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2016-2017 Men's Track Roster

Devante Cherry

  • Event Sprints
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Chesapeake, Va.
  • Last School Western Branch HS

Biography

Personal Records
Outdoor
100 Meters: 10.96 (High School)
200 Meters: 21.72 (High School)
400 Meters: 50.32 (High School)

2016-17: Indoor: Ran in one meet, contributing one leg on the 4x400 relay which placed sixth at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open. Outdoor: Did not compete.

2015-16: Did not compete … Member of the NSU Athletics Director’s Honor Roll for the fall semester.
 
2014-15: Did not compete.
 
2013-14: Indoor: Competed in the 200 meters at the Penn State Relays, placing eighth in 22.71 seconds … Also ran the 400 meters at the Vince Brown Invitational at CNU.
 
High School: Ran track all four years and also played football as a freshman … Was a decorated sprinter as Western Branch coach – and for former NSU track standout – Claude Toukene … As a senior, helped Western Branch win the state title and earn All-America honors in the 4x200 relay … Was a state qualifier in the 100, 200, 300 and 400 his senior year … Was all-state in the 300 and both the 4x100 and 4x200 relays … Was district champion in the 100 meters as a junior, when he won the team’s Best Sprinter Award … Was also district runner-up in the 200, all-district in the 300, all-region in the 100/200/300 and 4x200 and 4x400 relays, and all-state in all three sprint relays … Helped Western Branch win the state outdoor championships his sophomore and senior seasons.
 
Personal: Devante Anthony Cherry was born on Oct. 22, 1993 … Son of Alvin and Felicia Davis … Majoring in kinesiotherapy.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013-2014Freshman

    Sprints/Hurdles
    5'11"
  • 2016-2017Redshirt Junior

    Sprints
    5'10"