Lakeside HS Alum's Athletic Prowess Stands Out At Cal Poly Pomona

For 21-year-old Jacob Deavers, being distinguished as the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Track Athlete of the Meet was the icing on the cake.

“I pretty much knew what I had to do and had to get it done,” Deavers said. “Going up there I had my eyes set on this Athlete of the Meet [award] pretty much, because I knew I had the potential.”

The Lake Elsinore native and Lakeside High School alum recorded a memorable performance at the event held at Cal State Stanislaus this past weekend, capturing first place in the 110-meter hurdles with a national provisional qualifying time of 14.58 for Cal Poly Pomona.

He, along with teammate Carter Griffin, swept the 4x100 and 4x400 relays with a mark of 41.62.

“The last three years, the school [Cal Poly Pomona] got second place in the 4x100s,” Deavers said.

The 4x100 event was also the one that kicked off the meet.

“That was probably our hardest event of the day. We started off the meet pretty strong,” Deavers continued.

The 5’11” civil engineering major is in his junior year at Cal Poly Pomona and has made quite a name for himself as an athlete.

In 2010, he helped his school capture a conference title in the relays and finished second in two hurdles events.

The year prior, Deavers earned All-CCAA honors by placing third in the 110-meter hurdles and ran the 100 meters in 11.35 at CCAA.

With the Lakeside Lancers, he was part of the school’s first graduating class. He was also a four-letter winner in track and field, football, wrestling and cross-country. He was also crowned league champion in both hurdle events as a senior, and he ran on CIF-qualifying 4x100 and 4x400 relays teams his senior season.

The track star sees a bright future working in the transportation sector of civil engineering, ideally, with Caltrans as a stepping-stone to eventually working in an engineering firm.