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2016-17 Track & Field Roster

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Marcus Neely

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Indianapolis, Ind.
  • Highschool Ben Davis HS

Biography

TFRRS Bio


Indoor Track & Field:

2017

MVC Champion (60-Meter Hurdles)


Finished as the MVC Champion in the 60-meter hurdles, winning with a personal-best time of 7.82...His 7.82 at the MVC Championships ranks sixth all-time at ISU...Competed in eight meets for the Sycamores in the 60-meter hurdles...Broke the eight-second barrier 13 times during the season...Finished 22nd nationally at 7.82.


2016

MVC Runner-Up (60-Meter Hurdles)

Finished as the MVC runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles, losing by six thousandths of a second to All-American teammate Adarius Washington at 7.85...Neely's 7.85 at the MVC Indoor meet ranks seventh all-time at ISU...Competed in eight total meets for the Sycamores exclusively in the 60-meter hurdles...Broke the eight-second barrier nine different times during the season; only 10 Sycamores have ever run sub-8...Finished season 33rd nationally at 7.85.

2015

Competed in eight meets for the Sycamores exclusively in the 60-meter hurdles...Set a new career-best of 8.08 at the UNI Team Invite...Finished 11th at the MVC Indoor Championships at 8.29.

2014

Did not compete.

2013

Competed in the 200 meters and 60 meter hurdles...Ran a career-best 8.24 in 60 meter hurdles at EIU Early Bird...Placed 14th at the MVC Indoor Championships (8.55) in the 60 meter hurdles...Ran a career-best 23.87 in 200 meters at EIU Early Bird.

 

Outdoor Track & Field:

2017

USATF National Qualifier (110-Meter Hurdles, 18th place)
Second-Team All-American (110-Meter Hurdles, 10th place)
National Qualifier (110-Meter Hurdles)
NCAA East Regional Qualifier (110-Meter Hurdles, sixth place)
MVC Champion (110-Meter Hurdles)


USATF National Qualifier in the 110-meter hurdles...Finished 18th overall at 13.99 seconds...Earned Second-Team All-American honors after a 10th place finish in the 110-meter hurdles, where he set a personal-best time of 13.60...Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor National Championships in the 110-meter hurdles...One of nine Sycamores to qualify for the NCAA East Regional...Finished sixth overall in the NCAA East Regional at 13.69...MVC Champion in the 110-meter hurdles, running a PR of 13.62...That time of 13.62 ranks fifth all-time at ISU...His time entered the East regional ranked eighth and 16th in the NCAA...Broke 14 seconds nine times during the season, where he competed 10 times.

2016

NCAA East Region Qualifier (110-meter hurdles, 28th place)
MVC Runner-Up (110-meter hurdles)

Drake Relays Champion (shuttle hurdle relay)

One of two Sycamores to qualify for the NCAA East Regional in the 110-meter hurdles...Finished 28th overall at 14.25 seconds...MVC Runner-Up to All-American teammate Adarius Washington in the 110-meter hurdles, running a wind-aided PR of 13.70 seconds...That 13.70 ranks fifth all-time at Indiana State behind Olympian Greggmar Swift (13.35), NCAA Champion Aubrey Herring (13.36), Washington (13.40) and NCAA Champion Chris Lancaster (13.45)...That 13.70 time entered the East Regional ranked 10th in the East and 19th in the NCAA...Broke 14 seconds five times during the season, in which he competed in nine meets...Part of ISU's Drake Relays winning shuttle hurdle relay team, which ran 56.56 for the win and the top time in the world.

2015

NCAA East Region Qualifier (110-meter hurdles, 33rd place)
All-MVC (110-meter hurdles, third place)

One of two Sycamores to qualify for the NCAA East Regional in the 110-meter hurdles...Finsihed 33rd overall at the regional at 14.24 seconds, his best wind-legal time of the season...Earned All-MVC honors as the third-place finisher in the 110-meter hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships, where he ran a wind-aided PR of 14.07 in the finals...Was the runner-up in the MVC prelims at 14.26...Member of ISU's runner-up shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays that ran the third-fastest time in school history at 56.47...Set a 200 PR of 22.71 at home in the Pacesetter Invite.

2014

Competed in nine meets for the Sycamores...Ran a season-best 14.38 in the 110-meter hurdles at the Billy Hayes Invite...Just missed out on qualifying for finals in the 110m hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships, finishing ninth at 14.55.

2013

Competed in the 110 meter hurdles at the Saluki Invitational running a collegiate best 15.44.

 

High School

Lettered one year in track & field at Ben Davis High School...Was named All-State and All-Conference...Named Runner of the Year, Most Improved, and Elite Feet award winner...Ranked fourth all-time in 110 meter hurdles...Member of record-setting shuttle hurdle relay team.

Personal

Born Feb. 10, 1994, in Indianapolis, Ind., to Lajuana Moore and Robert Neely...Brother, Zavion, played basketball at Illinois-Chicago...Majoring in accounting.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    6'3" 182 lbs
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Hurdles
    6'3" 182 lbs
  • 2014-15Redshirt Sophomore

    Hurdles
    6'3" 182 lbs
  • 2015-16Redshirt Junior

    Hurdles
    0 lbs
  • 2016-17Redshirt Senior

    Hurdles
    0 lbs