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  Rashad Gardner
Rashad Gardner

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Chesapeake, VA

Event:
Hurdles

Major:
PRTM

Clemson Highlights
2005 Honors: NCAA East Region Outdoor Qualifier 110m Hurdles; NCAA East Region Outdoor Qualifier 400m Hurdles.
2003 Honors: NCAA East Region Outdoor Qualifier 400m hurdles

2004-2005: Outdoor: Regional qualifier in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.32 at the Clemson Relays...placed fifth at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 14.35...finished seventh with a time of 14.40 at the ACC Championships,...ran a 14.58 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational...also a regional qualifier in the 400m hurdles with a time of 51.51 at the Clemson Invitational, placing seventh...finished fourth in the intermediate hurdles at the ACC Championships with a time of 52.38...had a time of 53.01 at the Clemson Relays...member of the regional qualifying 4X400 team that had a time of 3:07.75 at the Georgia Tech Invitational. Indoor: Had a season-best time of 49.34 in the 400m at the Notre Dame Invitational...posted a time of 49.98 in the 400m at the ACC Championships...opened the season with a time of 49.89 in the 400m at the Kentucky Invitational...placed fourth in the 400m with a time of 50.08 at the Clemson Opener...ran a 50.29 in the 400m at the Clemson Invitational...placed fifth with a time of 50.18 at the Clemson Twilight Meet...turned in a season-best time of 8.30 at the ACC Championships...posted a time of 8.34 in the 60m hurdles at the Clemson Opener...placed fourth in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.32 at the Tiger Invitational...ran second leg on the Tigers' 4x400m relay team that provisionally qualified with a season-best time of 3:10.52 at the Iowa State Last Chance meet.

2003-2004: Outdoor: Turned in his best 400m hurdle performance of the season in the preliminaries of the event at the ACC Championships, recording a time of 52.81...won the intermediate hurdles at the NC-SC All-Star meet...placed fifth in the 400m hurdles at the Orange & Purple Classic...recorded his season-best time of 14.85 in the 110m hurdles at the Clemson Invitational. Indoor: Suffered an injury early in the season...ran a season-best time of 49.58 in the 400m at the Clemson Classic...also at the Clemson Classic, recorded a season-best time of 8.31 in the 60m hurdles...posted a time of 8.37 in the 60m hurdles at the Tiger Invitational.

2002-2003: Outdoor: Competed at the East Region Championships in the 110m hurdles...scored for the Tigers in the 110m hurdles at the ACC Championships with a sixth-place finish...also a scorer in the 400m hurdles, finishing eighth in 54.13...recorded a time of 53.44 in the intermediate hurdles preliminaries at the ACC Championships...finished second in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.73 at the Clemson Invitational...member of the Tigers' winning 4x400m relay team at the Clemson Invitational...placed second in the 400m hurdles at the NC-SC All-Star meet with a time of 53.05...third in the intermediate hurdles at the Clemson Invitational with a regional qualifying time of 52.33. Indoor: Opened season with a time of 7.67 in the preliminaries of the 55m hurdles at the Appalachian State meet...recorded his best time of season in the 400m (49.13) at the Nebraska Adidas Classic...won the 400m at Appalachian State with a time of 50.13..at the Kentucky Invitational, recorded a time of 49.26 in the 400m to place sixth...posted a time of 49.77 in the 400m at the Maryland Invitational...ran a time of 8.38 in the 60m hurdles at the Virginia Tech Challenge..recorded a time of 8.43 in the 60m hurdles at the ACC Championships.

Oscar Smith High School
Named Most Outstanding Male Athlete at Oscar Smith High School in 2002...3A state champion in the 300m hurdles in 2001 and 2002...school record holder in the 400m hurdles...has personal best times of 14.39 in the 110m hurdles and 53.23 in the 400m hurdles...received Most Talented award at Oscar Smith High School...also lettered in football, earning Most Improved honors for the 2001-02 season.

Personal
Born 1/17/84...majoring in liberal arts.

Honors
2003: Outdoor NCAA East Region Qualifier 400m hurdles.

Best Times
55m Hurdles - 7.67
60m Hurdles - 8.31
400m - 49.13
110m Hurdles - 14.32
400m Hurdles - 51.51


 
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