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2015-16 Men's Track & Field Roster

Cam Vinèy

  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Position Sprints/Hurdles
  • Hometown Elkins, W.V.
  • High School Elkins HS

Biography

Six-time All-American
Three-time Big Ten champion
Three-time Big Ten runner-up
Holds Third-Fastest 60m hurdles time (7.75), third-fastest 110m hurdle time (13.52) and the fourth-fastest 400m hurdle time (49.92) in Illinois history

2016

Outdoor

  • Second Team All-American in 400m hurdles, placing 10th at NCAA Championships with a time of 50.73
  • Placed 16th in the 110m hurdles at NCAA West Prelims with a time of 13.95
  • Earned bronze medals at Big Ten Championships in the 110m and 400m hurdles
  • Set a season-best mark in the 110m hurdles at Big Ten Championships (13.74)
  • Won the 110m hurdles at three meets
  • Won the 400m hurdles at two meets
  • Timed his fastest 400m hurdles of the season at the Illinois Twilight (50.66)

Indoor

  • Placed 2nd at Big Ten Championships in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.82
  • Moved into third on the school's 60m hurdles all-time list with a 7.75 time at the Orange & Blue Open
  • Won the Iowa State Classic and Orange & Blue Open 60m hurdles titles 
  • Set a new PR in the 400m dash with a time of 47.90 at the Iowa State Classic

2015

Outdoor

  • First Team All-American as a member of the 4x400m relay team that took eighth place at NCAA Championships
  • Second Team All-American in the 110m hurdles (10th)and 400m hurdles (11th)
  • Big Ten Champion in the 400m hurdles
  • Placed second at Big Ten Championships in the 110m hurdles with the third fastest time in school history (13.52)
  • Finished first at the Drake Relays in the 400m hurdles
  • Ran the fourth-fastest 400m hurdles time in Illinois history at the Jim Click Shootout (49.92)
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Part of the 4x400m relay team that broke the school record at NCAA Championships, taking home fourth place, with a time of 3:06.58
  • Big Ten Champion as part of the 4x400m relay team ... Ran the 60m hurdles at Big Ten Championships, taking eighth
  • Won the 60m hurdles at the Iowa State and Illini Classics

2014

Outdoor

  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m hurdles and placed 22nd
  • Finished runner-up in the 400m hurdles at the Big Ten Championships
  • Also competed in the 110m hurdles at the Big Ten Championships
  • Clocked the fourth-fastest 400m hurdles time in school history (50.09) to place third at the prestigious Drake Relays
  • Recorded first-place finishes in the 400m hurdles at both the Lenny Lyles/Clark Wood Invite and the Tiger Track Classic
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Indoor

  • Competed in the 60m hurdles at the Big Ten Championships and placed seventh to score points for the Illini
  • Member of the 4x400m relay team that placed third at the Big Ten Championships and clocked the fifth-fastest time in school history
  • Won the 60m hurdles at the Orange & Blue Open
  • Placed second in the 60m hurdles at the Illini Classic
  • Placed 11th in the 400m at the Indiana Relays

2013

Outdoor

  • Earned All-America honors as the 4x400m relay squad finished fifth at the NCAA Championships (3:04.83)
  • The fifth place finish for the squad was the highest at the national meet since 1994
  • Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round of Championships in the 400m H, setting a career-best time of 50.54 in the finals which is the 10th best in school history
  • Ran a personal-best time of 14.13 in the prelims of the 110m H at the Big Ten Championships
  • Also ran the 400m H at the conference meet, finishing ninth
  • Helped the Illini win the first annual HyVee Cup, running in the 4x400m relay squad that set the fifth fastest time in school history (3:04.46)
  • Won the 400m H title at the Lee Calhoun Memorial Invitational

Indoor

  • Scored points for the Illini at the Big Ten Championships, finishing fourth in the 60m H with a career best time of 7.85
  • The time ranks fourth fastest in Illinois history
  • Won the 60m H and 400m title at the Spire Invite
  • Took the 60m H title at the Illini Open and Illini Classic

High School

  • Seven-time West Virginia state champion
  • 2011 Big 10 Runner of the Year
  • 2010 NCAC Runner of the Year
  • Holds five school records
  • Placed eighth in the 110m hurdles at the 2010 New Balance Nationals
  • Won first at the Blunt East Coast Invitational in the 110m hurdles

Personal

  • Son of Robin and Laura Davis
  • Born on Sept. 6, 1993
  • Was on the honor roll all four-years
  • Was a National Scholastic Youth Scholar
  • Majoring in Political Science and International Studies

Personal Bests

Outdoor
200m: 21.39 - Musco Twilight (5/2/15)
400m: 47.05 - Illini Twilight (4/18/15)
800m: 1:56.33 - UNLV Spring Invite (3/21/15)
110m H: 13.52 - Big Ten Championships (5/17/15)
400m H: 49.92 - Jim Click Shootout (4/11/15)

Indoor
60m H: 7.75 - Orange & Blue Open (2/20/16)
400m: 47.90 - Iowa State Classic (2/13/16)
600m: 1:22.73 - Indiana Relays (1/31/14)

Updated June 2016

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2015-16Senior

    Sprints/Hurdles