| Derrick Wyatt |
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Clemson Highlights
2003-04:
Outdoor: Clemson's leader in the 800m, 1500m and 5000m in 2004...scored for the Tigers in the 1500m and 5000m runs at the ACC Championships...finished fourth in the 5000m at the conference meet with a time of 14:50.92...in the preliminaries of the 800m at the ACC Championships, clocked a season-best time of 3:48.77...placed sixth in the 1500m after recording a season-best time of 3:48.77 in the preliminaries of the event...won the 1500m at the Orange & Purple Classic with a time of 3:49.18...ran a 1:53.50 in the 800m at the Clemson Invitational...at the Raleigh Relays, recorded a season-best time of 14:21.07 in the 5000m...member of the Tigers' 4x800m relay team that won the event at the Clemson Relays with a time of 7:51.04.
Indoor: Led Clemson in the mile run with his season-best time of 4:15.03 recorded at the ACC Championships...clocked a 4:15.40 mile at the Tiger Invitational...also led the Tigers in the 3000m run...posted a season-best time of 8:27.27 in the 3000m at the ACC Championships...at the Carle/Health Alliance Classic, clocked a 8:31.31 to finish third in the 3000m...finished the 3000m at the Clemson Opener as the top collegiate runner with a time of 8:32.99...member of the Tigers' distance medley relay team that posted a season-best time of 10:16.10 at the Clemson Invitational.
Cross Country: Opened season with a time of 25:49 and a 17th-place finish at the Western Carolina Invitational...covered the 8K course at the Bulldog Stampede in 26:23.51 to finish 13th...recorded a 25th-place finish and was the Tigers' number-two runner at the FinishLynx/Murray Keatinge Invitational five-mile course with a time of 24:46.50...Tigers' number-three runner at the Clemson Invitational/SC Collegiate Championships with third-place finish in 24:59...earned all-state honors...ran a 26:13.3 at the ACC Championships to finish 47th.
2002-03: Outdoor: Member of the winning 4x800m relay team at the Clemson Relays...finished 10th in the 800m at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 1:57.25...won the 800m at the NC-SC All-Star meet with a time of 1:55.09. Indoor: Ran a season-best time of 1:56.06 in the 800m at the Virginia Tech Challenge, placing sixth...posted a time of 1:56.54 in the 800m at the Nebraska Adidas Classic...also at the Nebraska meet, recorded a time of 4:19.99 in the mile.
Cross Country: Narrowly missed earning all-region honors, placing 23rd with a time of 30:52.9 at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships...finished 16th at the ACC Championships, covering course in 25:21.7... had season-best finish at the Clemson Invitational/South Carolina State Collegiate meet, finishing ninth and earning all-state honors with a time of 25:46...placed 18th at the Auburn Invitational with a season-best time of 24:50.28... opened season at Bulldog Stampede with an 18th-place finish (27:02) ...finished 73rd at the Great American Cross Country Championships.
2001-2002: Outdoor: Had the second-fastest 800m time on team with mark of 1:54.27 set at the NC-SC All-Star meet, winning the event...ran a 1:56.33 and placed eighth in the 800m at the Clemson Invitational...competed as a member of the 4x800m relay team and 4x1500m relay team at the Raleigh Relays. Indoor: Member of the distance medley relay team that finished third at the ACC Championships with a time of 10:02.57...had a season-best time of 1:55.92 in the 800m at the Virginia Tech Challenge. Cross Country: Finished 14th at ACC Championships, leading the Tigers with a time of 25:05.5...earned all-state honors at the Clemson Invitational/SC Collegiate meet with a time of 25: 55...posted a time of 25:52 at the NCAA Pre-Meet, running the 10,000m course in 32:03...finished 40th at the NCAA Region meet.
Liberty High School
10-time South Carolina state track champion (800m-1:53 and 1600m-4:16.09) ...three time state cross country champion with the third fastest time in South Carolina state history with a personal best of 15:00 in the 5000m...member of the A-AA cross country state championship team.
Personal
Born 5/27/82...majoring in marketing.
Honors
2003: All-Southeast Region Cross Country; All-State Cross Country (8,000m)
2002: All-State Cross Country (8,000m)
2001: All-State
Cross Country (8,000m)
Wyatt's Best Times
800m - 1:53.50
1500m - 3:48.77
3000m - 8:27.27
5000m - 14:21.07
8000m (XC) - 24:46.50
10,000m (XC) - 30:48.1
