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Chris Royster

Hometown: Conyers, Ga. High School: Rockdale County Event: Sprints

Year (I/O): Jr./Jr.

2x All-American

2012: NCAA Outdoor Championships participant...Second-Team All-America selection in the 4x100m relay...NCAA East Preliminary qualifier in the 100m, 4x100m relay and 4x400m relay...Indoors, competed in the 60m and 200m...registered best time of 6.80 in the 60m, placing third at the Rod McCravy Memorial...in the 200m, placed 3rd at the Virginia Tech Invitational, fourth at the Auburn Invitational and second at the Rod McCravy Memorial...ran a best 200m time of 21.50...placed 16th in the preliminary rounds at SEC Indoor Championships...won the Last Chance Qualifier Meet in the 200m with a time of 21.70. Outdoors, competed in 100m and 200m...in the 100m, won the Weems Baskin Invitational, placed second at the Shamrock Invitational and Spec Towns Invitational...recorded top time of 10.34 in the prelims of the SEC Championships, where he ultimately placed 6th to score for the Gamecocks...in the 200m, placed third at the Spec Towns Invitational where he recorded a top time of 20.91...placed seventh in the 200m at the SEC Championships...ran third leg on the 4x100m relay team that placed fourth at the SEC Championships...ran second leg on the 4x100m relay team that placed sixth at the NCAA East Prelims and 12th in the preliminaries of the NCAA Outdoor Championships where they ran a season best of 39.60...ran second leg on the 4x200m relay team that placed third at Penn Relays with a time of 1:23.24...ran third leg on the 4x400m relay team that placed 19th at the NCAA East Preliminaries with a time of 3:08.67

2011: Outdoor NCAA participant ... Second Team All-America selection in the 4x100m relay ... NCAA East Preliminary qualifier in the 100m and 4x100-meter relay ... SEC bronze medalist in the 4x100m relay ... Indoors, competed in the 60m and 200m ... in the 60m, had a top time of 6.86 at the Hokie Invitational ... ran 6.91 to place 17th at the SEC Indoor Championships ... ran 21.60 in the 200m at the Texas A&M Challenge ... placed 21st in the 200m at the SEC Indoor Championships at 21.85 ... Outdoors, competed in the 100m and 200m ... in the 100m, had a top time of 10.42 to take 11th at the SEC Outdoor Championships ... finished 17th at the NCAA East Preliminary at 10.50 ... in the 200m, ran 21.36 at the Spec Towns Invitational ... placed 21st at the SEC Outdoor Championships at 21.49 ... ran first leg for SEC bronze medal 4x100m relay team that crossed the line at 39.49 ... relay placed fourth at the NCAA East Preliminary and 11th overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships at 39.50.

HIGH SCHOOL: Qualified for the New Balance Outdoor Nationals in the 100m and 200m ... Took second in the Georgia Olympics at 10.69 .. Placed second in the Region 8 AAAA in the 100m (10.69) and third in the 200m (22.17)