Quincy Downing Season 2012

Events: 400M (IN: 46.13; OUT: 45.70), 400H (49.63), 800M (IN: 1:49.70; OUT: 1:50.68)

2-time NCAA Champion
9-time All-American
5-time All-SEC
2012 World Junior Gold Medalist (4×400 Relay)

CAREER CAPSULE
One of the elite 400-meter hurdlers to wear the LSU uniform … Ended his collegiate career as the No. 5-ranked performer in the event in school history with a personal-best time of 49.63 … Was the NCAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist in the 400 hurdles during his junior season in 2014 … Followed by finishing in fourth-place nationally as an All-American once again during his senior season in 2015 … Crowned a two-time NCAA Champion in the 4×400-meter relay during his career … Helped lead the Tigers to NCAA relay titles indoors in 2014 and outdoors in 2015 … Won six All-America honors in his career as a member of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team … Also ended his career as the No. 9-ranked 400-meter sprinter indoors in school history with his personal-best time of 46.13 … Ran an outdoor PR of 45.70 during his collegiate career … A member of seven 4×400-meter relay teams to crack the Top 10 of the school’s all-time rankings between the indoor and outdoor seasons … Graduated from LSU in May 2015 with his degree in sport administration with a concentration in sport leadership.

2015
Went out with a bang as an NCAA Champion and three-time All-American in his final season with the Tigers in 2015 … Led of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that won the NCAA title at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Teamed with Fitzroy Dunkley, Cyril Grayson and Vernon Norwood to run 3 minutes, 1.96 seconds and win his second career national championship as a member of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team … Led off the team that advanced to the national final with the second-fastest time of the semifinal round at the NCAA Championships at 3:04.73 … Ran in the relay final at the NCAA Championships within an hour of his All-American fourth-place finish nationally in the final of the 400-meter hurdles at Hayward Field … Followed his bronze-medal-winning performance in 2014 with a fourth-place finish in 2015 in the 400-meter hurdles after clocking 49.64 in the semifinal and 49.79 in the final at the NCAA Championships … Was the top qualifier in the 400 hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds after running 50.35 in the first round and 49.89 in the quarterfinals at North Florida’s Hodges Stadium … Helped the Tigers run the fastest qualifying time in the 4×400-meter relay at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds with a run of 3:02.48 in their quarterfinal heat … Also an All-SEC performer in the mile relay during the outdoor season as he led off the Tigers to a silver-medal-winning time of 3:01.63 for second place at the SEC Outdoor Championships held at Mississippi State’s Mike Sanders Track Complex … Seasonal-best time of 3:01.63 was the seventh-fastest outdoors in school history … Nearly added a second All-SEC honor in the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a fourth-place finish in the event … Clocked a personal-best time of 49.63 in the conference final to become the No. 5-ranked performer in the event in the history of the LSU program … Advanced to the final at the SEC Outdoor Championships with the fastest time in the qualifying round at 49.95 … Won the 400 hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 49.91 … Added an eighth-place finish in his season opener in the event at the Texas Relays with a season-opening time of 50.87 in the final … Won the 400-meter dash at the LSU Invitational after clocking a personal-best time of 45.70 in the team’s regular-season finale … Placed third in the 400 meters at the Jim Click Shootout with a time of 45.75 for his first 400-meter race of the outdoor season … Led off the Tigers to a victory in the Championship of America final in the men’s 4×400-meter relay at the 121st Penn Relays with a time of 3:02.61 … Also led off winning 4×400-meter relay teams at the Battle on the Bayou (3:07.60), Jim Click Shootout (3:06.18) and LSU Alumni Gold (3:02.79) during the outdoor season … Ran the 400-meter leg on LSU’s sprint medley relay team that took second at the Penn Relays with a time of 3:21.95 … Enjoyed an All-American campaign indoors as one of the NCAA’s leading 400-meter sprinters … Earned his first career All-America honor in the 400-meter dash as the fifth-place finisher nationally at the NCAA Indoor Championships held at Arkansas’ Randal Tyson Track Center … Ran an indoor PR of 46.13 in a fifth-place finish in the national final indoors after clocked 46.30 to grab the eighth and final spot into the final in the semifinal round … Became the No. 9-ranked 400-meter runner indoors in school history with his indoor best of 46.13 … Also ran the 4×400-meter relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships … The Tigers were disqualified in the event at the national meet … An All-SEC performer in the 4×400-meter relay during the indoor season after leading off the Tigers to a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships held at Kentucky’s Nutter Field House … Led off the team that clocked 3:05.05 for third place at the conference meet … Scored two points for the Tigers with a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the SEC Indoor Championships after clocking 46.50 in qualifying and 46.52 in the final … Placed fifth in the 400 meters at both the Razorback Invitational (46.27) and Tyson Invitational (46.57) during the indoor season … Added a third-place finish at the Rod McCravy Memorial with a time of 46.74 … Ran the third leg on LSU’s mile relay that won back-to-back titles at the LSU Indoor Invitational (3:10.67) and Auburn Indoor Invitational (3:07.65) … Followed the collegiate season by earning a sixth-place finish in the final of the 400-meter hurdles at the USA Track & Field Championships … Ran times of 49.95 in the first round, 49.75 in the semifinal and 49.77 in the final to take sixth place at the USATF Championships.

