Biography
Career Bests:
60 Meter Dash
Indoor 6.77, SLC Indoor Championships, 2/22/18
100 Meter Dash
Outdoor 10.43, TCU Invitational, 3/17/18
200 Meter Dash
Indoor 21.41, SLC Indoor Championships, 2/22/18
Outdoor 21.02, TCU Invitational, 3/17/18
4x100 Meter Relay
Outdoor 39.57, TCU Invitational, 3/17/18
(A. James, M. Larkins, D. Mapps, M. McGruder)
4x200 Meter Relay
Outdoor 1:30.51, MSU Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes La. Challenge, 3/10/18
(T. Carr, A. James, D. Mapps, M. McGruder)
4x400 Meter Relay
Outdoor 3:13.68, Leon Johnson NSU Invitational, 4/28/18
(A. James, M. Larkins, M. McGruder, J. Hewitt
2018 Outdoor Season: Competed as individual in both 100 and 200 meter distances…also member of 4x100 relay team and ran 4x200 and 4x400 events during the season…earned six top-10 finishes in the 100 meter dash…best time came in season opener at TCU Invitational (10.43) and top finish was third at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (10.49)…took fifth at TCU Invitational and an eighth place spot at SLC Outdoor Championships (10.75)…finished top-10 each time he competed in 200 meter dash…took fourth at TCU Invitational (21.02) and fifth at UTA Bobby Lane Invitational (21.07)…finished eighth at SLC Outdoor Championships (23.69)…member of 4x100 meter relay team with four podium finishes over six meets…won Leon Johnson NSU Invitational (39.87) and took second at TCU Invitational (39.57) and Texas Invitational (40.35)…other podium finish was third at Texas Relays (39.45)…only time in 4x200 relay came at MSU Cowboy Relays/Bob Hayes La. Challenge (1:30.51)…competed in 4x400 relay once at Leon Johnson NSU Invitational finishing second with a time of 3:13.68
2018 Indoor Season: Competed in four events this during the season in both the 60 and 200 meter distances…earned top-five finishes in two events in the 60 meter dash, a fifth place finish at the Pittsburg State Invitational (6.84), before taking a bronze in the SLC Championships with his season best run of 6.77…his best finish in the 200 came in the SLC Championships, taking fifth with a time of 21.51…earned a pair of sixth-place finishes earlier in the season at the TAMU Ted Nelson Invitational (21.69) and Pittsburg State Invitational (21.72).
Prior to NSU: Attended the University of Arkansas at Little Rock after two years running track at Arkansas Baptist...in the 2017 Outdoor Season...broke the school record as part of the 4x100 relay at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 39.82...also broke the school record in the 200 with a time of 20.61 seconds at the Little Rock Open...placed in second all-time in team history in the 100 with a time of 10.17 at the Little Rock Open, which was a national top-10 time...ran in the 100, 200, the 4x1 and 4x4 relay in ten meets, posting 15 top-five finishes...competed in the 100 dash in ten meets and had five top-five finishes...won the Little Rock Open (10.17), the Rhodes Invitational (10.32), and the Central Arkansas Spring Opener (10.74)...finished third in the Memphis Invitational (10.44)...finished fourth in the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships (10.34)...competed in the 200 in six meets, placing two top-five finishes...won the Little Rock Open (20.61) and the Rhodes Invitational (20.90)...raced in the 4x1 in seven meets, and had five top-five finishes...won the Rhodes Invitational (40.49), Central Arkansas Spring Opener (40.79), and the Little Rock Open (40.62)...finished second in the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships (40.07)...finished fourth in the Bobby Lane Invitational (40.70)...in the 4x4, finished top-five in two meets...finished fourth in the Memphis Invitational (3:16.85)...finished fifth in the Sun Belt Outdoor Track and Field Championships (3:13.24)..ran the 55, 60, 200, and the 4x4 in five meets, with seven top-five finishes...in the 55, finished third in the Arizona State University Invitational (6.42)...finished fourth in the ASU Kickoff Klassic (6.40)...in the 60, finished third in the University of South Alabama Invitational (6.82)...in the 200, finished third in the ASU Kickoff Klassic (21.83) and the ASU Invitational (21.96)...finished fifth in the Samford Two Day Open (21.71)...in the 4x4, had one top-five finish in which he finished fourth in the Sun Belt Indoor Track & Field Championships (3:16.87)...in the 2016 outdoor season, finished second in both the 100 (10.53) and 200 (21.19) in the Memphis Tiger Invitational...competed in the ASU Kickoff Klassic in the 55 and 200..finished third in the 55 (6.32) and second in the 200 (21.64)...
High School: Graduated from Forrest City High School...played football and track...all conference and state his junior year…placed second in the state meet in the 200…qualified for the junior Olympics three times and made it to the junior Olympics finals twice…ran 10.8 in the 100, 21.9 in the 200...member of the fastest relay in Arkansas.
Personal: son of Michael and Debra...mother Debra owns food pantry feeding the homeless...brother of Sharrod and Brandon...uncle was the late Elbert Crawford played in the NFL for the New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos...father is a boxing coach...little brother Brandon made it to the Olympic trials for boxing...majoring in general studies...wants to be a professional athlete/being a track coach after finishing his college career...ambition in life is to be a great father and husband and be a provider for his family because he wants to look at his life and look back on the decisions that he made with no regrets.
