TFRRS Bio
Indoor Track & Field:
2017
MVC Scorer (4X400-Meter Relay, sixth; 400-Meters, seventh)
Competed in six meets for the Sycamores...Finished sixth at the MVC Championships as a member of the 4X400-meter relay team with a time of 3:20.22...Placed seventh at the MVC Championships in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.49.
2016
All-MVC (Distance Medley Relay, second place)
Earned second career indoor All-MVC honors as a member of Indiana State's runner-up DMR team...Set a new indoor PR in his signature event, the 400, at 48.37 at the Meyo Invite at Notre Dame, which also ranks as the ninth-best time indoors in school history.
2015
All-MVC (4x400 Meter Relay, second place)
All-MVC as a member of the runner-up 4x400 meter relay that helped the Sycamore men to its third-straight indoor team title...Competed in seven meets for the Sycamores...Ran a season-best 48.86 in the 400, as well as PRs in both the 500 (1:04.44) and 600 (1:22.33).
2014
Competed in five meets for the Sycamores...Posted season best times of 50.40 in the 400 meters at Hoosier Hills Invite and 1:23.15 in 600 meters at Badger Invite.
Outdoor Track & Field:
2017
MVC Runner-Up (400-Meters)
MVC Scorer (4X400-Meter Relay, fourth)
Was the MVC runner-up in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of 47.20...Finished fourth at the MVC Championships as a member of the 4X400-meter relay team with a time of 3:12.50.
2016
All-MVC (4x400-Meter Relay, Third Place)
MVC Scorer (400-Meter Dash, Fifth Place)
Member of ISU's All-MVC 4x400-meter relay team, which finished third overall at a season-best 3:12.81...Also scored in the 400 for the Sycamores, finishing fifth at 47.36...Ran the fifth-fastest 400 in school history in the prelims, finishing fourth at 47.28...Competed in six total meets for the Sycamores...Part of two different relay teams at the Drake Relays.
2015
MVC Scorer (400 Meters, fourth place; 4x400 Meter Relay, fifth place)
Scored for the Sycamores in both the 400 (fourth place) and the 4x400 meter relay (fifth)...Set an overall career-best in the 400 at 47.98, which he ran at the MVC Outdoor meet...Also set a new PR in the 200 at 22.11, ran at the EIU Twilight.
2014
Competed in the 200 and 400 meters...Ran a season-best and wind-aided 22.89 in the 200 at the EIU Tuesday Tweener...Posted a career-best time of 48.85 in the 400 meters at the MVC Outdoor Championships where he finished 10th.
High School
Competed for Jeffersonville High School under Mark Felix and was multi-sport athlete who did track and field, as well as cross country...Was All-State in the 400 meter dash twice, all-conference twice, and competed for the state of Indiana in the Midwest Meet of Champions in the 400 meter dash...Held personal bests of 22.1 in the 200 meter dash and 48.1 in the 400 meter dash.
Personal
Born March 25, 1994, in Cleveland, Ohio, to Nadine Dowdell...Has three siblings: Marcus Dowdell, Jamar Thomas, and Larissa Thomas...Majoring in exercise science.
