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2013-14 Men's T&F Roster

Preston Myers

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-10
  • Hometown Erda, Utah
  • Highschool Tooele HS

Biography

OUT 2013: Competed in six meets during the outdoor season, racing in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes and the 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relays ... placed first in the 200-meter dash at the Aztec Invitational and first in the 100-meter dash at the UVU Collegiate ... tallied points for the T-Birds with second-place finishes in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Big Sky Championship, as well as a third-place team finish in the 4x100-meter relay, earning all-Big Sky Conference status in all three events ... represented SUU at the NCAA West Regionals, finishing 43rd in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes.  OUT 2012: Competed in seven meets during the outdoor season, racing in the 100-meters, 200-meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay ... won individual titles in both the 100-meters and 200-meters at the Summit League Championship, garnering all-Summit League honors ... qualified to compete at the NCAA West Preliminaries, finishing 34th in the 200-meters and 43rd in the 100-meters ... garnered academic all-Summit League recognition.  OUT 2011: Competed in ten meets during the outdoor season, running in the 100-meters, 200-meters, 400-meters, 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay ... earned points for the T-Birds by placing sixth in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the Summit League Championship ... garnered All-Summit League honors.

IN 2013: Competed in five meets during the indoor season, racing in the 60-meters, 200-meters and 4x400-meter relay ... finished second in the 60-meter dash at the NAU Invitational ... helped the Thunderbirds to a fifth-place team finish at the Big Sky Championship with an individual title in the 200-meters and a second-place finish in the 60-meter dash ... garnered all-Big Sky status. IN 2012: Competed in five meets during the indoor season, racing in the 60-meters, 200-meters and 400-meters ... placed sixth in the 60-meter dash at the Summit League Championship.  IN 2011: Competed in five meets during the indoor season, running in the 60m and 200m ... competed for the Thunderbirds in the Summit League championships, placing fourth in the 60m and ninth in the 200m.

Prep: Two-time letter winner in track and field at Tooele HS ... region champion in the 100, 200 and 4x100-meter relay as a senior ... state chamipon in the 200 and 4x100-meter relay as a senior.

Personal: Parents are Lynn and Erin Myers ... majoring in excercise science ... great-grandfather, Levi was a member of the U.S. Track and Field team at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif. ... great-grandfather also broke school records in the 100, 220, 440 and 880-yard dashes at Utah State ... record in the 440 (47.8) stood for 32 years.

Personal Bests

60m: 6.86*

200m: 21.27

100m: 10.51

400m: 51.28

* - Adjusted for altitude.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2011-12Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2012-13Junior

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2013-14Senior

    Sprints
    5'10"