Tyrone Echols

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Collinsville, Ill.
High School:
Collinsville
Prev School:
Rend Lake Community College

2015-16
All-MVC, 60m (Indoors)
MVC Track Athlete of the Week (Week of 2/23/16)
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets in three different events (100m, 200m, 4x100)...Helped the 4x100 relay score team points at the MVC Outdoor Championships with a sixth place finish...Tallied the five fastest 100m times of the season by a Saluki, which included a personal-best mark of 10.68 at the Billy Hayes Invitational...Totaled a pair of wins in the 100m, with first place finishes at the Southern Clash and the Pacesetter Sports Invitational...Set a PR in the 200m at the Southern Clash, running 21.67 to finish second.
Indoor: Earned All-MVC honors by way of a third-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the MVC Indoor Championships...Broke Marvin Primo's 13-year old, 60m school record at the EIU Friday Night Special, running 6.81...Posted the tenth-fastest 200-meter indoor time in school history at the MVC Indoor Championships, crossing the finish line in 22 seconds flat...Competed in seven meets in three different events (60m, 200m, 4x400).

2014-15
Took first in the 60m at the Saluki Fast Start meet, finishing with a time of 7.02...Had a runner-up performance in the 60m indoors at the Fred Wilt Invitational, setting a PR of 6.92 to take second...Also took second at both the SIU Invitational and the Fred Wilt Invitational in the 200m...Set a new personal-best in the 200 at the MVC Indoor Championships with a mark of 22.53...Also was part of the 4x400m relay team that took seventh at the MVC Indoor Championships...Outdoors, had his best meet of the season at the Pacesetter Quad, racking up two second place finishes and helping the 4x100m relay team claim first...Took second in the 100m with a time of 10.64, and followed with a runner-up finish in the 200m with a PR of 21.50.