Evander Wells Class: Junior Hometown: Stone Mountain, Ga. High School: Stone Mountain Height / Weight: 5-8 / 160 Event: 100/200

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2008 Outdoor-Ended the season as the third-fastest sprinter in school history, moving to third on Tennessee's all-time performance list in the 100 and 200 and carrying the baton for the second leg on the Vols' 4x100 relay team that ran the third-fastest time in school history ... Earned his personal-best times of 20.25 while taking runner-up honors in the 200 and 10.08 while finishing fourth in the 100 in addition to running the third leg on Tennessee's victorious 4x100 relay team at the NCAA Mideast Region Championships (May 31) ... The quartet's time of 38.98 ranks sixth in school history and gave the Vols their first regional title in the 4x100 relay ... Earned his highest individual national finish by taking fourth in the 200 in 20.80 one day after running the second leg on Tennessee's fifth-place 4x100 relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 14) ... Missed the final of the 100 by one-hundredths of a second after finishing fourth in his semifinal heat at the national championship meet (June 11) ... Finished third in the 200 with a then-season-best time of 20.50 and sixth in the 100 in 10.25 while also carrying the baton for Tennessee's second-place 4x100 relay and seventh-place 4x400 relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 18) ... The 4x100 quartet's time of 38.82 ranks as the third-fastest relay in school history ... Helped earn the sixth 4x200 Penn Relays wheel in school history, tied with TCU for the most ever in that event, by running the second leg on Tennessee's victorious quartet (April 26) ... Also ran the second leg on the Vols' 4x100 relay that finished second at the Penn Relays ... Won the 100 in 10.45 and finished second in the 200, first among collegians, in 20.93 at the Tiger Track Classic (April 5) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's victorious 4x100 relay, anchored the Vols' third-place 4x400 relay and finished seventh in the 200 one day after finishing fourth in the 100 at the Sea Ray Relays (April 12) ... Carried the baton for the second leg on Tennessee's victorious 4x100 relay team at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 29) ... Won the 100 in 10.47 and ran to a second-place finish in the 300 at the Smoky Mountain Twilight (May 6) ... Finished fifth in his semifinal heat of the 200 at the US Olympic Trials, missing the final by one spot (July 5) ... Also ran a time of 10.28 in the preliminaries of the 100 at the Olympic Trials (June 28).

2008 Indoor-Earned the fourth All-America certificate of his career by placing sixth in the 200 with his time of 20.78 at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 14) ... Also qualified for the national championship meet in the 60, finishing 11th in the preliminary round with his time of 6.68 ... Recorded his personal-best time of 6.64 in the 60, which ranks fifth on Tennessee's all-time performance list in the event, at the New Balance Invitational (Feb. 8) ... Also at the New Balance Invitational, ran a time of 21.35 and finished second in the 200 (Feb. 9) ... Finished second in the 200 with his time of 20.78, placed sixth in the 60 in 6.72 and anchored Tennessee's third-place 4x400 relay team at the SEC Indoor Championships (March 2) ... Won the 55 in 6.23 one day before finishing third in the 200 in 21.72 and running the second leg on Tennessee's victorious 4x400 relay at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 11) ... Anchored Tennessee's 4x400 relay team that finished second in the invitational section and took runner-up honors in the invitational section of the 200 one day after finishing third in the 60 at the Penn State National Invitational (Jan. 26) ... Ran to a third-place finish with a time of 6.75 in the 60 at the Big Ten-SEC Challenge (Jan. 19).

