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Charlotte’s first Olympian ... Competed for Liberia in the 4x100-meter relay at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney ... Also competed for Liberia at the 2001 World Championships and 2002 African Championships.
Indoor -- 2002: Tied Derrick Johnson to set school records in the 55- and 60-meter dashes ... Had a time in the 55 meters of 6.30 at Maryland-Eastern Shore ... Ran a 6.78 in the 60 at the North Carolina Elite ... Placed fourth in the 60 meters at the Conference USA Championships ... 2001: Broke the 49ers record in the 60- and 200-meter dash ... Posted a time of 6.85 at the Clemson opener to finish eighth in the 60 meters ... Placed second in the 200 at the C-USA Championships with a 21.81 time ... Also took fourth in the 60 at C-USA ... 2000: Ran in the 4x100 relay for Liberia at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney ... Was born in Liberia and moved with his family to the U.S. in 1988 ... His team finished 27th of 40 teams in the first round with a 39.77 time, five hundredths of a second from advancing to the second round ... Tied the school record in the 60-meter dash with a 7.00 time at the Clemson Opener ... Also owns the 49ers’ top mark in the 200, finishing 14th with a time of 22.12 at the Virginia Tech Pepsi Invitational ... Ran a season-best time of 6.38 in the 55 meters at the C-USA Championships ... Also a member of Charlotte’s record-setting 4x400 relay team.
Outdoor -- 2002: Had his best time of the year in the 100 meters at the C-USA Championships with a 10.62 ... Placed third in the 200 at the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 21.37, a season-best ... 2001: Earned a trip to the world championships, competing for Liberia ... Broke his own record in the 200 in the Charlotte Invitational with a time of 21.40 ... Placed fifth in the C-USA Championships with a time of 10.67 but broke the school record in the prelims with a time of 10.60 ... 2000: Holds the school record in the 200-meter dash ... Ran a 21.54 in the prelims at the Conference USA Championships ... Has posted wind-aided times of 21.40 and 21.45 in the 200 ... Teamed up to help the Niners set school records in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays ... Set the school 4x100 record with a 40.34 time to place fourth at the Raleigh Relays
Prep: Helped Watauga to second-place finishes at the regional and state championships ... Finished fourth at the North Carolina State Championships in the 400 ... Also a member of the 4x400 team, which finished second in the state.
Personal: Is the son of Bettie Laine ... Majoring in Spanish ... Born May 5, 1981.
