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2017 Outdoor: Competed at seven events...4x400m relay team placed 3rd (3:26.33) and also finished 5th in the 400m (51.65) at the Maryland Invitational (3/18)...4x200m relay finished 23rd (1:27.64) and placed 7th in the 1600smr (3:24.35) at the Florida Relays (3/30-4/1)...ran 51.02 for 7th in the 400m at the Virginia Quad (4/8)...took 3rd place in the 200m (23.14) at the Hopkins Invitational (4/15)...4x100m relay team won at 41.96 and also finished 9th in the 200m (22.69) at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/5)...finished 23rd at the prelims of the 200m (22.69) at the Big Ten Championships (5/12-14).

2017 Indoor: Competed at two events...4x400m relay team finished 4th (3:19.46) and placed 9th in the 500m (1:07.04) at the Wagner Invitational (1/6).

2016 Outdoor: Competed at four events...ran the 200m, 400m and relay events...took third in the 4x400 (3:20.79) and ninth in the 400 (49.66) at the Maryland Invitational (3/26)...ran season-best 22.42 in the 200 to place fourth at the Kehoe Twilight Meet (5/6)...notched season-best 49.14 in the 400 at the Florida Relays (3/31-4/2)...combined to go 3:25.99 in the sprint medley relay and 1:26.40 in the 4x200 finals at the Penn Relays (4/28-30)...took 26^th in the prelims of the 400 at the Big Ten Championships (5/13-15). 

2016 Indoor: Recorded times at two events...finished 13^th in 200 (22.77) at Penn State Relays (1/9)...top-25 in the 400 (49.80) at Great Dane Classic (1/16). 

Before Maryland: Ran for one season at Coppin State…nabbed first place at the UMBC Big Dawg Invitational in the 400m…recorded a second-place finish in the 400m at the Delaware State Invitational…notched season bests of 48.91 (400m) and 22.1 (200m)…came to Coppin State from Long Reach High School…helped Long Reach win the 2014 indoor and outdoor Maryland 3A State Championships…a member of Long Reach’s 4x200 Outdoor team that captured a state championship…recorded personal bests of 41’2 in the triple jump and 5’10 in the high jump…ran club for AFU…earned All-American status after winning the AAU 17-18 4.400m relay in a time of 2:12.68.

Personal: Son of Dianne Thomas…helped his mother in her assisted living business…came to Maryland for the architecture program.