UNI Track and Field: Carnes Takes 13th at NCAAs

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2017 Brandon Carnes NCAA Track and Field

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UNI Track and Field: Carnes Takes 13th at NCAAs

6/7/2017 9:32:00 PM | Track and Field

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EUGENE, Oregon – UNI Track and Field's Brandon Carnes earned another second-team all-America honor at the 2017 NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships.

He earned his first second team all-America honor during the indoor season in 2016. Carnes earned All-America honorable mentions in the outdoor seasons in 2016 and 2015.

The senior from Bradenton, Florida, finished 13^th in the semifinals of the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.16 with a legal wind of + 0.8 m/s.

The top time by Christian Coleman of Tennessee (9.82) broke the NCAA meet and college best record set in 2011.

Carnes wrapped up his collegiate career with 16 MVC titles. He never lost to a conference competitor in the 100-meter or 200-meter dashes.

He qualified all four years for the NCAA West Preliminary Round. He holds the UNI and conference records in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes. In the first rounds of the 200-meter dash at the 2017 NCAA Division I West Preliminary Round, he crushed the 200-meter conference record set 33 years ago. He ran a wind-legal time of 20.25 seconds to beat Indiana State's Dwight Williams' time of 20.36 set in 1984.

He also owns the indoor records for the 60-meter dash at the school and conference levels and the school record for the indoor 200-meter dash.

He was the first Panther to win both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes at the MVC indoor championship. He also made history in the conference by being: