DeWitt Thomas

Photo by: Tyler Pounds

Photo by: Russell James/Texas A&M Athletics

Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Kingwood, Texas
High School:
Kingwood '15

Season and Career Results
*Last Updated 7/13/21

TAMU All-Time Top-12 Performer List
#12 Outdoor 4x400m - 3:01.26 (2019)

NCAA Championships
2019 First Team All-American Indoor 4x400m - 3:05.15 (2nd)

NCAA Outdoor West Regionals
2021 400m Hurdles - 52.39 (36th)
2019 400m Hurdles - 51.38 (18th)
2018 400m Hurdles - 53.84 (45th)

2021: Indoor - Did not compete, exhausted indoor eligibility. Outdoor - Entered eight meets...Opened the season at the Willie Williams Classic running a 47.57 400m to place fourth...Ran as a member of the 4x400m that finished second at the Texas Relays with a time of 3:07.41...Scored one point at the SEC Outdoor Championships finishing eighth in the 400m hurdles at 52.15, ran 51.23 in the prelims...Ran 52.39 to finish 36th at the NCAA West Regional.

2020: Indoor - Competed unattached in the 400m at the Aggie Invitational (47.07) and Texas A&M Invitational (47.25). Outdoor - Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019: Indoor - Member of silver medal 4x400m relay (3:05.15) at NCAA Championships … Ran on fourth-place distance medley relay (9:51.74) at SEC Championships, also competed in 400m (47.20) to finish 14^th in prelims … Finished sixth in 400m at Ted Nelson Invitational (48.14) and Charlie Thomas Invitational (47.72) … Won his section and runner-up overall in his division of 400m (47.22) at Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational … Fourth in 400m (47.26) at Aggie Twilight. Outdoor - Ran on 4x400m relay (3:01.26) during semifinal of NCAA Championships … Placed seventh in 400m hurdles (50.78) at SEC Championships … Set career best of 50.18 in first round of NCAA West Preliminary, then placed 18^th overall in second round with a 51.38 … Member of winning 4x400 relay (3:06.65) at Baldy Castillo Invitational to open outdoor campaign … Finished fourth in 400m hurdles at Texas Relays, producing a then career best of 50.65 … Won Texas A&M Invitational in 53.09.

2018: Indoor - Established a career best of 47.98 in prelims of 400m at SEC Championships, placing 28^th … Returned to action following injury from previous season with a 48.34 effort to place fifth in Aggie Twilight in mid-February, also ran on third place 4x400 (3:15.64). Outdoor – Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary round in 400H, posting a time of 53.84 in the first round … Recorded a career best of 51.63 to place second in a section of the Texas Relays after a 51.87 in the prelims … Opened outdoor season with a then career best 51.64 to finish second in Baldy Castillo Invitational and ran on fifth place 4x400 (3:15.41) … Finished fifth at UTSA Roadrunner Invitational (51.81), fourth at Houston Alumni Invitational (53.08), and third at Tom Tellez Invitational (55.88).

2017: Indoor - Only ran on relays during indoor season, including a fourth place distance medley relay that placed fourth (9:50.86) at Razorback Invitational … Lone individual effort came in 400m at Aggie Invitational and resulted in a disqualification … Ran on winning 4x400 relay at Aggie Invitational (3:12.65) and eighth place effort in Razorback Invitational (3:10.85). Outdoors – Injury prevented any races during outdoor season.

2016: Indoor - First individual race as an Aggie produced a time of 49.14 in the 400 at Texas A&M Team Invitational … Posted a 49.42 for seventh in Texas A&M Quadrangular and ran on third place 4x400 (3:14.13) … Improved to 49.05, placing 11^th at Charlie Thomas Invitational, and ran on fifth place 4x400 (3:12.81). Outdoor – Race in 400H at Baldy Castillo Invitational placing fifth with a 52.57 and ran on fourth place 4x400 (3:10.71) … Finished sixth in hurdles at UTSA Invitational (53.06), 11^th in prelims of Texas Relays (51.86) and ninth at Sun Angel Classic (52.21) … In UCLA dual meet, placed third in 400H (52.06) and ran on winning 4x400 (3:07.09) … Finished ninth at Michael Johnson Classic (52.66) and ran on fifth place 4x400 (3:07.64) … Fifth at LSU Invitational (52.21) and ran on runner-up 4x400 (3:07.49) … Competed in SEC Championships, clocking a 52.28 in prelims of 400H to place 12^th … Did not finish his 400H race at NCAA West Preliminary round …

High School: 2015 graduate of Kingwood High School in Humble, Texas … Established best times of 14.44 (110H) and 37.54 (300H) … Placed ninth in 2015 State 6A 300 hurdles final with a 39.76 … Anchored 4x400 to victory in State meet (3:12.44) … Set personal best in 300H in winning district title as a senior … Also won area meet and was runner-up in Region II-6A meet … In 110H, district runner-up, third in area and eighth in region meet as a senior … As a junior in 2014, State 6A runner-up in 300H with then PR of 37.57 and ran anchor leg of winning 4x400 (3:13.25) … Won district, area and region titles in 300H.