2016-17 Cross Country/Track & Field Roster
Steven Gayle
- Position:
- Sprints
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bronx, N.Y.
- High School:
- Mount Vernon
- Prev School:
- South Plains College
• School record-holder, indoor 4x400 relay
• First Team All-American, outdoor 400 meters
• First Team All-American, outdoor 4x400-meter relay (2017)
• Second Team All-American, 4x100-meter relay (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, outdoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• First Team All-American, indoor 400 meters (2017)
• First Team All-American, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• NCAA qualifier, indoor 400 meters (2017)
• NCAA qualifier, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• First Team All-American, 400 meters (2015)
• First Team All-American, 4x100 relay (2015)
• First Team All-SEC, 4x100 relay (2015)
• Second Team All-SEC, 4x100 relay (2015)
• Second Team All-American, 4x400 relay (2015)
• Honorable Mention All-American, distance medley relay (2015)
Finished seventh in the 400 meters at the NCAA Championships on June 9 in 45.59 ... Ran the second leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth at the NCAA Championships in 3:03.81 on June 9 ... the time is the eighth-fastest in school history ... also ran the anchor leg on the 4x400 at in the NCAA semifinals on June 7 that posted the fourth-fastest time in school history at 3:03.26 ... also ran the lead leg on Alabama’s 4x100-meter relay that finished 14th in the semifinals of the 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA Championships on June 7 in 39.19 ... ran on Alabama’s 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays at the NCAA East Regional on May 27 that qualified for the NCAA Track & Filed Championships ... finished third in the 400 meters at the NCAA East Regional on May 26 in a personal-best 44.99 to advance to the NCAA Track & Field Championships ... the time is the second-fastest in school history and just the second ever run under 45.00 all-time at Alabama ... finished fourth in the first round on May 25 in 46.35 ... member of the Alabama 4x100 (39.52) and 4x400 (3:02.75) relays that finished eighth and third, respectively at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 13 ... the 4x400-meter relay time is the third-fastest in school history ... finished sixth in the 400 meters at the SEC Championships in a time of 46.04 ... advanced to the finals with a prelim time of 46.08 on May 12 ... ran the anchor leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished first at the Ole Miss Classic on May 6 in 3:03.52, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... finished second in the 200 meters at the Jim Bush Collegiate on April 15 in 20.77 ... the second leg on Alabama’s 4x100-meter relay that finished third at the Jim Bush Intercollegiate in 40.64 ... ran the second leg on Alabama’s 4x100-meter relay that finished third at the Crimson Tide Invitational on April 8 in 40.31 ... won the 400 meters at the Florida Relays on March 31 in a personal-best 45.40, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... also ran the third leg on Alabama’s sprint medley relay that won in event in a time of 3:18.00 ... won the 200 meters at the Florida State Relays on March 24 in a personal-best 20.48 in his first outdoor outing of the season ... the time is the 10th-fastest in school history.
2017 Indoor Season
Member of Alabama’s school record-holding 4x400-meter relay team (3:02.92) ... finished fourth in the 400 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11 in a time of 46.02, the third-fastest time in school history ... ran a 46.42 in the prelims on March 10, which is the sixth-fastest time in UA history ... ran the second leg of Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay squad that finished eighth at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11 in 3:06.06, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... finished fifth in the 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 25 in 45.97 ... the time is a personal-best and the second-fastest time in school history ... ran the third-fastest 400 time in UA history in the prelims on Friday evening (46.28) ... ran the anchor leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished third at the SEC Championships on Feb. 25 in a school record 3:02.92 ... ran the second leg on the Tide’s 4x400-meter relay squad that finished first at the Alex Wilson Invitational on Feb. 18 in a school-record time of 3:04.73 ... finished fifth in the 400 meters at the Tiger Paw Invitational on Feb. 11 in a personal-best 46.77, the eight-fastest time in school history ... finished second in the 400 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational on Jan. 27 in a time of 47.54 ... also ran the lead leg on the Tide’s 4x400-meter relay squad that finished first in the third-fastest time in school history (3:07.67) ... finished fourth in the 200 meters at the Auburn Invitational in a time of 21.37 ... ran the second leg on Alabama’s “A” 4x400-meter relay squad at the season-opening Commodore Invitational on Jan. 14.
2016 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.
Did not compete.
2015 Outdoor Season
Ran 45.77 in the 400 meters to finish as the runner-up at the LSU Invitational … clocked a time of 45.94 to win the John Jacobs Invitational 400 meters ... ran on the winning 4X100-meter relay (39.91) at the Border Clash, while also assisting in a second-place finish in the 4X400 (3:08.47) ... posted a 400-meter time of 46.32 at the Pepsi Florida Relays to finish ninth in the event.
Ran 47.07 in the semi-finals of the 400-meter dash at the SEC championship to finish second in heat 4 ... finished second in his first 400-meter race for Alabama, breaking the tape in a personal-best 46.93 ... won the 600 meter invitational section at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a time of 1:53.11.
2012-14
One of the top 400/800 sprinters in the junior college ranks and an experienced 4x400-meter relay competitor ... a two-time All-American ... his career best in the 400 (46.01) set in 2012 ranks No. 10 on the South Plains College All-Time Bests list ... ran a personal best of 1:10.02 in the 600-yard dash on Jan. 31, 2014 ... placed third in the 400 (46.01) at the 2013 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Championships ... ran on South Plains’ winning 4x400-meter relay (3:05.93) at the 2013 NJCAA Outdoor Championships ... coached by Chris Beene at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.
Won the 400 at the 2012 New Balance Nationals (47.35) and was a member of the first-place 4x200 team ... the 2012 New York State Meet 400-meter champion (47.76), as well as the 2012 District 1 champion (47.57) ... ran a season-best 200 meters (21.65) at the Loucks Games ... won the Knight Time Invitational 200 meters in 21.70 ... was the 2012 Section 1 Class A Indoor champion in the 300 meters (34.12) and the 600 (1:21.60) ... coached by Chris Malcom ... son of Ray Gayle and Janet Hayles ... born on March 19, 1994, in Jamaica.
