Bio


Antonio Thomas

Antonio Thomas

Class:
Sr.
Height/Weight:
5-10, 170
   
Hometown:
Columbia, Md.
Position:
Sprints
   
High School:
Long Reach
   

2009 Outdoor: Won the gold in the 200-meter dash at the America East Championships with a season-best time of 21.32… Earned silver at the American East Championship in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.83… Placed 12th in the 100 at the IC4A Championships with a season-best time of 10.76 and finished fourth in the 200 with a time of 21.66… Placed 24th in the 200 at the NCAA East Regional with a time of 21.59… Member of the 4x100 relay team that set the America East Championship Record and earned gold with a time of 41.17… Also a member of the 4x100 team which placed fourth at the IC4A Championships with a time of 40.98 and was third in the 4x200 with a time of 1:25.06… The 4x100 team placed 12th at the NCAA East Regionals in a season-best time of 40.92.
 
2008-09 Indoor: Placed fourth in the 55-meter dash at the America East Championships with a time of 6.55 after recording a season-best time of 6.50 in the prelims… Also placed fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 21.91 after recording a season-best time of 21.87 in the prelims… Completed season-best time in the 60-meter dash of 6.92 at the New Balance Invitational.

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2008 Outdoor: Placed fourth in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, and was part of the second-place 4 x 100m relay team at the America East Championships… His 200-meter time of 21.91 was a school season-best… Finished eighth in the 200-meter dash and was a part of the second-place 4 x 100m relay and fifth-place 4 x 400m teams at the Maryland Terrapin Invitational… Placed fifth in the 100-meter, sixth in the 200-meter, and was part of the first-place 4 x 100m and second-place 4 x 400m relay teams at the Bucknell Team Challenge.

 

2007-08 Indoor: Placed 16th in the 200-meter dash at the IC4A Championships… Finished fifth in the 200-meter, eighth in the 400-meter, and was part of the fourth-place 4 x 400m relay team at the America East Championships… Finished 13th in the 200-meter dash and was at the Penn State National Invitational… Placed fifth in the 200-meter dash and was part of the third-place 4 x 400m relay at the Terrapin Invitational… Finished 13th in the 400-meter dash and was part of the fifth-place 4 x 400m relay team at the Bison Opener.

 

2007 Outdoor: Finished fifth in the 100-meter dash at the America East Championships and was part of the third-place 4 x 100m relay at the same meet… Was also part of the 18th-place 4 x 100m relay at the IC4A Championships… Ran season-best times of 11.00 in the 100 at the conference meet and 22.29 in the 200 at the Bucknell Heptagonal.

 

2006-07 Indoor: Was part of the 4 x 200-meter relay which set a new UMBC record (1:30.51) at the Bucknell Gulden Relays… Finished fifth in the 200-meter dash and 13th in the 400 at the America East Championships… Ran season-best times of 22.14 and 50.69 in the preliminaries of both events at the conference meet.

Background: Placed second at the Howard County Championships in the 200-meter dash and fourth in the 100-meter dash as a senior at Long Reach.

Personal: Oldest son of Clouis Thomas and Jacquelin Meeks... Has two younger siblings, Andre, 18, and D'metri, 7... Majoring in mechanical engineering... Born June 19, 1988.