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2009-10 Men's Track and Field Roster

Tyrone Hawkins

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 157
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown St. Louis
  • Highschool St. Louis Riverview Gardens

Biography

2009-10: Earned NAIA outdoor all-American honors with a second-place finish in the 4x400 meter relay at the NAIA outdoor championships ... second in the 4x400 m relay at the Texas Tech Open with a time of 3:14.81 ... second in the 4x400 m relay with a time of 3:16.45 at the Texas Tech Indoor Invitational ... sixth in the 600 m with a time of 1:21.78 at the Oklahoma Christian Indoor Invitational ... second in the 600 m at the Kansas State Open with a time of 1:11.52 ... second in the 4x400 m relay at the North Texas Classic with a time of 3:13.86 ... 10th in the 400 m with a time of 51.23 s at the Sooner May Open ... Sooner Athletic Conference champions in the 4x400 m relay ... Previous school: Third place in the 4x400-meter relay at Nationals … finished runner-up in the 400-meter dash … coached by James Gillespie … High school: Two-time all-state in the 400-meter dash … three-time all-conference in the 400 … runner-up in the 4x800-meter relay as a junior and senior … third place in the 400 at the Missouri Class 4A meet … earned four letters in track … coached by Gary Wheeler … earned two letters in football … earned the Scholar Athlete Award as a junior … Personal: Majoring in business administration … son of Velda Hawkins … born June 29, 1989.

 

More on Tyrone:

Nickname: Hawkman

Being an OCU Star means: Striving to be the best no matter what

Funniest person I know: Me, of course

Twitter is: Wack

At the top of my to-do list: Maintain good grades