2025 Track and Field Roster

Rios Prude Jr.

  • Hometown Rockledge, Florida
  • High School Rockledge High School

Biography

Collegiate PR | Indoor: 400m - 47.09 | Outdoor: 200m - 21.27; 400m - 45.51
High School PR | 100m - 10.49; 200m - 21.04; 400m - 46.83

Rios Prude Jr.'s TFRRS Profile (Top Performances and Meet Results)
USTFCCCA Honors:
  • 2024 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m)

UF All-Time Top 10:
  • No. 3: Outdoor 4x400m (Third Leg - 2:58.98 at 2024 NCAA Championships)

2025 Outdoor: Ran a 46.07 400m and the third leg of the Gators' collegiate-leading 3:01.52 4x400m Relay... Competed in the 400m (46.20) and placed second in the 4x400m (3:02.72) at the Florida Relays (April 4-5)... 

2025 Indoor: Ran the lead leg of Florida's 8th-place 4x400m relay effort (3:06.93) at the NCAA indoor championships... Competed in the 4x400m relay (3:05.43) and the 400m prelims (46.57), placing fourth and earning five team points in the 4x400m at the SEC Indoor Championships (February 27 - March 1)... Competed in the 400m with a time of 47.02 and placed first in the 4x400 (3:03.78) at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)... Opened his season with a 1:09.65 time in the 600y and a 3:02.80 [47.06 split] performance in the 4x400m relay at the Corky Classic (Jan. 18), the UF program No. 7 time in the 4x400m... Posted a season best time of 47..01 in the 400m and competed in the 4x400m (3:04.24) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 14/15). 

2024 Outdoor: Named a First Team All-American... Helped the Gators win their third consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championship running the third leg of the third-place 4x400m team (2:58.98)... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 4x400m (3:01.50) and set a new PR in the 400m (45.51) at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 22/24)... Participated in the 400m Prelims at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 9)... Notched a time of 47.07 in the 400m at the LSU Invitational (Apr. 27)... Tallied a personal record in the 400m at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (Apr. 12/13) recording a time of 46.55... Earned a personal best in the 200m during his outdoor debut as he crossed the finish line in 21.27 at the Pepsi Florida Relays (Mar. 29/30).

2024 Indoor: Competed in the Men's 400m prelims while setting a personal record time of 47.09 and contributed to a fifth place finish in the Men's DMR posting a time of 9:46.84 at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23/24)... Set an indoor personal record time of 47.16 in the Men's 400 and placed eighth, running the first leg, in the Men's 4x400m (3:10.19) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 9/10)... Recorded an indoor and overall personal best in the Men's 400m (47.67) and participated in a Men's 4x400m relay at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26/27)... Made his collegiate debut competing in a Men's 4x400m relay at the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational (Jan. 13). 

High School:
  • Attended Rockledge High School
  • 2023 FHSAA 3A Champion (400m)
  • 2023 FHSAA 3A - 4th Place (200m)
  • 2023 FHSAA 3A - 7th Place (100m)
  • 2022 FHSAA 3A - 4th Place (400m)

Historical Player Information

  • 2024Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2025Freshman

    SO/SO | Sprints