2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Biography
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Personal-Best 60-Meter Time: 7.34 (2/1-2/19 at Don DeNoon Invitational)
Personal-Best 200-Meter Time: 23.03 (5/10-12/19 at MVC Outdoor Championships)
Personal-Best 400-Meter Time: 51.74 (5/10-12/19 at MVC Outdoor Championships)
Personal-Best Long Jump Distance: 6.40 meters | 21’0” (4/1/22 at EIU Big Blue Invitational - Outdoor)
Personal-Best Triple Jump Distance: 12.25 meters | 40’2.25” (2/19/21 at EIU Friday Night Special - Indoor)
All PRs/Records Updated Through 5/10/2022
Spring 2021 (Outdoor):
- Competed in all six of UE’s outdoor meets as a junior.
- Usually ran the lead leg of UE’s 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams.
- Was the lead leg of UE’s 4x100-meter relay team at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21) which placed seventh in the conference in a season-best time of 42.25.
- Ran the anchor leg of UE’s 4x100-meter relay teams which won both the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (42.62 - 4/2/21) and the Bill Smith Challenge (43.24 – 3/27/21).
- Also competed in the long jump competition in five meets for UE, jumping over 6.00 meters (19’8.25”) three times.
- Tied his personal-best long jump mark with a leap of 6.26 meters (20’6.5”) at the Sycamore Open (4/24/21).
- Also placed third in the long jump at the Bill Smith Challenge with a jump of 6.25 meters (20’6.25”).
Winter 2021 (Indoor):
- Competed in the 200-meters, 4x400-meter relay, and the long jump in all three indoor meets for UE.
- Also set a personal-best mark in the triple jump at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/19/21) with a distance of 12.25 meters (40’2.25”) to place a season-best third individually.
- Ran the lead leg of UE’s 4x400-meter relay team at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21) which placed seventh in the league with a time of 3:29.11.
- Best long jump mark of the indoor season was 6.01 meters (19’8.75”) at the John Gartland Invitational (1/23/21).
- Ran a season-best time of 24.01 in the 200-meters at the MVC Indoor Championships.
Spring 2020 (Outdoor):
- Outdoor season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Winter 2020 (Indoor):
- Primarily a 200-meter and 400-meter runner for UE, as he competed in all five indoor meets.
- Set a then-indoor school record in the 200-meters with a time of 23.23 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/29-3/1/20).
- Also established a personal-best mark in his lone long jump competition of the indoor season at the MVC Indoor Championships with a leap of 6.26 meters (20’6.5”).
- Ran a season-best time of 52.44 in the 400-meters at the MVC Indoor Championships as well.
- Ran below 24 seconds in all four of his 200-meter races on the season.
- Best individual finish of the season was sixth in the 200-meters at both the Marshall Invitational (23.59 - 2/7-8/20) and the John Gartland Invitational (23.75 – 1/24-25/20).
Spring 2019 (Outdoor):
- Competed in all six outdoor meets as a freshman.
- Ran personal-best times in both the 200-meter (23.03) and 400-meter (51.74) races at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19).
- Also ran the lead leg of UE’s 4x400-meter relay team which placed sixth in the conference with a time of 3:26.81 at the MVC Outdoor Championships.
- His 400-meter time of 51.74 was the fastest by any Purple Ace in 2019.
- Best individual finish of the season was fifth in the 200-meters (23.57) at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/5/19).
Winter 2019 (Indoor):
- Ran in all five of UE’s indoor meets on the season.
- Posted a personal-best time of 7.34 in the 60-meter dash at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/1-2/19).
- His best 200-meter time of the year (24.07) also came at the Don DeNoon Invitational.
- Best 400-meter time of the year was 53.85 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/23-24/19).
- Best individual finish of the indoor season was fourth in the 400-meters (54.43) at the EIU Friday Night Special (2/15/19).
Personal:
- A Civil Engineering major at UE.
- Was a three-sport star at nearby Castle High School, earning three letters in track and wrestling and playing two seasons of football.
- Member of the Castle High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
- Was a first team all-SIAC track and field performer in 2017 and 2018.
- Chose UE because “of the smaller size of the school, which led me to have better relationships with my professors. Affordability was a big thing as well, as with the help of scholarships, UE was a very affordable option for me.”
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2021-22Senior
Sprints, Long Jump, Relays
