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2011-12 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Middle Distance
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • Bartlett, Tenn.
    Hometown
  • 6'3
    Height
  • Bartlett
    High School
James Gilreath
James Gilreath
Middle Distance
Position
Senior
Class
Bartlett, Tenn.
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• 2011 All-Big 12 Outdoors (800 Meters, 4x400-Meter Relay)
• 2011 Big 12 Champion Indoors (Distance Medley Relay)

• 2011 All-Big 12 Indoors (800 Meters)
• 2011 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2011 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• 2010 All-American Outdoors (4x400-Meter Relay)
• 2010 Big 12 Champion Indoors (800 Meters, Distance Medley Relay)
• 2010 All-Big 12 Outdoors (800 Meters, 4x400-Meter Relay)
• 2010 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2010 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
• 2009 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• School Record Holder (Indoor 800 Meters)
• School Record Holder (Distance Medley Relay)
• Eight-Time Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll selection

2011: Ran third leg of team[apos]s Big 12 champion distance medley relay squad that won for second consecutive year with time of 9:48.67, fifth-fastest in program history...Also earned indoor all-Big 12 honors with third-place finish in 800 meters (1:50.85) and outdoor all-Big 12 honors with third-place 800-meter finish (1:48.24) and second-place 4x400-meter relay finish (3:02.88)...Won 800 meters at outdoor Michael Johnson/Dr Pepper Classic with time of 1:48.54...Helped 4x400-meter relay team to title at UTA Bobby Lane Invitational outdoors with time of 3:06.92...Placed 24th in 800 meters outdoors in second round at NCAA West Preliminary Rounds...Helped team to second-place finish in distance medley relay (9:48.84) and fourth-place finish in sprint medley relay (3:20.95) at Texas Relays...Finished third in 800 meters at indoor Alex Wilson Invitational, narrowly missing NCAA berth with season-best time of 1:48.26...Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team and CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honors...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and spring Baylor Dean[apos]s List.

2010: Earned All-America honors outdoors on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed sixth at NCAA Championships with time of 3:04.85...Won indoor Big 12 title in 800 meters with time of 1:49.21...Helped distance medley relay team win indoor conference title with time of 9:41.88, then helped set school record one week later with time of 9:34.90 at Alex Wilson Invitational...Qualified automatically for NCAA Indoor Championships with school-record 800-meter time of 1:48.00 at Alex Wilson Invitational...Placed 12th at NCAA indoors with time of 1:52.18...Earned all-Big 12 honors outdoors, placing third in 800 meters with time of 1:49.36 and helping 4x400-meter relay team to second-place finish with time of 3:04.48...Ran third leg on third-place 4x400-meter relay squad that finished with time of 3:04.15 at NCAA West Preliminary Rounds...Earned Academic All-Big 12 first team and USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll.

2009: Finished 12th overall at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in the 800 meters with a time of 1:52.42...Season-best time of 1:50.86 came in a sixth-place finish at the Michael Johnson Classic...Anchored the Baylor sprint medley relay to a title at the LSU Relays...Ran the 800-meter leg for Baylor[apos]s winning distance medley relay at the Texas Relays...During the indoor season, recorded a season-best time of 1:51.42 in the 800 meters at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational...Took ninth place at the Texas A&M Invitational and the Razorback Invitational...Finished fourth in the 600 yards with a time of 1:11.87 at the Texas Tech Invitational...Earned Academic All-Big 12 First Team honors...Named to fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll and Baylor Dean[apos]s List.

2008: Suffered a season-ending injury prior to the outdoor season...Will retain freshman eligibility for the outdoor season...During the indoor season, recorded a season-best time of 1:10.76 in the 600 yards at the Husker Invitational...Finished 18th in the event at the Big 12 Indoor Championships in 1:18.25...Clocked a season-best time of 1:51.62 in the 800 meters to place third at the Arkansas Invitational...Finished 33rd overall in 49.57 in the 400 meters at the Razorback Invitational...Named to the fall and spring Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll.

High School: Named to the USA Today/Track and Field News All-USA team as a senior...Tennessee record holder in the 800 meters...As a senior, won state championships in the 400 meters and the 800 meters...Placed second at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in the 800 meters with a personal-best time of 1:49.98, the nation[apos]s fourth-best time in 2007...Personal best of 46.62 in the 400 meters ranked eighth nationally among high school athletes...Three-time All-Shelby Metro Best of Preps selection in track...Two-time All-Shelby Metro Best of Preps selection in cross country...Named 2007 Commercial Appeal Track Athlete of the Year and Commercial Appeal Shelby Suburban Athlete of the Year...As a senior, named Shelby County Athlete of the Year...As a junior, named NSSF All-American in the 800 meters...Won the state championship in the 800 meters...Also has personal-best times of 11.3 in the 100 meters and 21.9 in the 200 meters...Top time in cross country of 16:10 on 5K course...In the classroom, graduated in the top 10 percent of his graduating class...A member of the National Honor Society, Beta Club and Mu Alpha Theta.

Personal: Full name is James C. Gilreath...Born Aug. 7, 1989, in Memphis, Tenn...Son of Joseph and Diana Gilreath...Has older sister, Nicole...Majoring in business.