2012-13
2013 Indoor: Competed at seven meets exclusively in the 60-meter hurdles … Opened with a time of 8.32* at the Lumberjack Team Challenge, placing fourth … Claimed third at back-to-back meets, with a time of 8.29* at the Cherry & Silver Invitational and 8.12* at the New Mexico Invitational … Ran 8.17* at the New Mexico Classic to place sixth … Earned eighth at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational with a time of 8.12* … Registered runner-up honors at the Don Kirby Open with a time of 8.21* … Ran a season-best time at the Mountain West Championships, placing fifth in 8.05.
2013 Outdoor: Saw action in the 110 hurdles at four meets … Placed fourth at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational with a time of 15.02* … Claimed second at the Air Force Triangular with a clocking of 15.53* … 12th at the Beach Invitational with 14.70 clocking … Claimed sixth at the MW Championships, finishing in 14.66.
2011-12
2012 Indoor: Competed in the 60-meter hurdles at six meets … Tallied a 8.27* time at the NAU Lumberjack Open, placing third … Seized fifth at the Cherry & Silver Invitational with a 8.28* time … Claimed a 8.12* to place second at the New Mexico Invitational … Ran an 8.07* time at the New Mexico Classic, earning fifth … Posted a season-best 8.02* in the preliminary round at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational, and placed 13th in the finals with an 8.14* time … Posted a fifth-place time of 8.09* at the Mountain West Championships.
2012 Outdoor: Ran in the 110 hurdles every race except one … Opened at the UTEP Springtime Invitational, placing third in the 110 hurdles (14.81*) … Placed top-five three straight meets, finishing third at the Don Kirby Tailwind Invitational (14.67*), fifth at the UTEP Invitational (14.74*) and fifth at the Mt. SAC Relays (14.32) … Posted nearly identical times at back-to-back meets, running a 14.53 at the Beach Invitational (11th) and 14.58 at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational (2nd) … Recorded a season-best 14.37* at the Texas Tech Red Raider Classic, finishing fourth … Placed sixth at the MW Championships, clocking a 14.41* time … Also competed with the Lobos’ vaunted 4×100 relay team, as the squad combined for runner-up at the MW Championships … Qualified to the First Round of the NCAA Championships, finish 42nd with a 14.45 time.
2010-11
2011 Indoor: Competed in six meets all in the 60 hurdles … Had a personal best for the season at the UNM Don Kirby Invitational with a time of 7.94 … Placed second in the 60MH at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 7.99, barely missing first place by .08 of a second.
2011 Outdoor: Had a solid year competing in both the 100 meter Hurdles and the 4x100m relay at every meet that was competed in … Had a seasons best of 14.25 in the Hurdles and 40.81 in the 4×100 relay … Placed fourth at the Mountain West Championships in the 100MH with a time of 14.36, and placed second in the 4×100 meter relay where he ran the third leg … Time from the MW Championships in the 100MH qualified him for the West Preliminary Round for the NCAA’s where he ran a personal best … Great way to finish the season.
2009-10
2010 Indoor: Ran in six meets … Opened at the Lobo Opener, picking up seventh in the 200m dash (22.79s) and third in the 60m dash (6.99s) … Notched a third-place finish in the 60m hurdles at the Cherry & Silver Invitational, clocking in at 8.29s … Was runner up in the 60m hurdles at the Lobo Challenge, with a time of 8.11s … Won the 60m hurdles at the Air Force Invitational, repeating his 8.11s time … Runner up in the 60m hurdles at the MWC Championships, with a then-personal record of 8.09s.
2010 Outdoor: Top 110 hurdler this season with a personal best time of 14.41 at the Don Kirby Invitational … scored at the MWC Championships with a time of 14.39 good for second place … had the 41st best time in the country heading into the NCAA Regionals … ran the third leg of the men’s 4×100 relay team, which finished second at the MWC Championships.
PREVIOUS COLLEGE (FRESNO STATE)
Member of the Fresno State track team during the 2008-09 season, but did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2008 graduate of Dominguez High School in Compton, Calif … Two-time CIF state champion in the 110-meter hurdles … Won the league title in the 300 hurdles and 110 hurdles as both a junior and senior … Named to the USA Today 2008 Track & Field Dream Team … School record time of 13.87 in the 110 hurdles at the 2008 Mt. SAC Relays … Clocked a time of 13.96 in the CIF State Championship finals … Ran a best of 39.10 in the 300 hurdles at the CIF Divisional finals … Four-year letterman for coach Darryl Smith.
PERSONAL
Born in Los Angeles, Calif … Nickname is Dee … Son of Michelene McCants and the late Don Walker … Criminology major.
PERSONAL BESTS
Indoor
60 meters: 7.01*
200 meters: 22.79
60 hurdles: 7.96*
Outdoor
200 meters: 23.02*
110 hurdles: 11.35*
TRACK & FIELD HONORS
All-Mountain West Indoor Team: 2010 (60 hurdles) & 2011 (60H)
All-Mountain West Outdoor Team: 2010 (110 hurdles, 4×400); 2011 (4×100); 2012 (4×100)
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol