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Cheyne Dorsey - Track & Field - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Cheyne Dorsey

Position

Sprints

Hometown

Long Beach, Calif.

Previous School

Cleveland HS

2016-17
2017 Indoors:
Ran on the 4×400 relay team that finished second at the Mountain West Indoor Track & Field Championships in 3:10.35 to earn all-conference… teamed up to clock a time of 3:11.66 in the 4×400 relay, which eclipsed the previous program standard at the Don Kirby Invitational… ran as part of the 4×400 relay team that ran 3:13.27 at the New Mexico Classic & Multis and finished ninth in the open 400 at 48.57… ran the 600m in 1:22.18 to finish fourth at the New Mexico Team Invitational and ran as part of the 4×400 relay that finished in 3:18.62.
2017 Outdoors:
Finished seventh in the 400 hurdles at 53.39 and ran on the 4×100 relay team that finished fourth in 3:11.29 at the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Championships… was sixth in the 400 hurdles at the Longhorn Invitational with 53.65 .. part of the winning 4×400 relay that won in 3:09.58 at the Bryan Clay Invitational and finished 15th in the 400 hurdles at 54.00… ran 53.34 in the 400 hurdles at the Sun Angel Classic to finish 13th… finished second in the 400 hurdles at 53.88 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open.

2016 Indoors: Ran at five meets … Opened at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, running a time of 1:23.11 in the 600-meter run … Logged a fifth-place time of 1:21.08 in the 600 at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Competed in the 400 at three meets to close out the season, including times of 48.94* at the New Mexico Classic, 48.49* at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational and 49.22* at the Mountain West Championships … Also helped the Lobos’ 4×400 relay team, running the lead off leg three times … Earned All-Mountain West honors in the 4×400 at the Mountain West Championships, as the Lobos placed third in 3:13.94*

2016 Outdoors: Competed at six meets … First action came at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, running to a fourth-place time of 57.26* in the 400 hurdles … Clocked a time of 54.30 in the 400 hurdles at the Sun Angel Classic … Ran a time of 53.93 in the 400 hurdles at the Bryan Clay Invitational, placing ninth … Place fifth in the 400 hurdles at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (54.87) and fourth at the Payton Jordan Invitational (54.04) … Scored in the 400 hurdles at the Mountain West Championships, running 53.41 to place eighth … Ran with the Lobos’ 4×400 team four times, including a second-place showing at the MW Championships (3:12.89)

2015 Indoors: Saw action at five meets … Opened at the Lobo Open, placing 15th in the 600-meter run … Ran 49.46* in the 400 at the New Mexico Classic … Took 10th in the 400 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational … Ran with the Lobos’ main 4×400 meter relay team, helping them to third at hte Lobo Open, fifth at the New Mexico Team Invitational and Don Kirby Elite and fourth at the Mountain West Indoor Championships … Also ran the second leg of UNM’s third-place distance medley relay team at the MW Championships

2015 Outdoors: Ran at six meets … Opened with a fifth-place time of 54.19* in the 400 hurdles at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational … Took third in the 400 hurdles at the New Mexico Quadrangular, running 54.03* … Clocked a time of 54.10 in the hurdles at the Triton Invitational … Scored in the 400 hurdles at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, running 54.64 for sixth … Ran the third leg for UNM’s 4×400 relay at the Mountain West Championships, helping the relay place fifth

2014 Indoors: Competed at six meets, with every race coming across 400 meters in some form … Raced the 400 four times, including the Lobo Collegiate Invitational (14th place, time of 51.49*), the Cherry & Silver Invitational (26th, 51.77*), the New Mexico Team Invitational (22nd, 50.08*) and the Don Kirby Elite Invitational (15th, 50.42*) … Served extensively in the Lobos’ 4×400 relay team, helping the squad to a victory at the Mountain West Indoor Championships … Also at the MW Championships, helped New Mexico’s distance medley relay team to second place as he ran the 400-meter leg.

2014 Outdoors: Ran at eight meets, exclusively in the 400 hurdles … Served up top-10 finishes at four meets, including the Jim Click Shootout (ninth, 54.69), the Brutus Hamilton Open (third, 55.26), the Brutus Hamilton Challenge (ninth, 54.79) and the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational (fifth, 54.75*) … Competed at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, placing 13th with a time of 56.90*.

2013 Indoors & Outdoors: Did not compete.

HIGH SCHOOL

Competed at V. Sue Cleveland High School in Rio Rancho, N.M., for coach Kenny Henry…New Mexico District 1-5A champion in the 300 Hurdles back-to-back years in 2011 and 2012…Also won the 110 hurdles at the 1-5A District meet his senior year…Earned New Mexico District 1-5A high point male athlete in 2011 and 2012…At the 2012 New Mexico 5A State Championships, took second in the 300 hurdles and fifth in the long jump, finishing with marks of 38.70 and 21-2 1/2, respectively…Claimed fifth in the 300 hurdles at the 2011 state meet, as well…Helped Cleveland win the New Mexico 5A State Championships in 2012 and place third overall in 2011.

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

  • All-Mountain West Indoor Team, 2014 (4×400, DMR), 2015 (DMR), 2016 (4×400)
  • All-Mountain West Outdoor Team, 2016 (4×400)

* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol