2017 Track and Field Roster

Tim Casey
Gary Breedlove
Rob Foldy
Rob Foldy
Tim Casey
Wesley Hitt
Cheryl Treworgy
Tim Casey

Eric Futch

  • Prev School University of Houston
  • Class (I/O) R-SR/R-SR
  • Event Hurdles
  • Hometown Darby, Pa.
  • High School Penn Wood

Biography

  • Signed professionally with adidas in July 2017
  • No. 10-ranked 400 hurdler in collegiate history (48.32)
  • 2017 USATF Outdoor Championships gold medalist (400mH)
  • 2017 IAAF World Championships semifinalist (400mH)
  • 2016 & 2017 NCAA Outdoor Champion (400mH)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials semifinalist (400mH)
  • 2016 SEC Outdoor Champion (400mH)
  • 2016 SEC Indoor Champion (4x400)
  • Eight-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (400mH--4; 4x100--3; 4x400)
  • Four-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (4x400--3; 400m)
  • No. 3-ranked 400 hurdler (48.18) on UF's All-Time Top 10
  • Ran third for school record-breaking indoor 4x400 relay (3:02.73 -- second-fastest oversized track time in collegiate history)
  • Ran third for No. 4-ranked indoor 4x400 relay on UF's All-Time Top 10 (3:03.52 -- 11th-fastest time in collegiate history)
  • Ran leadoff for No. 5 (3:04.02) and No. 10 (3:05.17) indoor 4x400 relay teams on UF's All-Time Top 10
  • Ran third for No. 9 (3:01.78) and second for No. 10 outdoor 4x400 relay teams on UF's All-Time Top 10
  • Ran third for No. 10 (38.73) 4x100 relay team on UF's All-Time Top 10
  • Three-time All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (400mH -- 2015, 2017; 4x100 -- 2017)
  • 2017 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (4x400)






Univ. of Florida PR | 400mH: 48.18; 200m: 21.17; 400m: 46.16
Univ. of Houston PR | 400mH: 50.66; 200m: 21.31; 400m: 47.92
High School PR | 400mH: 50.24; 200m: 21.23; 400m: 48.92

Eric Futch’s Florida TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

2017: Second Gator in history to win the USATF Outdoor Championships 400 hurdles title (Kerron Clement -- 2005, 2006, 2017) ... Set a PR and No. 3-ranked time on UF's All-Time Top 10 (48.18) in USATF Outdoors victory ... Eighth 400 hurdler in Division I history to win consecutive NCAA titles ... Became No. 10-ranked 400 hurdler in collegiate history with a time of 48.32 in the NCAA title-winning race ... Three-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (400mH, 4x100, 4x400) ... Two-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (400m, 4x400) ... Fifth-place finisher in the 400m at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Helped 4x400 relay at a runner-up finish at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Helped 4x400 relay team to a fourth-place finish, 4x100 relay team to an 11th-place finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Two-time All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (400mH -- silver medalist; 4x100 -- bronze medalist) ... Set a 400m PR (46.16) at SEC Indoor Championships, qualifying for the final, where he went on to finish sixth ... Helped 4x100 (38.73 -- Pepsi Florida Relays) and 4x400 (3:02.16 -- NCAA Outdoor Championships final) to season-best times that both rank No. 10 on UF's All-Time Outdoor Top 10.

2016: Finished 11th overall in the U.S. Olympic Trials 400mH semifinals, missing a spot in the final by 0.01 seconds ... Set a new PR (48.91) to win the 400mH national title at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (400mH) ... USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (4x400) ... All-SEC Outdoor First Team (400mH) ... All-SEC Indoor First Team (4x400) ... Helped UF's 4x400 relay to a runner-up finish at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Ran leadoff for UF's title-winning 4x400 relay team at SEC Indoor Championships (3:04.02 -- No. 5 on UF's All-Time Top 10) ... Won all four 400mH finals he competed in during the outdoor season ... Ran the 400m prelims at SEC Indoor Championships.

2015: Semifinalist in the 400mH at USATF Outdoor Championships … Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (400mH, 4x100) … All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (400mH -- bronze medalist) … Recorded a sixth-place finish in the 4x100 relay and a seventh-place finish in the 400mH at NCAA Outdoor Championships … Ran a leg for the eventual national-runner-up 4x400 relay team during the preliminaries of NCAA Outdoor Championships … Finished third in the 400mH and helped the 4x100 relay team to a fourth-place finish at SEC Outdoor Championships … Ran the 400m preliminaries at SEC Indoor Championships … Member of the 4x400 relay team that qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships.

2014: Redshirted.



At University of Houston (2013)
Eric Futch’s Houston TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

2013: Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (400mH; 4x100) … USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (4x400) … Conference USA Outdoor Champion (400mH) … Helped the 4x400 relay team to a 10th-place finish at NCAA Indoor Championships … Ran the 400mH and 4x100 relay preliminaries at NCAA Outdoor Championships … Collected a runner-up finish in the 400m and a fifth-place finish in the 200m at the Conference USA Indoor Championships … Qualified for the 200m final at Conference USA Outdoor Championships … Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll member.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed at Penn Wood High School in Darby, Pa. … Gold medalist in the 400mH at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships with a time of 50.24—the United States’ 13th-fastest high school 400mH time in DyeStat history (since at least 1999) … Gold medalist in the 400mH at the 2012 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships … 2012 Gatorade Pennsylvania Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year … Two-time (2011-12) PIAA Class 3A Outdoor State Meet champion in the 300mH … Won the 200m at the 2012 PIAA Class 3A Outdoor State Meet … Won the 200m and took third place in the 60mH at the 2012 PTFCA State Indoor Championships … Captured the 400mH title at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics … Took third in the 110mH and seventh in the 200m at the 2011 AAU Club Nationals … Runner-up finisher in the 60mH at the 2011 PTFCA State Indoor Championships … Finished third in the 110mH at the 2010 AAU Club Nationals … Placed fourth in the 110mH at the 2010 PIAA Class 3A Outdoor State Meet … Crossed fourth in the 110mH at the 2009 AAU Junior Olympics … Eric Futch’s DyeStat Profile (for top high school performances and meet results).

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Redshirt Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2017Redshirt Senior

    Hurdles