Markevious Roach

Position:
Sprints
Year:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Pompano Beach, Fla.
High School:
Blanche Ely

2016-17 (SOPHOMORE): Indoor: runner-up finish in the 200m dash at the Gladstein Invitational with a season best time of 22.07… crossed 11^th at the Meyo Invitational in the 400m dash with a season best time of 48.05… won the Hoosier Hills Invite 400m dash… member of two winning 4x400m relay teams, including: the Gladstein Invitational and the IU Relays… member of the winning DMR team at the Alex Wilson Invitational… member of the Big Ten Champion DMR team... earned All-America honors for his role on the DMR’s fifth place finish at the NCAA Championships. Outdoor: finished ninth in the open 400m and third in the DMR at the Tennessee Relays… member of the runner-up 4x100m relay team and the third place 4x400m relay team on top of finishing third in the open 400m at the Louisville Invite… earned back-to-back 400m dash victories at the RedHawk Invite and ISU Twilight… made his first Big Ten Championships final, finishing ninth in the 400m dash with a time of 48.01, also anchored the seventh place 4x100m relay team… placed 36^th at the NCAA East Prelim in the 400m dash.

2015-16 (FRESHMAN): Indoor: set the school record in his first collegiate meet in the 500m dash with a time of 1:02.88… point scorer in the 400m dash against Tennessee… member of winning DMR team at the Rod McCravy Memorial… won the 400m dash at the Hoosier Hills. Outdoor: seventh place finish in the 400m dash at the Tiger Track Classic.