Career Highlights
Junior (2021)
Outdoor: Bronze medalist in pole vault at SEC Championships, clearing an outdoor career best of 17-6 1/2 (5.35) … Claimed national title in Israeli Championships, equaling his career best … Also matched his PR during NCAA West Preliminary round, placing 19th … Won Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial (17-2 3/4 |5.25), runner-up at John McDonnell Invitational (17-1 1/2 | 5.22), third at LSU Invitational (16-11 1/2 | 5.17) … Claimed Arkansas Twilight with a 17-2 3/4 clearance … Also won a summer meet in Neurim (16-4 3/4 | 5.00).
Indoor: Established an Israeli national record in the heptathlon with a score of 5,680 points in placing fourth at Razorback Invitational … Improved career best in pole vault to 17-8 1/2 (5.40) to win Wooo Pig Classic … Finished fifth in SEC heptathlon with a tally of 5,650 points … Placed sixth in SEC pole vault (16-10 3/4 | 5.15) … Clearance of 17-4 1/2 (5.30) tied for 12th in NCAA Championships … Did not finish in NCAA Championships heptathlon after a no-height in pole vault … Won Tyson Invitational (17-4 1/2 | 5.30), runner-up at Arkansas Invitational (16-4 3/4 | 5.00) and Arkansas Qualifier (17-7 | 5.36).
Junior (2020)
Indoor: Finished seventh in heptathlon at SEC Indoor Championships with career best score of 5,191 points ... Also tied for ninth place in SEC pole vault, clearing 16-3.25 (4.96) ... Part of a four-man Razorback crew in the SEC multi-event, which combined for 20 points of a 2-3-5-7 finish ... Produced the second fastest time in 60m in conference heptathlon and fourth-best pole vault (15-11 | 4.85) ... Other marks included 21-8.25 (6.61) long jump, 36-1.25 (11.00) shot put, 5-11.25 (1.81) high jump, 8.65 in 60m hurdles, and 2:55.43 in 1,000m ... Placed seventh in pole vault (16-0.75 | 4.90) at Red Raider Invitational ... Set career best of 8.45 in 60m hurdles at Tyson Invitational ... Finished seventh in pole vault (16-0.75 | 4.90) at Arkansas Qualifier ... Completed first day of heptathlon at Razorback Invitational, scoring 2,825 points ... Produced marks of 7.10 in 60m, 21-6.75 (6.57) in long jump, 39-3 (11.96) in shot put, and 6-0.5 (1.84) in high jump.
At UTEP
2019 Indoor: Competed five times in 2019, all in the pole vault ... Improved his marks in each of the first four meets, topping out at 5.18m/17-0 at the Don Kirby Invitational on Feb. 8, less than an inch from a personal-best ... Also competed at the Conference USA Indoor Championships in the event.
2018 Outdoor: Posted two career bests in pole vault (4.75m) and high jump (1.94m) at the C-USA Championships.
2018 Indoor: Debut for the Miners at the Vanderbilt Commodore Invitational notching a second-place finish in the high jump leaping over the bar at 2.00m (6-6.75) ... Marked a personal best 5.20m (17-0.75) in the pole vault at the Don Kirby Invitational ranking him fifth in school history ... Racked up a top-10 finish in the pole vault, leaping over the bar at 4.83m (15-10) at the MLK Invitational for a seventh-place finish ... Competed at the 2018 C-USA Championships in the high jump leaping over the bar at 1.96m (6-5) to finish 13th overall.
PERSONAL: Born in Be'er Sehva, Israel ... son to Abraham Bhastekar and Sigal Sela ... has two brothers and two sisters ... served in the army in Israel ... is an industrial engineer major.
- 2021 SEC Outdoor bronze | Pole Vault
- 2021 Israeli National Champion | Pole Vault
- Israeli National Record | Heptathlon
Junior (2021)
Outdoor: Bronze medalist in pole vault at SEC Championships, clearing an outdoor career best of 17-6 1/2 (5.35) … Claimed national title in Israeli Championships, equaling his career best … Also matched his PR during NCAA West Preliminary round, placing 19th … Won Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial (17-2 3/4 |5.25), runner-up at John McDonnell Invitational (17-1 1/2 | 5.22), third at LSU Invitational (16-11 1/2 | 5.17) … Claimed Arkansas Twilight with a 17-2 3/4 clearance … Also won a summer meet in Neurim (16-4 3/4 | 5.00).
Indoor: Established an Israeli national record in the heptathlon with a score of 5,680 points in placing fourth at Razorback Invitational … Improved career best in pole vault to 17-8 1/2 (5.40) to win Wooo Pig Classic … Finished fifth in SEC heptathlon with a tally of 5,650 points … Placed sixth in SEC pole vault (16-10 3/4 | 5.15) … Clearance of 17-4 1/2 (5.30) tied for 12th in NCAA Championships … Did not finish in NCAA Championships heptathlon after a no-height in pole vault … Won Tyson Invitational (17-4 1/2 | 5.30), runner-up at Arkansas Invitational (16-4 3/4 | 5.00) and Arkansas Qualifier (17-7 | 5.36).
Junior (2020)
Indoor: Finished seventh in heptathlon at SEC Indoor Championships with career best score of 5,191 points ... Also tied for ninth place in SEC pole vault, clearing 16-3.25 (4.96) ... Part of a four-man Razorback crew in the SEC multi-event, which combined for 20 points of a 2-3-5-7 finish ... Produced the second fastest time in 60m in conference heptathlon and fourth-best pole vault (15-11 | 4.85) ... Other marks included 21-8.25 (6.61) long jump, 36-1.25 (11.00) shot put, 5-11.25 (1.81) high jump, 8.65 in 60m hurdles, and 2:55.43 in 1,000m ... Placed seventh in pole vault (16-0.75 | 4.90) at Red Raider Invitational ... Set career best of 8.45 in 60m hurdles at Tyson Invitational ... Finished seventh in pole vault (16-0.75 | 4.90) at Arkansas Qualifier ... Completed first day of heptathlon at Razorback Invitational, scoring 2,825 points ... Produced marks of 7.10 in 60m, 21-6.75 (6.57) in long jump, 39-3 (11.96) in shot put, and 6-0.5 (1.84) in high jump.
At UTEP
2019 Indoor: Competed five times in 2019, all in the pole vault ... Improved his marks in each of the first four meets, topping out at 5.18m/17-0 at the Don Kirby Invitational on Feb. 8, less than an inch from a personal-best ... Also competed at the Conference USA Indoor Championships in the event.
2018 Outdoor: Posted two career bests in pole vault (4.75m) and high jump (1.94m) at the C-USA Championships.
2018 Indoor: Debut for the Miners at the Vanderbilt Commodore Invitational notching a second-place finish in the high jump leaping over the bar at 2.00m (6-6.75) ... Marked a personal best 5.20m (17-0.75) in the pole vault at the Don Kirby Invitational ranking him fifth in school history ... Racked up a top-10 finish in the pole vault, leaping over the bar at 4.83m (15-10) at the MLK Invitational for a seventh-place finish ... Competed at the 2018 C-USA Championships in the high jump leaping over the bar at 1.96m (6-5) to finish 13th overall.
PERSONAL: Born in Be'er Sehva, Israel ... son to Abraham Bhastekar and Sigal Sela ... has two brothers and two sisters ... served in the army in Israel ... is an industrial engineer major.