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2021-22 Track and Field Roster

Brendon Smith

Geordan Blades

  • Position Sprints, Relays
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Avon, Ind.
  • Highschool Avon HS

Biography

TFRRS Bio Page

Personal-Best 60-Meter Time: 
7.02 (2/26-28/21 at MVC Indoor Championships | 1/15/22 at EIU John Craft Invitational)
Personal-Best 100-Meter Time:  10.89 (4/2/21 at Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational)
Personal-Best 100-Meter Time (Wind-Aided):  10.64 (4/23/22 at Gibson Invitational)
Personal-Best 200-Meter Time:  22.05 (3/19-20/21 at SIU Bill Cornell Invitational – Outdoor)
Personal-Best 200-Meter Time (Wind-Aided):  21.97 (4/23/22 at Gibson Invitational)

All PRs/Records Updated Through 5/10/2022 
 
Spring 2021 (Outdoor):
  • One of the MVC’s top freshman sprinters.
  • Ranked as the fourth-fastest freshman in the 100-meters at the MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/21) with a time of 11.00.
  • Won the 100-meter title at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational (4/2/21) with a personal-best time of 10.89.
  • Also finished second in the 200-meters at the Kentucky Wesleyan Twilight Invitational and helped the 4x100-meter relay team finish first.
  • Also broke 11 seconds in the 100-meters at the SIU Bill Cornell Invitational (3/19-20/21) with a time of 10.90.
  • Ran a season-best 200-meter time of 22.05 at the SIU Bill Cornell Invitational as well.
  • Helped UE’s 4x100-meter relay team finish seventh at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a time of 42.25.
Winter 2021 (Indoor):
  • Ran both the 60- and 200-meter events in all three of UE’s indoor meets as a freshman.
  • Broke the UE indoor track school record in the 200-meters with a time of 23.10 at the MVC Indoor Championships (2/26-28/21).
  • Also posted a personal-best 60-meter time of 7.02 seconds at the MVC Indoor Championships.
  • Ranked as the second-fastest freshman in the league in the 200-meters at the Indoor Championships, and the third-fastest freshman in the 60-meters.
  • Best individual finish of the indoor season was fifth in the 200-meters at the John Gartland Invitational (23.94 – 1/23/21).
Personal:
  • Majoring in Exercise Science at UE.
  • Ran track all four years at Avon High School, while also lettering in football.
  • A part of Avon’s 2018 Indiana State Championship 4x100-meter relay team.
  • Also helped Avon’s track and field team to a state title in 2018, and a runner-up finish in 2017.
  • Sectional champion in the 100-meters and regional runner-up as a junior in 2019.
  • Competed in the Junior Olympics twice for the Indiana Storm Track Club and placed fourth in the 4x100-meter relay on the national stage in 2018.
  • His father, George, was a professional boxer who competed from 1999 through 2014.
  • Chose UE because “I really like the coaches and family environment with the team.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints, Relays
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