2012: Ran third leg of NCAA Champion 4x400-meter relay at outdoor meet, earning All-America honors … Southeastern Conference Men’s Runner of the Week as a member of the men’s 4x4 … SEC Outdoor champion in the men’s 4x400-meter relay … Drake Relays and Pepsi Florida Relays champion

2011: Earned his first career victory at the Virginia Tech Elite Meet in the men’s 200 meters, racing to a 21.01 finish for a season’s best time … Competed in 10 meets in his first year in the Orange and Blue, including turning in 13 top-10 finishes in his first season.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: A Florida native who graduated from Andover High School in Andover, Kan. … Personal bests of 55-2 (shot put) and 160-0 (discus) … Holds his high school’s record in the shot put … Also played football at Andover, where he was an all-conference linebacker.