2009 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Dennis Martin
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Anderson, S.C. (Westside HS)
- High School:
- Westside HS
CAREER VICTORIES: 4
PERSONAL RECORDS
INDOOR
55m Hurdles: 7.38, 2008 Tom Jones Memorial Classic, Gainesville, Fla.
60m Hurdles: 7.78, 2008 NCAA Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, Ark.
OUTDOOR
110m Hurdles: 13.95, 2008 Penn Relays, Philadelphia, Pa.
400m Hurdles: 52.70, 2007 Miami Elite Invitational, Coral Gables, Fla.
HONORS
(One-time All-American) 2008 NCAA Indoor All- American - 60m hurdles; 2008 All-SEC second-team; 2007 USTFCCCA All-East Region - 110m hurdles, 4x100m; 2006 USA Junior National champion – 110m hurdles.
2008 AS A JUNIOR
Wins (2): (o) Penn Relays shuttle hurdle relay (56.24); Hurricane Challenge 400m hurdles (53.23) … Bests of 7.38 (55m), 21.95 (200m), 7.78 (60m hurdles), 13.95 (110m hurdles) and 53.23 (400m hurdles) … Competed in 12 meets (six indoor, six outdoor) … Finished 11th in prelims of 110m hurdles at SEC Outdoor Championships (14.15) … Took third in 110m hurdles at Mississippi Open (13.99) … Led off winning SHR squad (56.24) and posted personal-best time of 13.95 in heats of 110m hurdles before finishing sixth in finals (14.33) against -2.1 headwind … Turned in second regional mark of season in 110m hurdles with time of 14.08 at Pepsi Florida Relays … Won 400m hurdles with time of 53.23 and posted NCAA regional-qualifying time of 14.24 in 110m hurdles at Hurricane Challenge … Posted career-best time of 7.78 in prelims of 60m hurdles at NCAA Indoor Championships to finish 10th … Missed finals by .02, but placed eighth among Americans to earn firstcareer All-America accolade … Ran NCAA provisional-qualifying 7.79 in prelim of 60m hurdles at SEC Indoor Championships prior to finishing fifth (7.83) … Placed third in 60m hurdles at Iowa State Classic with time of 7.96 … Recorded PR of 7.94 in first round of the event … Finished 10th in 55m hurdles at Tom Jones Memorial Classic (7.41) after posting a personal-best and NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 7.38 in prelims … Took second in 60m hurdles (8.03) and ran third leg of runner-up 4x400m (3:16.19) at Big Ten/SEC Challenge.
2007 AS A SOPHOMORE
Wins (2): (o) Pepsi Florida Relays 4x100m (39.93), shuttle hurdle relay (58.60) … Bests of 7.96 (60m hurdles), 13.97 (110m hurdles) and 52.70 (400m hurdles) … Competed in 11 meets (four indoor, seven outdoor) … USTFCCCA All-East Region in 110m hurdles and 4x100m … Finished 19th at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 110m hurdles (13.99) … Missed advancing to semifinals by 0.004 of one second … Reset personal record for fifth time of season with mark of 13.97 to take fourth at NCAA East Regional … Seventh in 110m hurdles (14.24) and 14th in 400m hurdles (53.66) at SEC Outdoor Championships … Reset PR in 110m hurdles for fourth-straight meet with 14.03 regional clocking to take fourth at California Collegiate Challenge … Ran NCAA regional time of 14.05 to finish fourth at Miami Elite Invitational … Also posted PR in 400m hurdles to take third (52.70) … Clocked NCAA regional mark of 14.16 to finish 10th at Pepsi Florida Relays … Also ran on winning 4x100m relay (39.93) that notched NCAA regional time and on victorious shuttle hurdle relay (58.60) … Ran 14.17 in 110m hurdles despite -0.9 wind reading to take third at Jim Click Shoot- Out … Shaved nearly a tenth of a second of previous PR to finish seventh in 60m hurdles at SEC Indoor Championships in 7.96.
2006 AS A FRESHMAN
Bests of 7.43 (55m hurdles), 8.11 (60m hurdles) and 14.20 (110m hurdles) … Competed in 12 meets (six indoor, six outdoor) … After collegiate season, finished 10th in 110m hurdles (13.92) at IAAF World Junior Championships after claiming U.S. Junior title in 13.46 … Ran opening leg of 4x100m relay that took 14th at NCAA Outdoor Championships in 40.00 … Clocked then-career best 14.20 in 110m hurdles to finish 20th at NCAA East Regional … Also ran opening leg of 4x100m that took fifth in 40.12 … Placed 14th in 110m hurdles at SEC Outdoor Championships in 14.33 … Recorded first NCAA regional time of career at Diet Pepsi Classic by taking sixth in wind-aided time of 14.29 … Eighth in 55m hurdles at SEC Indoor Championships with time of 7.49 … Top collegiate finisher in Gator debut as he clocked 7.66 to take third in 55m hurdles at Florida Intercollegiate.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP
Bests of 7.83 in 60m hurdles, 13.90 in 110m hurdles and 52.83 in 400m hurdles … 2004-05 Gatorade South Carolina Track & Field Athlete of the Year … Two-time South Carolina Class 4A state champion in 400m hurdles and one-time state champion in 110m hurdles … Won 2005 title in 110m hurdles (14.33) and 400m hurdles (52.83) … Also won 2004 state title in 400m hurdles (53.26) and was second in 110m hurdles (14.31) … Finished second at 2005 Nike Indoor Championships in 60m hurdles (7.83) … Took fourth in 2005 Nike Outdoor Nationals 110m hurdles (13.90) … Member of 4x55m hurdle relay that set a record at 2004 Nike Indoor Championships in 29.45 … 2001 Junior Olympic youth national champion in 100m hurdles … Set South Carolina state records in 400m hurdles two straight years and set high school records in 110m hurdles, 300m hurdles and 400m hurdles … 2005 graduate of Westside High School.
