2016-17 Cross Country/Track & Field Roster
Jereem Richards
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Port Fortin, Trinidad & Tobago
- High School:
- Vessigny Secondary
- Prev School:
- South Plains College
• School record-holder, outdoor 200 meters
• School record-holder, indoor 200 meters
• School record-holder, indoor 4x400 relay
• First Team All-American, outdoor 200 meters (2017)
• First Team All-American, outdoor 4x400-meter relay (2017)
• Second Team All-American, 4x100-meter relay (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, outdoor 200 meters (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, outdoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• First Team All-American, indoor 200 meters (2017)
• First Team All-American, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• NCAA qualifier, indoor 200 meters (2017)
• NCAA qualifier, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• SEC Champion, indoor 200 meters (2017)
• First Team All-SEC, indoor 200 meters (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
• SEC Men’s Co-Runner of the Week (1-23-17)
School record-holder in the outdoor 200 meters at 19.97 ... one of only two Alabama sprinters to run sub-20.00 at 200 meters in school history ... finished third in the 200 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships on June 9 in a time of 20.04, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... ran the anchor leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth at the NCAA Championships in 3:03.81 on June 9 ... the time is the eighth-fastest in school history ... ran the second leg on the 4x400 at in the NCAA semifinals on June 7 that posted the fourth-fastest time in school history at 3:03.26 ... also second the lead leg on Alabama’s 4x100-meter relay that finished 14th in the semifinals of the 4x100-meter relay at the NCAA Championships on June 7 in 39.19 ... finished second in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Regional on May 27 in a school-record 19.97 to qualify for the NCAA Track & Field Championships ... ran the second leg on on Alabama’s 4x100 and 4x400-meter relays at the NCAA East Regional on May 27 that advanced to the NCAA Track & Field Championships ... finished fifth in the first round in 20.33 to advance to the quarterfinals ... the time is the sixth-fastest in school history ... ran the second leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished third at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on May 13 in 3:02.75 ... the time is the third-fastest in school history ... finished third in the 200 meters at the SEC Championships on May 13 in 20.22, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... posted a personal-best wind-aided 19.98 in the prelims of the 200 meters at the SEC Championships on May 11 ... the time is the fastest ever run at UA under any conditions ... ran the second leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished first at the Ole Miss Classic on May 6 in 3:03.52, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... won the 400 meters in his outdoor season debut at the SEC Relays on April 28 in 45.47, the sixth-fastest time in school history.
2017 Indoor Season
School record-holder in the indoor 200 meters (20.31) ... member of Alabama’s school record-holding 4x400-meter relay team (3:02.92) ... finished second in the 200 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11 with a school-record time of 20.31 ... posted a time of 20.50 in the prelims, the fourth-fastest time in UA history ... ran the anchor leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay team at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships on March 11 that finished eighth in 3:06.06, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... won the 200 meters at the 2017 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 25 in a personal-best 20.34, the second-fastest time in school history ... ran the sixth-fastest time in school history in the prelims on Friday (20.70) ... ran the second leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished third at the 2017 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships in a school-record 3:02.92 ... ran the anchor leg on the Tide’s 4x400-meter relay squad that finished first at the Alex Wilson Invitational on Feb. 18 in a school-record time of 3:04.73 ... won the 400 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational on Jan. 27 in a personal-best time of 46.37, the second-fastest time in school history ... also ran the anchor leg on the Tide’s 4x400-meter relay squad that finished first in the third-fastest time in school history (3:07.67) ... won the 200 meters at the Auburn Invitational in a personal-best time of 20.57 ... the time is the second-fastest indoor mark in Alabama history and the fastest time in the world so far this season ... ran the anchor leg on Alabama’s “A” 4x400-meter relay squad at the season-opening Commodore Invitational on Jan. 14.
Alternate member of the Trinidad & Tobago 4x400-meter relay squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
2014-15
Won the 400 meters and finished fourth in the 200 meters at the 2015 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... won the 400 meters at the 2015 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships ... finished third in the 400 meters at the 2014 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Member of Trinidad & Tobago's bronze medal-winning 4x400-meter relay squad at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Track & Field Championships in Istanbul, Turkey ... earned bronze medals in the 4x400-meter relay at the junior level at the 2012 IAAF Junior World Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Barcelona, Spain and the 2012 CARIFTA Games in Hamilton, Bermuda ... silver medalist in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2011 Pan-American Junior Championships in Miramar, Fla. and the 2010 Central America & Caribbean (CAC) Junior Track & Field Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ... silver medalist in the 200 meters at the 2012 CAC junior championships in San Salvador, El Salvador ... gold medalist in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2011 CARIFTA Youth Championships in Montego Bay, Jamaica ... also competed in the 4x100-meter relay at the junior and senior levels for Trinidad & Tobago ... son of Cornelius Richards and Yvette Wilson ... born Jan. 13, 1994 in Port Fortin, Trinidad & Tobago.
