Rutgers-Newark Athletics

SOPHOMORE (2010-11):  INDOORS:  Erased his own R-N record in the 500 and ran five of six fastest times in the event to now own nine of the 10 top clockings… ran three ECAC Indoor Championship qualifying times in the 500… posted a school-record 10:06.46 time in the Armory Collegiate Challenge… registered the top 800 time on the squad with a personal-best clocking of 2:03.77 in the Thomson Invitational… twice ran personal bests in the 400, posting the second and third best times for the team... had a personal-best time of 51.60 in the NJAC Indoor Championships… ran third leg on 4 x 200 relay unit which clocked the second fastest time in R-N history with a 1:32.51 effort in the New Balance Invitational… also ran second leg on 4 x 400 relay team.  OUTDOORS:  Ran the eight fastest 400 hurdle times in R-N history highlighted by a school-record 54.22 clocking at the NJAC Outdoor Championships which earned him All-NJAC Honorable Mention laurels… was NJAC Men’s Track Athlete of the Week after finishing third in a field of 31 competitors at the Monmouth Season Opener in a time of 55.50… notched six ECAC Outdoor Championship qualifying times and finished seventh in a field of 29 at the championships in a time of 54.42… ran second leg on 4 x 200 relay unit which posted a school-record time of 1:30.45 at the Penn Relays… ran a personal-best time of 23.14 in the 200 at the Lions Invitational.

FRESHMAN (2009-10): INDOORS: Set new R-N standard in the 500-meter dash while running legs on three school record-setting relay units… owns the top four times in the 500 meters at R-N including a record 1:07.45 clocking at the NYUFastrack Invitational (2/26)… ran four sub 1:10 500s… was third leg on 4 x 200-meter unit which qualified for the ECAC Indoor Championships with an R-N record time of 1:32.22 at the New Balance Invitational (2/6)… ran anchor leg on 4 x 400-meter relay team which finished third at the NJAC Indoor Championships (2/22) in an R-N record time of 3:27.03… anchored the 1600-meter sprint medley unit which posted an R-N record of 3:47.41 at the CTC Relay Carnival (12.5). OUTDOORS: Set a new R-N record and qualified for the ECAC Outdoor Championships by running the 400-meter hurdles in 56.26 at the Swarthmore Last Chance Meet (5/10)… ran third leg on R-N record-setting 2 x 200-meter relay unit which clocked a time of 1:31.13 at the Penn Relays (4/24).

PROFILE OF THE WEEK (Dec. 9, 2009)

PERSONAL BESTS:  INDOORS:
400M DASH: 51.60  NJAC Indoor Championships (NYC Armory, NY), Feb. 20, 2011
500M DASH: 1:06.46  Armory Collegiate Challenge (NYC Armory, NY), Feb. 25, 2011
800M RUN:  2:03.77  Thomson Invitational (Newark, DE), Jan. 29, 2011
4 x 200M RELAY: 1:32.22* (N. Ibeh, S. Stubbs, C. Graves & K. Brown) New Balance Invitational (NYC Armory, NY), Feb. 6, 2010
4 x 400M RELAY: 3:27.03* (N.Ibeh, K. Brown, S. Stubbs & C. Graves) NJAC Indoor Championships (NYC Armory, NY), Feb. 22, 2010
SPRINT MEDLEY: 3:47.41* (A. Azab, C. Awe, M. Bond & C. Graves) CTC Relay Carnival (New Haven, CT), Dec. 6, 2009
PERSONAL BESTS:  OUTDOORS:
200M DASH:  23.14  Lions Invitational (Ewing, NJ), April 30, 2011
110M HURDLES: 16.46 Delaware State Invitational (Dover, DE), May 1, 2010
400M HURDLES: 54.22* NJAC Outdoor Championships (Mahwah, NJ), May 7, 2011
4 x 200M RELAY: 1:30.45* (C. Studivent, C. Graves, C. Query & K. Brown)  Penn Relays (Philadelphia, PA), April 29, 2011
4 x 400M RELAY: 3:25.20  (C. Studivent, C. Graves, V. Manasse & D. Armstrong)  NJAC Outdoor Championships (Mahwah, NJ), May 7, 2011
*Rutgers-Newark record.

HIGH SCHOOL: Track MVP and Athlete of the year at Oratory Prep… four-year letterwinner in track who also participated in soccer as a senior… helped Rams to group championships and Meet of Champions appearances as a junior and senior… also received Coaches Award.

PERSONAL: Undecided on major field of study at R-N… born in Elizabeth, NJ… son of Laura Graves.