Godfrey Fayne Jr.

Godfrey Fayne Jr., 2015-16 Men's Cross Country

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Godfrey Fayne Jr., 2015-16 Men's Track and Field

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Position:
Middle Distance
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Byhalia, Miss.
HS:
Byhalia HS
Prev School:
Byhalia HS

Honors

2014 All-American Athletic Conference in the 4x400m relay (indoor).

Cross Country

2014 (Junior): Ran in three meets ... Clocked an 8k personal-best 27:09.74 at the Commodore Classic ... Ran a 27:20.2 at the Rhodes College Invitational (8k) ... Posted a 22:31.14 at the season-opening Brooks Twilight Classic (4 mile) … 2013 (Sophomore): Competed in three meets ... Clocked a season-best 8k time of 27:57.50 at the Commodore Classic … At the Rhodes College Invitational (8k), placed 54th in a time of 28:13.00 … Opened the season at the Brooks Twilight Classic with time of 24:06.80 (63rd) … 2012 (Freshman): Appeared in five meets … Had a season-best 28:04.00 at the Pre-NCAA Championships (8k) … Ran a 28:47.71 at the Vanderbilt’s Commodore Classic (8k) … Crossed the line in a time of 28:25.00 at Rhodes College Invitational (8k) … Recorded a time of 28:34.00 at the Conference USA Championships (8k).

Indoor

2014-15 (Junior): Primarily ran the 800m and 4x400m relay … Ran the 800m at three meets, including the American Athletic Conference Championships … Had two top-five 800m performances … Highest 800m finish was second at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Invitational (1:55.14) … Recorded an 800m season-best time of 1:54.56 and placed 10^th at The American Championships … All three 4x400m relay appearances were top-five finishes … Placed first with a season-best 4x400m relay time of 3:25.95 at the LSU High Performance Meet … Member of 4x400m relay that finished fourth at Vanderbilt’s Commodore Invitational and fifth at the Missouri Tiger Invitational … Also ran in the 400m at the Missouri Tiger Invitational (8^th; 51.37) … 2013-14 (Sophomore): Competed in five meets … At the American Athletic Conference Championships, earned silver as a member of the 4x400m relay (personal-best 3:15.53) … Recorded a personal-best 1:53.74 and placed fourth in the 800m at Southern Miss’ Cupid Classic … Placed 16th (1:54.65) in the 800m at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Notched a personal-best 1:22.33 and finished second in the 600m at the Missouri Invitational … 2012-13 (Freshman): Ran a season-best 1:23.69 and placed second in the 600m at Eastern Illinois’ John Craft Invitational … Notched a season-best 1:54.35 and finished 11th in the 800m at Kentucky’s McCravy Invitational … Posted a pair of top-10 finishes in the 800m at the Kentucky Invitational (6th; 1:56.85) and Conference USA Championships (7th; 1:56.96).

Outdoor

2015 (Junior): Ran nearly exclusively in the 800m … Also competed once in 400m and 4x400m relay … Had three top-five 800m performances, including a season-best third at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational (1:54.63) … Other two top-five 800m finishes were at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (4^th; 1:54.25) and Arkansas State’s Red Wolf Open (5^th; 1:55.65) … Ran a season-best 800m time of 1:53.61 at the American Athletic Conference Championships (13^th) … Member of the 4x400m relay that placed second at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (3:18.56) … 2014 (Sophomore): Competed in the 800m in seven meets … Won the 800m (1:56.24) at the Memphis Invitational … Placed second (1:55.61) at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … In the 800m preliminaries at the American Athletic Conference Championships, recorded a season-best 1:52.67 … 2013 (Freshman): Recorded five top-10 finishes in the 800m … Placed first in the 800m (1:53.61) at Auburn’s War Eagle Invitational … Took second in the 800m (1:55.19) at Arkansas State’s Red Wolf Open ... Ran a personal-best 1:52.40 in the 800m preliminaries at the Conference USA Championships ... His 1:52.40 qualified him for the USA Junior Track and Field Championships … At the USA Junior Championships, placed ninth in the 800m (1:52.43).

Prior To Memphis

Played football and soccer and ran cross country and track and field at Byhalia High School … Won three-straight state championships in the 1600m (2010, 2011, 2012) and back-to-back state titles in the 800m (2011, 2012).

Personal

Son of Patricia Fayne and the late Godfrey Fayne Sr. ... Birthday is January 1 ... An exercise and sport science major.