took second in the long jump with a 22-2.25 effort, finished third in the pole vault with a clearance of 12-6 and placed fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 40.77 seconds. A two-time state champion in the triple jump, his leap in the event at the state meet ranked tied for the nation’s No. 57 distance among prep competitors in 2022.
Gonzalez has maintained a weighted 3.34 GPA in the classroom. He will attend school and participate in track and field at Pima Community College this fall.
Gonzalez has volunteered mentoring special needs students at the Sycamore Community Center and has donated his time coaching middle school track athletes with their jumps technique.
