2017 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Eric Futch
- Prev School:
- University of Houston
- Class (I/O):
- R-SR/R-SR
- Event:
- Hurdles
- Hometown:
- Darby, Pa.
- High School:
- Penn Wood
- Signed professionally with adidasย 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 & 2017ย 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-timeย 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 4x400ย 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 thirdย 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 (400mHย -- 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 Futchโs Florida TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
2017:ย 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 hurdlerย 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 4x400ย (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) ...ย All-SEC Outdoor First Team (400mH) ... All-SEC Indoor First Team (4x400)ย ... Helped UF's 4x400 relay to a runner-up finish at NCAA Indoor Championships ...ย 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 โฆ Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (400mH, 4x100) โฆ All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (400mHย -- bronze medalist) โฆ Recorded a sixth-place finish in the 4x100 relay and a seventh-place finish in the 400mH at NCAA Outdoor Championships โฆ Ran a leg for the eventual national-runner-up 4x400 relay team during the preliminaries of NCAA Outdoor Championships โฆ Finished third in the 400mH and helped the 4x100 relay team to a fourth-place finish atย SEC Outdoor Championships โฆ Ran the 400m preliminaries at SEC Indoor Championships โฆ Member of the 4x400 relay team that qualified forย NCAA Indoor Championships.
2014: Redshirted.
At University of Houston (2013)
Eric Futchโs Houston TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)
2013: Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (400mH; 4x100) โฆ USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (4x400) โฆ Conference USA Outdoor Champion (400mH) โฆ Helped the 4x400 relay team to a 10th-place finish at NCAA Indoor Championships โฆ Ran the 400mH and 4x100 relay preliminaries at NCAAย Outdoor Championships โฆ Collected a runner-up finish in the 400m and a fifth-place finish in the 200m at the Conference USA Indoor Championships โฆ Qualified for the 200m final at Conference USA Outdoor Championships โฆ Conference USA Commissionerโs Honor Roll member.
HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed at Penn Wood High School in Darby, Pa. โฆ Gold medalist in the 400mH at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships with a time of 50.24โthe United Statesโ 13th-fastest high school 400mH time in DyeStat history (since at least 1999) โฆ Gold medalist in the 400mH at the 2012 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships โฆ 2012 Gatorade Pennsylvania Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year โฆ Two-time (2011-12) PIAA Class 3A Outdoor State Meet champion in the 300mH โฆ Won the 200m at the 2012 PIAA Class 3A Outdoor State Meet โฆ Won the 200m and took third place in the 60mH at the 2012 PTFCA State Indoor Championships โฆย Captured the 400mH title at the 2011 AAU Junior Olympics โฆ Took third in the 110mH and seventh in the 200m at the 2011 AAU Club Nationals โฆ Runner-up finisher in the 60mH at the 2011 PTFCA State Indoor Championships โฆ Finished third in the 110mH at the 2010 AAU Club Nationals โฆ Placed fourth in the 110mH at the 2010 PIAA Class 3A Outdoor State Meet โฆ Crossed fourth in the 110mH at the 2009 AAU Junior Olympics โฆ Eric Futchโs DyeStat Profile (for top high school performances and meet results).
