Steven Gayle

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Bronx, N.Y.
Prev School:
South Plains College

Accolades

First Team All-America, 400 meters (2015)
First Team All-America, 4x100 relay (2015)
First Team All-SEC, 4x100 relay (2015)
Second Team All-SEC, 4x100 relay (2015)
Second Team All-America, 4x400 relay (2015)
Honorable Mention All-America, distance medley relay (2015)

Junior
2015 Outdoor Season
Ran a 46.32 in the 400-meter finals at the NCAA Championships to finish fifth…served as the second leg in the 4x100 at the NCAA Championships, helping the team qualify for finals with a time of 39.23…ran the anchor leg of the 4x400 relay at the NCAA East Prelims, helping the team record a time of 3:04.81…served as the second leg for the 4x100 relay team that took fourth at the NCAA East Prelims…finished seventh at the NCAA East Prelims in the 400 meters with a 45.76…served as the second leg on the 4x100 relay team that clocked a time of 38.87 to claim third at the SEC Championships…finished fourth in the 400 meters at the SEC Championships, recording a season-best 45.67…was the lead leg for the 4x400 relay team that took sixth at the SEC Championships…ran 45.77 in the 400 meters to finish as the runner-up at the LSU Invitational … clocked a time of 45.94 to win the John Jacobs Invitational 400 meters … ran on the winning 4X100-meter relay (39.91) at the Border Clash, while also assisting in a second-place finish in the 4X400 (3:08.47) … posted a 400-meter time of 46.32 at the Pepsi Florida Relays to finish ninth in the event…served as the anchor leg for the 4x100 relay and second leg for the 4x400 relay teams that won event titles at the Crimson Tide Invitational.

2015 Indoor Season
Served as the lead leg for the 4x400 relay team that recorded a time of 3:08.75 at the NCAA Championships…ran 47.07 in the semi-finals of the 400-meter dash at the SEC championship to finish second in heat 4 … finished second in his first 400-meter race for Alabama, breaking the tape in a personal-best 46.93 … won the 600 meter invitational section at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational with a time of 1:53.11.

South Plains College (2012-14)
One of the top 400/800 sprinters in the junior college ranks and an experienced 4x400-meter relay competitor ... a two-time All-American ... his career best in the 400 (46.01) set in 2012 ranks No. 10 on the South Plains College All-Time Bests list ... ran a personal best of 1:10.02 in the 600-yard dash on Jan. 31, 2014 ... placed third in the 400 (46.01) at the 2013 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Championships ... ran on South Plains' winning 4x400-meter relay (3:05.93) at the 2013 NJCAA Outdoor Championships ... coached by Chris Beene at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas.

Prep and Personal
Won the 400 at the 2012 New Balance Nationals (47.35) and was a member of the first-place 4x200 team ... the 2012 New York State Meet 400-meter champion (47.76), as well as the 2012 District 1 champion (47.57) ... ran a season-best 200 meters (21.65) at the Loucks Games ... won the Knight Time Invitational 200 meters in 21.70 ... was the 2012 Section 1 Class A Indoor champion in the 300 meters (34.12) and the 600 (1:21.60) ... coached by Chris Malcom ... son of Ray Gayle and Janet Hayles ... born on March 19, 1994, in Jamaica.