2023-24 Track & Field Roster
Burris, Royal
Royal Burris
- Position:
- Sprints
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Harding
- Major:
- Biology
Bio
Royal Burris TFRRS Page
2023-24: Indoor - Competed at four meets… Won the 300m in a program record 33.79 seconds at the Hokie Invitational while taking second in the 60m in a time of 6.71 seconds, fourth in ECU history… Earned All-Conference honors at the American Indoor Championships, finishing third in the 60m. Outdoor - Competed at seven meets… Won the 100m and 200m and was on the winning 4x100m team at the Bill Carson Invitational… Won the 200m at the Wake Forest Invitational… Finished fourth in the 100m and 200m at the American Outdoor Championships, also taking sixth on the 4x400m team… Competed at the 2024 NCAA East First Round in the 100m and 200m, finishing 36th and 23rd, respectively.
2022-23: Indoor - Competed at all five meets... Earned All-Conference honors, finishing second in the 200m at the AAC Championships... Also finished sixth in the 60m... One-time AAC Athlete of the Week. Outdoor - Competed six times... Won the 100m and 200m at the Bill Carson Invite and the 100m at the Trojan Relays... Top 10 in all events prior to the NCAA East Prelims... All-AAC honoree in the 100m and 200m, finishing second in each... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet, finishing 24th in the 100m and 17th in the 200m... One-time AAC Athlete of the Week... Broke the program record in the 200m which had stood since 1988 (20.20 seconds)... Second in program history in the 100m (10.11 seconds).
2021-22: Competed 12 times across indoor and outdoor... Won the 60m at the Norfolk State Invitational... Won the 200m and placed second in the 60m at the American Indoor Championships... Won the 200m at the ECU Bill Carson Invitational... Finished fourth in the 100m and third in the 200m at the American Outdoor Championships... Competed in both the 100m and 200m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
2020-21: Competed six times outdoors... Won the 100m at the Aggie Classic and the 200m at the Virginia Grand Prix... Placed ninth in the 200m and 11th in the 100m at the American Outdoor Championships.
2019-20: Ran the 10th-fastest 60-meter time in school history at the Doc Hale Elite Meet, crossing the finish line in 6.80 to claim second place … Was sixth in the 60-meter dash at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships while also helping the 4x400 relay team to a sixth-place result … Took fourth place in the 300-meter dash at the Hokie Invitational, clocking the fourth-best time in program history at 34.83.
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High School: 2019 NCHSAA 4A State Runner-up (55m) … 2019 3rd place finisher NCHSAA 4A State (300m) … 2019 3rd place finisher NCHSAA 4A State (200m).
2023-24: Indoor - Competed at four meets… Won the 300m in a program record 33.79 seconds at the Hokie Invitational while taking second in the 60m in a time of 6.71 seconds, fourth in ECU history… Earned All-Conference honors at the American Indoor Championships, finishing third in the 60m. Outdoor - Competed at seven meets… Won the 100m and 200m and was on the winning 4x100m team at the Bill Carson Invitational… Won the 200m at the Wake Forest Invitational… Finished fourth in the 100m and 200m at the American Outdoor Championships, also taking sixth on the 4x400m team… Competed at the 2024 NCAA East First Round in the 100m and 200m, finishing 36th and 23rd, respectively.
2022-23: Indoor - Competed at all five meets... Earned All-Conference honors, finishing second in the 200m at the AAC Championships... Also finished sixth in the 60m... One-time AAC Athlete of the Week. Outdoor - Competed six times... Won the 100m and 200m at the Bill Carson Invite and the 100m at the Trojan Relays... Top 10 in all events prior to the NCAA East Prelims... All-AAC honoree in the 100m and 200m, finishing second in each... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet, finishing 24th in the 100m and 17th in the 200m... One-time AAC Athlete of the Week... Broke the program record in the 200m which had stood since 1988 (20.20 seconds)... Second in program history in the 100m (10.11 seconds).
2021-22: Competed 12 times across indoor and outdoor... Won the 60m at the Norfolk State Invitational... Won the 200m and placed second in the 60m at the American Indoor Championships... Won the 200m at the ECU Bill Carson Invitational... Finished fourth in the 100m and third in the 200m at the American Outdoor Championships... Competed in both the 100m and 200m at the NCAA East Preliminary Round.
2020-21: Competed six times outdoors... Won the 100m at the Aggie Classic and the 200m at the Virginia Grand Prix... Placed ninth in the 200m and 11th in the 100m at the American Outdoor Championships.
2019-20: Ran the 10th-fastest 60-meter time in school history at the Doc Hale Elite Meet, crossing the finish line in 6.80 to claim second place … Was sixth in the 60-meter dash at the American Athletic Conference Indoor Championships while also helping the 4x400 relay team to a sixth-place result … Took fourth place in the 300-meter dash at the Hokie Invitational, clocking the fourth-best time in program history at 34.83.
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High School: 2019 NCHSAA 4A State Runner-up (55m) … 2019 3rd place finisher NCHSAA 4A State (300m) … 2019 3rd place finisher NCHSAA 4A State (200m).
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