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2022-23 Men's Track & Field Roster

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DeVontae Ford

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown East St. Louis, Ill.
  • High School East St. Louis Senior HS
  • Position Hurdles
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  • NIL devontae-ford

Biography

NIL Opportunities

2023

Indoor

  • Ran the program's seventh fastest 60mH (7.84) in his win at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational
  • Personal-best 60m (6.95) in his third place finish at the Illini Classic
  • Personal-best 300m (34.72) at the Wisconsin Badgers Midwest Invite

Outdoor

  • Ran the program's tenth fastest 110mH (13.91) in his sixth place finish and placed third in the 400mH (50.93) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Ran a personal-best 400mH (50.61) at the NCAA West Preliminaries
  • Placed second in the 400mH (51.27) and part of the winning 4x100m team (40.71) at the Gary Wieneke Memorial

2022

Indoor

  • Season-best 200m (21.87) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
  • Placed fourth at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invitational in the 200m (22.01)
  • Finished second at the Illini Classic in the 60mH on season-best time (8.02)
  • Part of the 4x400 team that took fifth at the Big Ten Championships

Outdoor

  • Placed second in the 400m (47.52) at the Illini Classic
  • Ran season-best 14.33 time in the 110mH at the 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays
  • Finished second in the 400mH at the Illini Invitational (51.27)

Summer

  • Fourth place finish in the 400mH at USATF U20 Nationals - 2022

High School

  • IHSA 110mH 2A State Champion
  • Won every 110mH race his senior year
  • IHSA State 300mH seventh place
  • State leading 300mH (37.31)
  • Illinois #22 all time 300mH
  • USA Today Illinois Athlete of the Year
  • Nationally Ranked #19 300mH 

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Hurdles