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Mark Haywood - Track & Field - University of New Mexico Lobos Athletics

Mark Haywood

Position

Sprints

Hometown

Alamogordo, N.M.

Previous School

Alamogordo HS

2017-18
2018 Indoors:
Saw action in five meets… Placed second in the 600 at the New Mexico Team Invitational where he set a UNM record with a time of 1:18.10… Competed in both the 400 and the 4×400 at the Mountain West Championships, placed second in the 400 (47.80*) and helped his team place third in the 4×400 (3:16.12*), running the first leg in 48.3 seconds.
2018 Outdoors: Saw action in seven meets… Placed fifth in the 400 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open (47.60*)… Helped his team finish in first place at the Masked Rider Open in the 4×400 (3:09.05*), running the third leg in 46.6 seconds… Competed in both the 4×100 and 4×400 at the Mountain West Championships, helping his team place first in the 4×100 (40.62) and helped his team second in the 4×400 (3:11.36), running the third leg in 47.8 seconds.

2016-17
2017 Indoors
: Ran at six meets, including the NCAA Championships … Made his season debut at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, running 1:19.31 in the 600 to place fourth … Took fifth in the 400 at the New Mexico Team Invitational, finishing in 48.41* … Ran to seventh at the New Mexico Classic, running 48.43* in the quartermile … Ran with New Mexico 4×400 meter relay team multiple times, helping the team break the school record at back-to-back meets, including the Don Kirby Invitational (48.2 split, 3:12.10* relay time) and the Mountain West Championships (47.8, 3:10.79*), where the squad placed second overall … Contributed to both of the Lobos’ relay teams at the Mountain West Championships, helping the distance medley relay team to a MW title in a school-record time of 9:30.07*, while anchoring the 4×400 meter relay to second … Split 46.9 and 46.8, respectively, in those MW relays … Ran the 400-meter leg for UNM’s DMR at the NCAA Championships, helping the team to 10th place overall.
2017 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets … Opened with a win in the 400 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational, traversing the oval in 48.46* … Ran a season-best time of 47.66 in the 400 at the Bryan Clay Invitational, placing fourth … Took sixth in the 400 at the Mountain West Championships, matching his season best of 47.66 … Also contributed to the Lobos’ 4×100 and 4×400 teams throughout the season … Helped New Mexico’s 4×100 to a win at the Don Kirby Tailwind, second at the Sun Angel Classic and fourth at the MW Championships … Also powered the 4×400 to a win at the Bryan Clay Invite and fourth at the MW Championships.

2015-16
2016 Indoors
: Ran at five meets … Opened with a seventh-place time of 48.69* in the 400-meter dash at the Cherry & Silver Invitational … Lowered his time at the New Mexico Team Invitational, placing 14th with a time of 48.56* … Continued to better his season best in the 400 each week, running 48.31* at the New Mexico Classic, 48.27* in the prelims at the Mountain West Championship and 48.11* in a scoring, sixth-place effort in the finals of the MW Championships … Also ran the anchor leg in the Lobos’ 4×400 meter relay team three times, including an All-MW performance at the MW Championships.
2016 Outdoors: Saw action at six meets … Made his debut at the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, placing eighth in the 200 (21.90*) … Took 16th in the 400 (48.22) at the Sun Angel Classic … Ran 22.11 in the 200 and 48.24 in the 400 at the Bryan Clay Invitational … Took second in the 400 (48.64) and third in the 200 (22.01) at the Brutus Hamilton Challenge … Won the 400 at the Payton Jordan Invitational, clocking in at 48.13 … Score in the 400 and the 4×400 at the Mountain West Championships, running 48.79 to place sixth in the 400 and helping the 4×400 to a second-place time of 3:12.89.

2014-15
2015 Indoors: Competed at six meets … Opened with an 11th-place finish of 49.20* in the 400-meter dash at the Lobo Open … Ran 48.77* in the 400 at the New Mexico Classic … Scored in the 400 at the Mountain West Indoor Championships, running 48.58* in the prelims and 49.01* in the finals … Also ran with the Lobos’ 4×400 relay team, including third a the Lobo Open, fourth at the MW Championships and fifth at both the New Mexico Team Invitational and Don Kirby Elite Invite.
2015 Outdoors: Saw action at seven meets … Ran 48.21* in the 400 at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational to place second … Claimed another second-place finish in the 400 at the New Mexico Quadrangular, running 48.13* … Clocked times of 22.31* in the 200 and 48.48* in the 400 at the UTEP Twilight, placing sixth in both … Scored in the 400 at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships, running 49.22 … Ran the third leg in the Lobos’ 4×400 relay at the Don Kirby Tailwind and New Mexico Quadrangular, both UNM victories … Also placed fifth at part of the Lobos’ 4×400 at the MW Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL
A sprints specialist from Alamagordo HS in Alamagordo, N.M. … Lettered in track and field all 4 years coached by Jason Atkinson … 4 time New Mexico 5A District 3 Champion … Captured fourth in the 400-meter dash and fifth in the 200 at the 2014 New Mexico 5A State Track & Field Championships, finishing with times of 48.84 and 22.25, respectively … Swept both events at the New Mexico 5A District meet, while also adding a third-place time in the 100 … Won the 400-meter dash at the 2014 Marilyn Sepulveda Meet of Champions with a time of 49:28 … Placed fourth in the 4×400-meter relay at the 2014 Great Southwest Regional Classic finishing at 3:20.49 … Anchored, the 2013 New Mexico 5A State Champion in the 4×200-meter relay, finished with a time of 1:27.97… Set a personal record of 21.58 in the 200 at the Centennial Invitational during a string of four straight wins in the event.

TRACK & FIELD HONORS

  • All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2016, 2017 (4×400), 2018 (400, 4×400)
  • All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2016 (4×400), 2018 (4×100, 4×400)
  • Mountain West Champions: 2018 (4×100)

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