2014
Emerged as one of the leading 400-meter hurdlers in the NCAA and a key member of LSU’s national champion 4×400-meter relay team during his junior season in 2014 … Crowned a national champion for the first time in his collegiate career as the second leg of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that took the title at the NCAA Indoor Championships held in Albuquerque, New Mexico … Split 46.14 on the second leg as he teamed with Darrell Bush, Cyril Grayson and Vernon Norwood to run 3:04.54 in winning LSU’s first NCAA Indoor crown in the 4×400-meter relay since the 2006 season … LSU’s NCAA-title-clinching time of 3:04.54 was the fourth-fastest relay time indoors in program history … Was also an NCAA Championship qualifier in the 400-meter dash during the 2014 indoor season for the first time in his career, earning a 10th-place finish nationally with at time of 46.36 in the qualifying round … Earned a pair of All-America honors during the outdoor season as an NCAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist in both the 400-meter hurdles and 4×400-meter relay at the NCAA Championships held in Eugene, Oregon … Smashed his personal best by nearly a half second with a run of 49.97 in a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the national final of the 400 hurdles at Oregon’s Hayward Field … Became the No. 7-ranked 400-meter hurdler in school history with his run of 49.97 in the national final … Earned a spot in his first career NCAA final in an individual event after running 50.55 to win his semifinal heat at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Led off the Tigers to a bronze-medal-winning third-place finish in the 4×400 relay at the NCAA Championships as he again teamed with Bush, Grayson and Norwood to run a seasonal-best time of 3:01.60 for the sixth-fastest time outdoors in school history … Helped the Tigers advance to the NCAA semifinals in the 4×400 relay by running the second leg of the team that clocked 3:02.64 for the fastest time in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Jacksonville, Florida … Ran back-to-back personal bests of 50.54 in the first round of qualifying and 50.49 in the quarterfinal round of the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Earned All-SEC honors as a member of the relay team during both the indoor and outdoor seasons … Ran the second leg indoors and leadoff leg outdoors on LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that won a pair of bronze medals with third-place finishes at the SEC Championships … Split 45.72 on the second leg of the team that ran the second-fastest indoor time in school history at 3:04.04 to win the SEC Indoor bronze medal … Led off the team that won the SEC Outdoor bronze medal with a time of 3:04.33 … Was an SEC finalist in the 400 meters indoors and both the 400 meters and 400 hurdles outdoors at the SEC Championships … Scored three points with a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter final at the SEC Indoor Championships after running back-to-back indoor personal bests of 46.49 in the preliminary round and 46.21 in the final … Scored two points with a seventh-place finish in the 400 meters at the SEC Outdoor Championships after running times of 46.65 in the prelims and a seasonal best of 46.45 in the final … Added one more point for the Tigers with an eighth-place finish in the final of the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a run of 52.97 after qualifying with a time of 52.39 in the preliminary round … Earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 400 hurdles at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (52.18) and LSU Invitational (51.85) … Also placed third in the 400 hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 51.07 … Placed third in the 400 meters at the Battle on the Bayou with a season-opening time of 46.83 … Running the 400 meters indoors, earned back-to-back third-place finishes at the Texas A&M Triangular (46.96) and Aggie Invitational (46.61) and a fourth-place finish at the Tyson Invitational (46.49) … Split 46.41 on the second leg of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team that clocked the fifth-fastest time indoors in school history at 3:04.60 to take home the title at the Tyson Invitational … Also ran the second leg on winning relay teams at the Auburn Indoor Invitational (3:09.17) and New Mexico Team Invitational (3:08.29) … Led off LSU’s relay team that won a pair of relay titles outdoors at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational (3:09.74) and LSU Invitational (3:07.08) … Followed the collegiate season by earning a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles in his first career final at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships held in Sacramento, California … Clocked times of 50.49 in the prelims, 50.93 in the semifinals and 53.00 in the final en route to a seventh-place finish at the USA Championships.

2013
One of the NCAA’s elite 400-meter runners during his sophomore season in 2013 … Earned a pair of All-America honors as the leadoff leg of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team … Split 45.99 in leading off the Tigers to a fourth-place finish at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon … Helped the Tigers clocked 3:04.62 in the national final for an All-American fourth-place finish in their final relay race of the 2013 season … Led off a team that also featured Caleb Williams, Grayson and Bush to a seasonal-best time of 3:04.08 for the second-fastest time of the semifinal round at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Also an NCAA Outdoor semifinalist in the 400-meter dash for the second-straight season … Nearly earned a spot in the 400-meter final at the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in his career after running a lifetime personal record of 45.87 seconds for 10th place in the semifinal round … Clocked lifetime personal records in back-to-back 400-meter races after advancing to the semifinal round with a time of 46.08 for the fastest time in the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds held in Greensboro, North Carolina … Opened the NCAA Championships by running 46.19 in the first round of qualifying at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to earn a spot in the national quarterfinals … Led off the Tigers with a 46.96-second split in the 4×400-meter relay that clocked the fourth-fastest time at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds to advance to the semifinal round at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon … Scored six points for the Tigers with his effort at the SEC Outdoor Championships in Columbia, Missouri … Clocked 46.67 for a sixth-place finish in the 400-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Added two points with a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles after running 54.14 in his first career SEC final in the event … Raced to a PR of 52.77 for the seventh-fastest time during the qualifying round of the 400 hurdles at the conference meet … Also led off LSU’s mile relay team that took fifth place at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 3:05.96 in the conference final … Clocked 52.99 for sixth place in his collegiate debut in the 400 hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold … Won back-to-back 400-meter titles in the outdoor season at the LSU Relays (46.94) and UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational (46.27) … Led off the Tigers to an All-American fifth-place finish in the 4×400-meter relay final at the NCAA Indoor Championships held in Fayetteville, Arkansas … Split 47.99 on the leadoff leg of LSU’s mile relay team that clocked the time of 3:07.31 for fifth place at the NCAA Indoor meet … Led off the team that ran an indoor seasonal best of 3:07.41 in a runner-up finish at Notre Dame’s Alex Wilson Invitational while earning a qualifying time for the NCAA Indoor Championships … Ran an indoor seasonal-best and team-leading split of 46.50 on the second leg of the 4×400 relay that ran 3:07.89 to take the bronze medal with a third-place finish at the SEC Indoor Championships … Competed primarily in the 800 meters during the indoor season … Lined up in the 800 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships … Ran a lifetime PR of 1:49.70 in the 800 meters to finish in 13th place at Notre Dame’s Alex Wilson Invitational … Clocked 1:50.96 for fourth place at the Armory Collegiate Invitational … Opened the indoor season by winning the 400-meter title at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener with a season-opening time of 47.72 … A seventh-place finisher in the 400 meters at the Razorback Invitation with an indoor PR of 47.38.

2012
Emerged as a reliable member of LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team during the 2012 outdoor season … Earned his first career All-America and All-SEC honors while running on LSU’s mile relay … Ran the second leg of the foursome that clocked the third-fastest time in school history at 3:01.21 to finish as the NCAA Outdoor bronze medalists at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships … Teamed with Robert Simmons, Ade Alleyne-Forte and Riker Hylton to take third place in the 4×400-meter relay final at the national meet … Led off the team that clocked 3:01.97 for second place in the semifinal round … An NCAA semifinalist in the 400-meter dash in his rookie season with the Tigers in 2012 … Finished in 21st place in the semifinal round after crossing the finish line in 46.80 in his debut at the NCAA Outdoor Championships … Advanced to the semifinal after clocking a lifetime personal record of 46.18 for ninth place in the quarterfinal round at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Clocked 46.38 for seventh place in the first round at the NCAA East Prelims … Broke 47 seconds for the first time in his track career with a runner-up finish at the Arizona State Tri-Meet after running 46.88 … Scored three points for the Tigers with a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter final at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Clocked a lifetime PR of 1:05.68 for sixth place in the event held at LSU’s Bernie Moore Track Stadium … Earned his first career All-SEC honor while leading off LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team at the SEC Outdoor meet … Led off a team that clocked 3:03.80 for a runner-up finish in the conference final … Was also the leadoff leg on LSU’s relay team that won its fourth “Championship of America” title in the 4×400 relay at the Penn Relays with a run of 3:04.47 … Competed primarily in the 800 meters during the indoor season … Finished in 11th place in the 800-meter semifinal at the SEC Indoor Championships with a time of 1:52.66 … Opened the season by setting an indoor PR of 1:51.20 for third place at the Texas A&M Dual Meet … Represented the United States at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain, following the collegiate season … Won a World Junior Championships gold medal in the 4×400-meter relay as the leadoff leg for Team USA in the final … Earned his spot on Team USA by capturing fourth place in the 400-meter final at the USA Junior Championships while running 46.68 in the final … Clocked 46.71 in the preliminary round at the USA Junior Championships.

PRIOR TO LSU
Signed with LSU as an elite middle distance prospect with a lifetime personal best of 1:51.99 in the 800 meters … Established his prep personal record of 1:51.99 in winning the 800-meter title at the 2009 USATF World Youth Track & Field Trials held in Ypsilanti, Michigan … That victory earned Downing the right to represent the United States as part of Team USA at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships held in Sudtirol, Italy … Also clocked 47.77 in the 400-meter dash that was set in a seventh-place finish at the 2010 New Balance Outdoor Nationals held at North Carolina A&T University in Greensboro, North Carolina … Ran the 400-meter dash just four times in his last two outdoor seasons as a high school athlete … Was the 400-meter silver medalist in the young men’s division at the 2010 USATF Youth Outdoor National Championships held in Lisle, Illinois, after running a time of 48.11 in the national final … Also competed in the 800 meters at the USATF Youth Outdoor National Championships and USATF Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships during his junior season in 2010 … Ended his prep career at Glenville High School as an double Ohio state champion in the 400 meters (47.46) and 4×400-meter relay (3:14.87) at the 2011 OHSAA Division I Outdoor State Track & Field Championships … Clocked a qualifying time of 47.78 before running a prep personal best of 47.46 in the state final in the 400 meters in 2011 … A member of the OHSAA Division I state champion 4×200-meter relay team in 2010 … Also ran with the silver-medal winning 4×400-meter relay and bronze-medal winning 4×100-meter relay teams at the state meet during his junior season in 2010 … A member of three indoor state champion relay teams during his prep tenure … A four-time regional champion and five-time district champion during his prep career at Glenville High School.

PERSONAL
Full name is Quincy Timothy Downing … Born on Jan. 16, 1993 … Parents are Ernest Jr. and Pamela Downing … Has two brothers named Ernest III and Denzel … Comes from an extensive athletics pedigree … Related to brothers Jannero Pargo, who played college basketball for the University of Arkansas and in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls, and Jeremy Pargo, who played college basketball at Gonzaga … Related to four-year NBA veteran Dwayne “Pearl” Washington … Also a relative of Major League Baseball veteran Al Downing, who played eight seasons with the New York Yankees and six seasons with the Los Angeles Dodgers … Graduated from LSU in May 2015 with his degree in sport administration with a concentration in sport leadership.