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2022-23 Track & Field Roster

Carl af Forselles
Carl af Forselles

Carl af Forselles

  • Position:
    Combined Events
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • High School:
    Rudbeck
TFRRS Link (Personal Bests)
 
Personal Bests
 60 Meters  7.04 (Big 12 Championships, 2/25-26/22)
 60 Meter Hurdles  8.37 (DeLoss Dodds Invitational, 1/21-22/22)
 1,000 Meters  2:50.4 (Big 12 Championships, 2/25-26/22)
 4x400 Relay  3:23.29 (K-State Winter Invitational, 12/10/22)
 High Jump  1.93m/6-4 (Big 12 Championships, 2/25-26/22)
 Pole Vault  5.07m/16-7.5 (Big 12 Championships, 2/25-26/22)
 Long Jump  7.35m/24-1.5 (Big 12 Championships, 2/25-26/22)
 Shot Put  12.27m/40-3.25 (DeLoss Dodds Invitational, 1/21-22/22)
 Heptathlon  5,586 points (Big 12 Championships, 2/25-26/22)

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022-23)
OUTDOOR

Did not compete during the season.

INDOOR
  • At the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13/23) he competed in the long jump where he finished 4th at 7.00m.
  • During the K-State Winter Invitational (12/10/22) he competed in his first 4x400 relay where his team won with a time of 3:23.29, also competed in the shot put with a distance of 11.53m.

SUMMER 2022 (SWEDISH OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP)
  • Finished 3rd in the decathlon held July 23-24 in Vasteras, Sweden with 7,028 points being one of 3 competitors (along with teammate Emil Uhlin) to eclipse 7,000 points.
  • Finished 2nd in the long jump, high jump and pole vault competitions and 2nd in his heat in the 100m.
  • Posted a personal-best time of 15.26 seconds in the 110m hurdles.
  • Had a season-best height of 4.82m/15-9.75 in the pole vault.
  • Earned a bronze medal in the long jump held August 6-7 with a leap of 7.57m and finished 15th in the pole vault with a mark of 4.45m.
 
AS A FRESHMAN (2021-22)
OUTDOOR

Redshirt the outdoor season.

INDOOR
  • Posted a personal best score of 5,586 points in the heptathlon to finish 4th at the Big 12 Championships (2/25-26/22), he won the pole vault competition with a mark of 5.07m and was runner-up in the 60m and long jump.
  • Won the pole vault at the Steve Miller Invitational (2/18/22) with height of 5.00m.
  • Finished 3rd in his first collegiate heptathlon at the DeLoss Dodds Invitational (1/21-22/22) with a score of 3,099 points, winning the 60m with a time of 7.09 and the 60m hurdles with a season-best time of 8.38, and 2nd in the 1,000m with a time of 2:52.80.
  • Helped the Wildcats score points in the annual KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/14/22) with a 4th place finish in the pole vault with a mark of 4.62m.
 
PRIOR TO K-STATE
  • Won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 2020 Swedish U20 Outdoor Championships on August 1-2 with a final tally of 6,932 points, winning the 100m, 110m hurdles, 400m, long jump, pole vault and shot put and was 2nd in the discus and high jump.
  • Won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2019 Swedish U20 Indoor Championships on February 2-3 with a score of 5,397 points, winning the 60m and long jump and second in the 60m hurdles, 1,000m, high jump and pole vault.
  • Was a silver medalist in the triple jump at the 2018 European U18 Championships with a mark of 15.36m.
 
IN THE CLASSROOM
  • Majoring in Political Science
 
PERSONAL
  • Carl Jacob Nils af Forselles was born January 6, 2001, in Stockholm, Sweden
  • Son of Anna-Carin and Andre Forselles
  • Has one sibling; Fredrik
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