Tickets** American Athletic Conference Champion – 400m Dash (Indoor) – 2017 **
** American Athletic Conference Champion – 400m Dash (Outdoor) – 2016 **
QUICK NOTES: Two-time American Athletic Conference champion in the 400m dash, winning the 2016 outdoor and 2017 indoor crowns… holds the school record in the indoor 600m dash at 1:19.07 after taking down the previous mark that had stood for 25 years… also is ranked in the Top 4 in three other individual indoor events, including #2 in the 60m dash (6.83) and #4 in both the 200m (21.59) and 400m (47.28)… also has helped the indoor 4x400m relay team to the #3 and #7 times in program history… outdoors, is a member of the school-record 4x400m relay team that ran 3:08.13 (Brooks split 47.4) that qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet for the first time in five years… ranks #2 in the 400m dash (46.04) after running the time to win the 2016 AAC Outdoor title… also is a member of the program’s seventh-ranked 4x200m relay that ran 1:26.14 in 2017.
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (SR): Redshirted.
2017 IN (JR*): Captured the 400m dash title at the AAC Championships, his second conference crown in a row after winning the previous season’s outdoor title… ran a PR and the #4 time in UC history of 47.28 to capture his crown… added points to the team total by anchoring the 4x400m relay to fourth place… broke the school record in the 600m at the Gladstein Invitational (1:19.07), taking down Quentin Respress’ time of 1:19.34 that was run in 1992… ran 21.59 at the Thundering Herd Invitational one week later to record the #4 time in UC history… followed that up two weeks later with a 6.83 time in the 60m dash at the Music City Challenge to move up to #2 in the event… anchored the 4x400m relay to a time of 3:13.64 at the Music City Challenge to move the team up to #3 on the UC all-time Top 10.
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (JR): Returning conference champion after capturing the 400m dash at the American Athletic Conference Championships… ran a best of 46.04 to win the race and post the second-fastest time in school history… advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary Round meet in the 400m dash, finishing 16th in the quarterfinals and missing a spot in the national finals by four positions… placed in the Top 3 in four-consecutive races, including a win at the Kentucky Relays… ran a PR 21.44 in the preliminary round of the 200m dash at the conference meet… big contributor on the relays, as well, including the school-record 4x400m relay that ran 3:08.13 to place second at the conference meet… team raced at the NCAA East event, placing 24th overall… helped the 4x100m relay to a win at the Kentucky Relays in a season-best 41.32… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors… also tabbed for USTFCCCA All-Academic accolades.
2016 IN (JR): Competed in a pair of meets before being sidelined with an injury… won the 400m dash at the Gladstein Invitational and was second at the Kentucky Invitational… ran 47.80 at Kentucky… posted a PR of 21.63 in the 200m dash at the Kentucky event.
PRIOR TO UC: Attended Western Texas for two years… one of the nation’s top junior college sprinters… five-time NJCAA All-American… ran on the 2014 NJCAA 4x400m outdoor championship relay… finished seventh in the 600m back-to-back years at the NJCAA Indoor Championships… runner-up in the 2014 NJCAA indoor 4x400m… finished fourth in the 4x400m at the 2015 NJCAA Indoor Championships… two-time state qualifier for Wilson High School … won the 400m at the 2013 Pennsylvania State Outdoor Championships… also finished fourth in the 100m… took third in the 400m at the 2013 Pennsylvania State Indoor Championships… grabbed fourth in the 400m at the 2013 New Balance Indoor Nationals… finished 14th in the 400m at the 2013 New Balance Outdoor Nationals… three-time conference champion in the 400m and once in the 200m.
Personal Bests – Indoor
60m – 6.83 (Music City Challenge – 2/11/17) – UC #2
200m – 21.59 (Thundering Herd Invitational – 1/28/17) – UC #4
400m – 47.28 (American Championships – 2/25/17) – UC #4
600m – 1:19.07 (Gladstein Invitational – 1/21/17) – UC RECORD
Personal Bests – Outdoor
100m – 10.69 (Raleigh Relays – 3/24/17)
200m – 21.44 (American Championships – 5/13/16)
400m – 46.04 (American Championships – 5/15/16) – UC #2