Brian Evans

Trent Zelden

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/ Track & Field

Photo by: Trevor Birchett/MSU Athletics

Position:
Sprints
Height:
5-8
Class (Indoor):
Sr.
Class (Outdoor):
Sr.
Hometown:
Powder Springs, Ga.
High School/Previous School:
McEachern HS

2020 Outdoor Season

Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Season

Placed fifth in the 300m at the Blazer Invitational (1/11) … Also placed second in the 4x400m relay at UAB … Placed fifth in the 4x400m Relay at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18) … Placed first in the 400m at the Power 5 Invitational (1/31) with a 48.66 … Also placed second in the 4x400m relay at the meet ... Ran in the 400m at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/14) ... Ran in the 200m at the meet ... Also placed tenth in the 4x400m relay.

2019 Outdoor Season

Ran on the 4x400m relay team that finished in 3:14.46 at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (3/23) … Finished the 200m in a wind-aided 21.78 at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/12) … Clocked in at 48.33 in the 400m at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/20) … Finished the 400m in a then-personal-best 47.98 at the National Relays (4/26) … Ran a personal-best 47.69 in the 400m and scored with a sixth-place finish in the 4x400m relay at the SEC Championships (5/11) … Competed at the NCAA East Prelims (5/25) as a member of MSU’s 4x400m relay that clocked the team’s fastest run of the year in 3:07.31, missing advancing to the Championships by five milliseconds.

2019 Indoor Season

Ran 48.75 in the 400m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19) … Finished 11^th in the 500m at the Blazer Invitational.

2018 Outdoor Season

Opened the season with a personal-best 21.53 in the 200m at the Bulldog Relays (3/24) where he was part of the winning 4x200m relay and the 4x100m relay … Turned in a wind-aided run of 21.64 in the 200m at the Florida Relays (3/29) … Ran on the 4x400m and 4x100m relays that were second and third, respectively, at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/7) where he also competed in the open 400m … Clocked a personal-best 48.19 in the 400m at the Tennessee Relays (4/13) where he also ran the 4x200m relay … Ran on the 4x400m relay at the Penn Relays (4/27) … Represented the Bulldogs in the 200m and 400m at the SEC Championships (5/11).

2018 Indoor Season

Turned in a personal-best time of 48.28 in the 400m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20) … Ran the 400m in 48.71 at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3) … Posted a personal best in the 200m at the Music City Challenge (2/9) where he ran a 21.86 to place 14^th and also competed in the 400m … Clocked a personal best of 47.52 in the 400m at the SEC Championships (2/24) where he also ran on the 4x400m relay that scored with a sixth-place finish.

2017 Outdoor Season

Did not compete.

2017 Indoor Season

A member of the Bulldog’s winning distance medley relay team at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/13) that finished in 10:20.57 … Also ran the 500m in his MSU debut, finishing fourth in 1:04.87 … Finished 19^th in the 400m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/20) while running on the 4x400m relay … Ran a personal-best 21.88 in the 400m while also running the 200m and 4x400m relay at the Razorback Invitational (1/27) … Competed in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay at the Music City Challenge (2/10).

Before the Bulldogs

Ran at McEachern High School … Won the 4x100m relay state championship as a senior … Won the Georgia 6A Region 4 Championship in the 400m with a time of 47.92 … Third in school history in the 200m with a personal-best time of 21.65.

Personal

Born Brian Evans, Jr. on June 21, 1998 to Brian and Maxine Evans … Has a sister, Breah … Majoring in criminology.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

200m - 21.86 (Music City Challenge - 2/10/2017)
300m - 34.57 (UAB Blazer Invitational - 1/10/2020)
400m - 47.52 (SEC Championships - 2/24/2018)
500m - 1:04.87 (UAB Blazer Invitational - 1/13/2017)

Outdoor

200m - 21.53 (Bulldog Relays - 3/24/2018)
400m - 47.69 (SEC Championships - 5/10/2019)

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Roster

Jaylah Bailey

Anna Balzli

Blake Beavers

Jacob Belin

Sarah Blake

Zoe Brito-Babapulle

Shayla Broughton

Garrett Carswell

Vince Castillo

Charlotte Cayton-Smith

Francesca Chambers

Kobe Clouthier

Terryon Conwell

Benjamin Craw

Cameron Crump

Silvia De La Pena Garibay

Giacomo DeLuca

Dejon Devroe

Reese Dunne

Helen Claire Edmonds

Brian Evans

Alexis Farley

Shayla Felder

Cade Finley

Nicole Franklin

Colby Freeman

Clayton Fulgham

Faith Gilbert

Jada Grant

San'Toria Harris

Jesse Henderson

Audrey Honiotes

Montel Hood

Breja Hooks

Tyriq Horsford

Emma Hunt

Brock Isom

Freddie Jackson III

Tiffaney Johnson

Stephen Jones

Maddy Kish

Karson Kowalchuk

Madelyn Lee

Emilia Lesniak

Katie Martin

Caroline Mattox

Ashley Melcherts

Peyton Mickelson

Lester Miller

Okheme Moore

Cathrina Morris

Monica Mosley

Shar Nichols

Stephanie Peterson

Destini Pickens

Jeremiah Pierce

Asia Poe

Matthew Ray

Slater Richardson

Sylvia Russell

Savannah Schwab

Blaise Seale

Kenya Small

Terry Smith Jr.

Lake Spradling

Caroline Standley

Sydney Steely

Joshua Stradford

Malcum Tatum

Kristy Terp

Chardae Tryon

Emma Tucker

Chandler Underwood

Alicia Viveros

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