Prezel Hardy, Jr.

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
High School:
Killeen Ellison
Hometown:
Killeen, Texas

SENIOR (2014):

Indoors – Broke the A&M school record in the 60 meters with a 6.56 victory at the Texas A&M 10-Team Invitational, the Aggies first meet after the holiday break, and set a personal best and broke his own meet record of 20.70 in the 200 meters … Won the Texas A&M Triangular with a time of 6.77 … Finished third in the 200 (20.98) and fifth in 60 (6.85) at Arkansas Razorback Invitational … Placed fourth in 200 (20.83) at Texas A&M Aggie Invitational … Finished fourth in 60 (6.73) at Texas A&M Invitational.

JUNIOR (2013): Won a pair of races over 100m at Arizona State Baldy Castillo Invitational (10.40) and Oregon Pepsi Team Invitational (10.47) … Also won 200m at Arizona State (20.81) … Finished second at USC Trojan Invitational (10.43) and third at LSU Alumni Gold (10.30w) … Placed sixth in 200 at SEC Championships with a 20.96 and ran in prelims of the 100 (10.39) … Advanced to the semifinals of the 100 at the NCAA Championships with a 10.31w in the prelims, 10.50 in the quarterfinals and then ran a wind-aided 10.11 in the semifinal race … In the 200 at NCAA Championships, ran in the first two rounds with times of21.02 and 20.78 … As anchor leg of Aggie 4x100 relay was part of winning efforts at Arizona State (meet record 38.76), USC (39.47), Texas Relays (then collegiate leader of 38.64), Oregon Pepsi Invitational (39.37), Arkansas McDonnell Invitational (39.44), and LSU Alumni Gold (39.02) … Sprint relay placed third at SEC Championships with a 39.11 … Aggie 4x100 suffered a disqualification in the prelims of the NCAA Championships … Ran second leg of Texas &M 4x200 relay that claimed wins at Texas Relays (1:20.78) and Penn Relays (1:20.75, US leader).

Indoors – Established a personal best of 20.78 to win the 200 meters in a meet record at Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational … Won his first three races over 60 meters at the Reveille Invitational (6.73), Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational (6.64) and Texas A&M Triangular (6.73) … Finished runner-up in the B division of the 60 at Armory Collegiate Invitational in New York City with a 6.75 … Placed fifth in the SEC Indoor Championships with a 6.70, his season best time, and finished eighth in the 200 with a 21.10 … Ran in prelims of the NCAA Indoor Championships, placing 12^th in the 60 with a 6.71 and 11^th in the 200 with a 21.04 … In the 200 he also placed second at Texas A&M Triangular (21.05) and in the Armory Collegiate Invitational (21.23).

SOPHOMORE (2012): Selected as Big 12 Outdoor Performer of the Year by the conference coaches ... High point scorer at Big 12 Championships with 22 ½ points ... Swept titles in the 100 and 200 with career best times of 10.03w and 20.33 ... Also anchored the 4 x 100 to victory in 39.00 seconds ... Won Oregon Invitational 100 with a 10.32 ... Runner-up in 100 at Arizona State (10.15w) and USC (10.35), third at Texas Relays (10.17w), fourth at LSU (10.10w) and fifth at Miami (10.31) ... In 200, claimed a pair of victories at Oregon (20.60) and LSU (20.43), while placing second at USC (20.59) ... Anchored 4 x 100 to wins at Arizona State (39.41), USC (39.48), Oregon (39.40) and Miami (39.45) ... The sprint relay finished second at Texas Relays (38.84) and LSU (39.55) while finishing fourth at Penn Relays (39.66) ... Also anchored 4 x 200 to a win at Texas Relays (1:21.21) and runner-up finish at Penn Relays (1:22.85).

Indoors - Won 60m (6.66) and placed second in 200 (21.02) at Big 12 Championships ... Won 60 at Texas A&M Mondo Challenge (6.72) while placing second at A&M 10-Team Inv. (6.71) and A&M vs. LSU Dual (6.76) ... Finished third in three 200m races at A&M 10-Team (21.29), A&M vs. LSU Dual (21.48), and A&M Mondo Challenge (20.99 PR) ... Ran in prelims of the NCAA in 60 (6.72) and 200 (21.04).

FRESHMAN (2011): Won the Michael Johnson Classic in a career best time of 10.13 seconds, setting a world junior leading mark, which remained the top mark for three months, and was the U.S. junior leader for the season ... Placed eighth in the 100 at the NCAA Championships (10.40) ... Earning a pair of bronze medals at the Big 12 Championships in the 100 (10.44) and 200 (20.86) ... Hardy claimed a silver medal in the 200 (20.65 PR) at the U.S. Junior Championships while placing fifth in the 100 (10.31w) ... The 200 career best of 20.65 for Hardy ranked fifth on the world junior list and second among Americans ...

Ran anchor leg of the Aggie 4 x 100 relay that won the Big 12 title (39.04) and earned a silver medal at the NCAA Championships (38.91) ... Member of A&M sprint relay that also won at the LSU Invitational (39.11), Texas Relays (38.71), and Michael Johnson Classic (38.96) ... The Aggie crew set a school record and collegiate leading time of 38.38 in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships, which was also the 10th fastest time in the world for 2011 ...

Hardy won his first pair of races over 100 meters, winning the Arizona State Invitational in 10.33 and the LSU Invitational in 1021, both of which were PRs for Hardy at the time ... Finished sixth in the Texas Relays with a 10.29 ... Ran a wind-aided 10.18 to place fourth at Florida's Tom Jones Memorial ... In the 200 Hardy placed fourth (21.20) at the Aztec Invitational, second (20.74) at LSU Invitational ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200, running in the prelim and quarterfinals.

Indoors - Placed fourth (6.71) in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships and qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, where he posted a 6.67 in the prelims ... Opened the indoor season with a personal best of 6.73 for third in the Reveille Invitational ... Won the Texas A&M Challenge with another personal best effort of 6.68 ... Runner-up in a PR of 6.67 during the A&M vs. LSU Dual meet ... Set a fourth consecutive career best of 6.61 to place third in the Texas A&M Challenge that featured the Big 12 vs. SEC ... Finished runner-up, with a 6.63, at the Texas A&M Challenge that included the Big 12, Conference USA, Pac-10 and SEC ... Over 200 meters Hardy recorded a personal best of 21.18 for eighth place in the Texas A&M Challenge.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2010 graduate of Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas ... Earned Academic All-District four consecutive years ... Lettered four years in track, coached by Bill Farley ... Highest point scorer on team as a sophomore and junior ... 2009 World Youth 100-meter champion and USATF Junior 100 champion ... Won 2009 State 5A title in 100 with a wind-aided 10.08 (2.2 wind), the third-fastest high school time ever under any conditions, after claiming district and region titles ... Injury during Texas Relays as a senior prevented him from defending State title as a senior in 2010 ... As a sophomore in 2008 won district 100 and placed eighth in region ... Placed third in district 100 as a freshman ... Teamed with current Aggie Michael Bryan in winning State 5A 4 x 200 title in 2009 (1:25.66) and finishing as runner-up in 4 x 100 ... Killeen Ellison placed second at State in team scoring in 2009.

PERSONAL: Prezel Hardy, Jr. is the son of Patrick and Charlotte Wesley ... Born on June 1, 1992 in Italy ... Has one sibling, Cambriege ... Kinesiology major ... Started competing at age 12 ... Chose Texas A&M because he likes the bond they form with other and wants to win a championship.