Bowling Green State University Athletics
Justin Carvalho Named Assistant Women's Track and Field Coach
October 09, 2006 | Women's Track and Field
Oct. 9, 2006
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance Sid Sink and head women's track and field coach Cami Wells are pleased to announce the hiring of Justin Carvalho as the assistant coach for women's track and field. He will coach throws and jumps.
"We are very excited to have Justin Carvalho join our Women's Track & Field staff, "said Sid Sink. "He has strong experience as an athlete and a coach. We feel that he will do an outstanding job of coaching our throwers and high jumpers. Justin is a quality individual who along with Cami and Clive (Roberts) will make up a quality staff"
Carvalho comes to Bowling Green all the way from California where he had successful careers as both a coach and as an athlete. Early in his track and field career, he played football at Sacramento City College which is where he picked up the hammer throw, eventually earning a scholarship to Sacramento State University where he was an All-American in the hammer throw in 1997, as well as the Big Sky Conference Champion.
"I am very happy to have Justin join our staff," said Cami Wells. "I was impressed with Justin from the first time I spoke to him. Justin's enthusiasm for track and field is evident and he brings with him a wealth of experience and knowledge acquired during is own very successful throwing career. Justin is the perfect fit to complete our staff.
He spent many years competing at the USA Championships from 1997-2002. He also spent his time training both for the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Trials. His highest finish at the USA Championships came in 1999 where he finished 13th. His highest finish at the Olympic Trials was in 2000 where he finished 17th.
"I want to thank Coach Wells, Coach Roberts and Sid Sink for this opportunity. I am very excited about being a part of the BGSU Track and Field staff and coaching at the Division I level again," said Justin Carvalho. "From the first moment I arrived on campus I knew this was the place I wanted to be. I really wanted this job and I look forward to working with the athletes and continuing Bowling Green's tradition of producing great throwers for years to come."
Carvalho was not only successful as a hammer thrower but very successful at weightlifting. While at Sacramento State, he helped his team to three national championships and was a three time All-American in the heavyweight class as well as the 1998 National Champion. He qualified for two USA National Championships in weightlifting in 1999 and 2000, finishing sixth in 1999.
Carvalho has spent the last 13 years not only as an athlete but as a coach, working with high school, Junior College, and Division I athletes. He has worked both with men's and women's teams and has also spent time working as a private coach with both junior elite and post collegiate elite athletes.
