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  Charles Clark
Charles Clark

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Virginia Beach, Va.

High School:
Bayside

Event:
Sprints

NCAA Champion

4x100m Relay: 2007

Seven-Time All-American

200m Outdoor: 2007 & 2008

200m Indoor: 2007 & 2008

4x100m Relay: 2007

4x400m Relay Indoor: 2007 & 2008

East Region Champion

4x100m Relay: 2007

Four-Time NCAA All-East Region

200m Relay: 2007 & 2008

4x100m Relay: 2007 & 2008

Four-Time ACC Champion

200m Outdoor: 2008

400m Indoor: 2008

4x100m Relay: 2007

4x400m Relay Outdoor: 2008

Five-Time All-ACC

200m Outdoor: 2007 & 2008

400m Indoor: 2008

4x100m Relay: 2007

4x400m Relay Outdoor: 2008

Collegiate Bests

200m Outdoor: 20.22

200m Indoor: 20.50

400m Outdoor: 45.30 - Mike Long Track Record

400m Indoor: 47.03

4x100m Relay: 38.60 -- School & ACC Record

4x100m Relay: 38.71 -- Regional Record

4x100m Relay: 38.78 -- ACC Championship Record

2008 Track:

Outdoor -

• Advanced to the finals of the 200m at the US Olympic Trials where he finished fifth with a time of 20.53.

• Repeated as NCAA All-American in the 200m, finishing eighth.

• Anchored the Seminoles' winning 4x100m relay at the NCAA East Regional meet with a time of 39.37.

• Also earned All-East Region honors for finishing second in the 200m with a career-best time of 20.22 that improved on the fourth-fastest time in school history.

• Won the 200m at the ACC Championships for the second year in a row with a time of 20.59.

• Lead off leg of the winning 4x400m relay at the ACC Championship with a time of 3:05.38 that is the fifth-fastest in school history.

• Set the Mike Long Track record with a time of 45.30 during the Seminole Invitational.

Indoor -

• Collected a pair of All-America honors at the NCAA Championship.

• Finished second in the 200m with a career-best time of 20.50.

• Ran the last leg of the 4x400m relay that finished sixth with a time of 3:07.47.

• Captured the ACC 400m title, turning in a time of 47.77

• Posted a career-best 400m time of 47.03 at the Husker Invitational.

2007 Track:

Outdoor -

• Won gold in his first NCAA Outdoor Championship as a member of the winning 4x100m relay. Quartet set the FSU and ACC record with a winning time of 38.60.

• Also captured All-America honors by taking eighth in the 200m.

• Posted a season-best time of 20:38 in the semifinals, which was second in the ACC.

• Placed second in the 200m at the NCAA East Regional, running a time of 20:56 in the finals.

• Member of the winning 4x100m relay team that set a new regional record with a time of 38.71.

• Captured his first ACC Championship as a member of the 4x100m quartet that ran a new meet record of 38.78.

• Earned All-ACC accolades by taking second in the 200m with a mark of 20.57.

• Ran on the championship sprint medley and 4x200m teams at the Penn Relays -- the first Championship of America titles in program history.

• Second in the 400m dash at the FSU Relays in a season-best time of 47.40.

Indoor

• Earned his first All-America honor by placing fourth in the 200m at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a season-best time of 20.75. Time was second in the ACC.

• Took part in the 4x400m relay that earned All- America honors by placing fifth with a school-record time of 3:07.35.

• Ran the fourth-fastest 400m time in the ACC with a 47.66 in the prelims of the New Balance Invitational.

High School

• Three-time Junior National Champion (100m, 200m & 800m relay).

• 2006 State Champion in the 55m.

• Named fastest 55m runner in the nation.

• Voted top high school performer by USA Today.

• 2006 Virginia Beach Athlete of the Year.

• 2006 Group AAA Champions.

• 13-time All-State selection.

Personal

Born August 10, 1987...Majoring in sport management...First member of his family to go to college. ..nickname is "Superman"..