2007 Outdoor-Won Most Valuable Freshman Award at team banquet ... Authored one of the best freshman sprint seasons in school history ... Earned All-America honors while running the second leg on Tennessee's third-place 4x100 relay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 8) ... The quartet's time of 38.86 ranks fourth on Tennessee's all-time performance list in the event ... Also ran to All-America acclaim in the 200 as he crossed the finish line fifth in 21.03 (June 9) ... Took the baton for the second leg on Tennessee's 4x100 relay team that broke the Audrey J. Walton Stadium record with a 39.51 clocking during the preliminaries at the NCAA Mideast Regional in Columbia, Mo. (May 25) ... Ran to a regional championship in the 200 as he outpaced the field and finished in 20.49 and finished sixth in the 100 with a time of 10.34 at the NCAA Mideast Regional (May 26) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's victorious 4x100 relay at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 13) ... Also at the conference championship meet, finished third in the 100 with a time of 10.35 and took runner-up honors, behind teammate Rubin Williams, in the 200 with a time of 20.71 ... Combined with Williams and fellow freshman Kyle Stevenson to put 22 points on the board in the 200 and clinch the team title for Tennessee at the SEC Outdoor Championships ... Recorded his personal-best clocking of 10.32 during the preliminaries of the 100 at the conference championships (May 12) ... Won his first collegiate outdoor 200 as he stopped the clock in a personal-best time of 20.43 at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (March 31) ... Also ran the second leg on Tennessee's thirdplace 4x100 relay and anchored the Vols' fourth-place 4x400 relay at the Yellow Jacket Invitational ... His performance earned him SEC Track Athlete of the Week honors (April 3) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's 4x100 relay that won the event at the Alabama Relays (March 25) ... Also at the Alabama Relays, finished fifth in the 100 with a time of 10.52 (March 24) ... Led off Tennessee's victorious 4x200 relay, took the baton for the second leg on the Vols' third-place 4x100 relay and finished fourth in the 100 with a time of 10.42 in front of the home crowd at the Sea Ray Relays (April 13) ... Ran the second leg on Tennessee's 4x200 relay that recorded the fastest preliminary time at the Penn Relays but did not compete in the finals (April 27) ... Also at the Penn Relays, led off Tennessee's sprint medley relay that finished sixth in the Championship of America section ... Advanced to the USA Outdoor Championships in Indianapolis, Ind., where Wells and teammate Rubin Williams were the only two collegiate runners to advance to the semifinals in the 200 (June 24).

2007 Indoor-Earned his first All-America certificate after finishing sixth in the 200 with a season-best clocking of 20.80 at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 9) ... Took third in the 200 with a time of 21.02 and crossed the finish line in 6.70 for fourth in the 60 at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 25) ... Also took the baton for the third leg on Tennessee's sixth-place 4x400 relay at the conference championships ... Ran to a personal-best clocking of 6.68 during the preliminaries of the 60 and recorded the third-fastest preliminary time of 21.29 in the 200 at the New Balance Invitational, but did not compete in the finals (Feb. 2) ... Finished fourth with a time of 6.73 in the 60 at the New Balance Invitational (Feb. 3) ... Finished second in the 60 with a time of 6.83 at the Indiana Open (Jan. 6) ... Took third in his first collegiate race, a 6.82 effort in the 60 at the Clemson Opener (Dec. 2) ... Stopped the clock in 6.77 to take fourth in the 60 and finished seventh in his first collegiate 200 with a time of 21.39 at the McCravy Memorial (Jan. 20) ... Ran the second leg for Tennessee's runner-up effort in the 4x400 relay at the Virginia Tech Invitational (Jan. 13) ... Retuning to Blacksburg, ran the third leg on UT's third-place 4x400 relay at the Virginia Tech Challenge (Feb. 17).

High School-Named Athlete of the Year by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Named to the All-USA Boys High School Track Team by USA Today ... Won the 100 and 200 double at the 2006 state championship meet, along with finishing third in the long jump, and led his team to a fourth-place finish in Class AAAA ... His winning times of 10.70 and 21.28 were the fastest of any class at the state championships ... Won the 100 and 200 at the USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... Finished second while running the first leg of the 4x100 for the US Junior National Team at the 2006 IAAF World Junior Championships in Beijing.

Personal-Full name is Evander Marquiz Wells ... Born Dec. 7, 1987 in Decatur, Ga. ... Parents are Charlie and Martha Daniel ... Family also includes grandmother Lena Almond, older brothers Lorenzo and Raymarza and older sister Annessa.