Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Indoor
60 Meters: 6.93 (2010 George Mason Father Diamond)
200 Meters: 21.61 (2010 Penn State National)
Outdoor
100 Meters: 10:56 (2010 MEAC OD)
200 Meters: 20.89 (2010 MEAC OD)

2009-10: Indoor: Took third place in the 200m at the MEAC Indoor Championship (22.00)…season-best 200 time was 21.61 at Penn State, which was good for third place…also ran a leg on NSU’s 4x400 relay team which ran the MEAC’s fastest indoor time in 2010 (3:10.86), which also earned a third-place finish at PSU. Outdoor: NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 200m for the second year in a row…ran a season best and PR in the 200 meters in the prelims of the MEAC Outdoor Championship (20.89)…came in fourth place in the finals of the 200 (21.82)…posted times of 20.99 and 21.01 at the NCAA East Region meet, finishing 17th in the quarterfinal round…also ran a PR in the 100 meters at the conference meet, placing fourth (10.56)…ran a leg on NSU’s 4x400 relay team which ran a 3:08.99 at Tennessee’s Sea Ray Relays.

2008-09: Indoor: Ran an indoor-best time of 21.98 seconds in the 200 meters at Penn State…placed seventh in the 200 at the MEAC Indoor Championship (22.16)…ran the second leg on the seventh-place 4x400 relay team at the conference indoor meet. Outdoor: An NCAA East Regional qualifier in the 200 meters during outdoor season…ran a season-best time of 21.01 seconds in the prelims of the MEAC Outdoor Championship for his fastest qualifying time…took fifth place in the conference finals (21.14)…ran the lead-off leg on the 4x100 relay at the conference outdoor meet, helping NSU to fourth place (40.68 seconds)…also ran on the eighth-place 4x400 relay team that placed eighth at the outdoor championship.

2007-08: Enrolled at NSU in the fall of 2007, but sat out the 2008 track season as a non-qualifier.

High School: Lettered all four years in track…a Nike Indoor All-American after finishing second in the 200 meters at the 2007 nationals during his final prep year…won the Southeastern District championship in the 200 meters as a senior…as a junior, ran on the state indoor champion 4x200 relay team, helping the Braves win the state team title…also won the Eastern Region 300-meter title as a junior and was all-state in the 4x100 relay…top high school times were 10.89 in the 100, 21.55 in the 200, 34.83 in the 300 and 48.46 in the 400.

Personal: Born Thomas Calvin Speller on Oct. 4, 1987…son of Thomas Shipp and Sharon Speller…majoring in early childhood education.