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2016-2017 Men's Track Roster

Nick Sutton
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De'Von Booker

  • Event Hurdles
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Portsmouth, Va.
  • Last School Churchland HS

Biography

Personal Records
Indoor
Heptathlon: 4,258 points (2017 MEAC Indoor Championships)
Outdoor
400 Meter Hurdles: 55.57 (2013 Virginia Invitational)
Decathlon: 5,639 points (2016 MEAC Outdoor Championships)
 
2016-17: Named to the NSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for fall and spring semesters and was selected to the MEAC All-Academic Team. Indoor: Opened up indoor season with a fifth-place showing in the heptathlon at the Captains Invitational (3,976 points) … Posted a score of 4,155 points in the heptathlon at the Liberty Kickoff, which included a first-place showing in the 1,000 meters … Logged a new PR of 4,258 points and finished ninth at the MEAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Ran a leg on the 4x400 relay team that won its event at the Tribe Invitational and placed fifth at the Fred Hardy Invitational … In his first decathlon of the season, placed fifth with a total of 5,424 points at the Charlotte Invitational … Capped his career with a fifth-place finish in the decathlon at the MEAC Outdoor Championships … Logged a personal-best 5,639 points at the meet, thanks in part to a win in the 1,500 meters of the event.

2015-16: Cross Country: Earned his second varsity letter for cross country. Indoor: Ran on NSU’s first-place 4x400 relay team (3:25.10) at the CNU Holiday Open … Took fifth place in the heptathlon at the CNU Captains Invitational with a score of 3,976 points … Placed ninth at the MEAC Indoor Championships in the heptathlon with a score of 4,091 points … Named to the NSU AD’s Honor Roll for the fall semester. Outdoor: Competed in the 4x400 relay and 400 hurdles (season-best 57.23) at Richmond’s Fred Hardy Invitational … Also ran the 800 at the Colonial Relays and the 400 hurdles at both the NSU Twilight Meet and the Hampton Relays … Took fourth place in the decathlon at the MEAC Outdoor Championships, with 5,468 points … Won the decathlon 1,500 meters at the MEAC meet and was third in the 400 meters and pole vault … Named to the MEAC All-Academic Team.
 
2014-15: Indoor: Ran the 400 meters and on the 4x400 relay team … Helped the 4x4 team place sixth at the Penn State Relays in 3:22.73. Outdoor: Competed in the 400 hurdles and 4x400 relay … Season-best hurdles time was 56.23, which earned him eighth place at the Hampton Relays … Clocked a 56.32 at Morgan State … Ran anchor leg on the 4x400 relay team that finished third in 3:23.61 at the Virginia Cup … Earned a spot on the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall and spring semesters … Also a member of the MEAC All-Academic Team.
 
2013-14: Redshirted the season.
 
2012-13: Cross Country: Earned a letter for cross country. Indoor: Ran the 400 meters, and on the 4x400 relay team … Ran a 52.18 in the 400m at the CNU Holiday Open. Outdoor: Competed in six meets in either the 4x400 relay, 400m hurdles or both … Season-best 400 hurdles time was a 55.57 at the Virginia Invitational, which earned him a fifth-place finish.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in track and one in cross country … Was state AAA outdoor runner-up in the 300 hurdles as a senior … Won the Eastern Region championship in the 300 hurdles in a PR of 38.30 seconds … Was named the cross country team MVP his junior year … Won the track Coaches Award as a junior and MVP as a sophomore.
 
Personal: De’Von Marquis Booker was born on Jan. 24, 1994 … Son of Cedric and Christine McCrary … Majoring in electronic engineering.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-2013Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'8"
  • 2014-2015Redshirt Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'8"
  • 2015-2016Redshirt Junior

    Hurdles
    5'8"
  • 2016-2017Redshirt Senior

    Hurdles
    5'8"