Career Bests • 400 meters - 49.56 • 600 meters - 1:18.27 • 800 meters - 1:49.87 Junior 2013 Outdoor Season Was the third leg on the 6th place 4x400 relay team at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:06.36 ... ran in the preliminaries of the 800 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships and just missed qualifying with a 15th place finish and a 1:51.60 time ... played an integral role in the 4x400-meter relay team (4th - 3:06.04) and the sprint medley relay team (5th - 3:19.70) at the Drake Relays ... placed 8th in the 800 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 1:51.14 ... set a new PR at the Spec Towns Invitational in the 800 meters with a time of 1:49.87 and finished 2nd ... anchored the 4x400 relay team that won the Spec Towns Invitational with a time of 3:08.89 ... ran a 1:49.95 and placed 7th at the Crimson Tide Invitational in the 800 meters ... competed on the 4x400 meter relay team at the Crimson Tide Invitational that placed 1st with a time of 3:07.75 ... placed 20th in the 400 meters at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 49.56 ... ran with the 4x400 meter relay team at the Yellow Jacket Invitational that won with a time of 3:08.47 ... ran on the sprint medley at the Alabama Relays that finished 1st with a time of 3:20.52.
2013 Indoor Season Finished 14th in the 800 meters at the SEC Championships with a time of 1:52.32 ... added his third consecutive victory in the 800 meters at the Mark Colligan Memorial with a time of 1:53.04 ... finished second in invitational 600 meters at the Indiana Relays with a time of 1:18.27 ... ran on the 4x400 at the Auburn Invitational that finished third ... won the 800 meters at the Auburn Invitational in 1:51.67 ... in his first Alabama outing at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener, finished first in the 800 meters with a 1:52.94 ... competed on the 4x400 relay team that finished fifth at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener.
Prep and Personal A transfer from Benedict College who enrolled at Alabama in January, 2013 ... the 2012 NCAA Division II Men's Track Athlete of the Year for the South Region ... was the top-ranked 800-meter runner in the South Region ... ranked as high as 11th nationally in the event with a season-best time of 1:50.97 ... won the 2012 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship in the 800 meters ... was runner-up in the 1,500 meters at the SIAC Championships ... had a sixth-place finish in the 800 (1:56.62) at the NCAA Division II Track and Field National Championships to become Benedict's first All-American in the 800 meter run.
