Faith Gilbert

Position:
Sprints
Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School/Previous School:
Ridgeland HS
Hometown:
Ridgeland, Miss.

School Record Holder (Outdoor 4x100m Relay) – 44.50

2021 Outdoor Season

At the Florida Relays, she finished 16th in the 100m, 26th in the 200m, and ran a leg of the 4x100m relay (4/2-3) ... Came in 13th in the 100m and ran a leg of the second-place 4x100m relay at the War Eagle Invitational (4/17) ... At the SEC Championships, she came in 13th in the 100m dash with a season-best 11.76 and ran a leg of the 4x100m relay (5/14) ... Ran a leg of the school-record breaking 4x100m relay at the NCAA East Prelims, finishing in 13th (5/29).

2021 Indoor Season

Competed at the Razorback Invitational in the 200m, finishing in 15th, as well as ran in the fourth-place finishing 4x400m squad (1/29-30) ... Finished first in the 60m prelims at the USC Indoor Open, as well as finishing second in the 60m finals; came in first in the 200m at the USC Indoor Open; came in second running in the 4x400m squad in the USC Indoor Open (2/13) ... Ran in the 60m semifinals at the SEC Indoor Championships, finishing with a season-best mark of 7.46 in 12th; also ran to a season-best in the 200m semifinals, finishing in 23.93 in 13th (2/26).

2020 Outdoor Season

Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor Season

Ran in the 300m with a 40.36 at the Blazer Invitational (1/11) … Also placed first in the 4x400m Relay in Birmingham … Placed third in the 60m(F) at the Power 5 Invitational (1/31) … Placed first in the 4x400m relay at the Power 5 Invitational (1/31) … Also placed third in the 200m at the meet ... Recorded a new personal best of 7.43 in the 60m at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/14) ... Also recorded a personal best of 24.04 in the 200m at the meet ... Ran in the 60m at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/28) with a 7.53 ... Also ran in the 200m at the championships and recorded a new personal best of 23.92 in the event.

2019 Outdoor Season

Placed second in the 200m at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (3/23), finishing in 11.86 … Also competed on the 4x200m relay that placed third along with the 4x100m and 4x400m relays … Took fourth in the 100m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/12) with a season-best 11.73 … Also ran the 200m in 24.39 … Ran the 100m, 200m and a leg of the 4x400m relay at the LSU Alumni Gold (4/20) … Clocked a personal-best 24.11 in the 200m at the National Relays (4/26) where she also placed 12^th in the 100m in 11.76 … Competed in both the 100m and 200m at the SEC Championships (5/9).

2019 Indoor Season

Placed seventh in the 60m at the Blazer Invitational (1/11), finishing second in qualifying in 7.69, then finishing eighth in prelims with an indoor-best 7.55 … Ran 7.51 in the 60m finals at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19), which, at the time, ranked third all-time at MSU … Clocked a 7.56 in the 60m and 24.68 in the 200m at the Razorback Invitational (1/25-26) … Moved into a tie for second in MSU indoor history with a blistering run of 7.44 in the 60m at the Tiger Paw Invitational (2/8-9), where she also ran a personal-best 24.65 in the 200m … Tied for fourth in MSU indoor history with a time of 24.23 in the 200m prelims at the SEC Championships (2/22).

2018 Outdoor Season

Made her debut at the Bulldog Relays (3/24) with fifth-place finishes in both the 100m and 200m … Ran a wind-aided 11.98 in the 100m and was part of the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/7) … Ran her season bests at the Tennessee Relays (4/13) with an 11.68 in the 100m and a 24.30 in the 200m … Also ran on the 4x100m and 4x200m relays … Clocked an 11.96 in the 100m finals at the Penn Relays (4/28) after being the only freshman to advance from the prelims … Also ran on the 4x200m relay team … Ran the 100m, 200m and the 4x100m relay at the SEC Championships (5/11) … Posted the top 100m and 200m times by a Bulldog on the year.

2018 Indoor Season

Did not compete.

Before the Bulldogs

Attended Ridgeland High School … Won the state championship in the 100m as a senior and placed fourth in the 200m … Posted the fastest 100m and 200m times on her team as a senior … 2017 adidas Female Athlete of the Year… Earned the Kenny Burton Athletic Scholarship and was team MVP … Also competed in powerlifting and cheer … Won a National Powerlifting Championship as a freshman … Was the cheerleading captain and an All-American in 2016.

Personal

Born Faith Denise Gilbert on Oct. 28, 1998 to Ceola and the late Curtis Gilbert … Has a sister, Hope … Graduated in April of 2021 with her bachelor of science in psychology.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

60m – 7.43 (Tiger Paw Invitational – 2/14/2020)
200m – 23.92 (SEC Championships – 2/28/2020)

Outdoor

100m – 11.68 (Tennessee Relays – 4/13/2018)
200m – 24.11 (National Relays – 4/26/2019)

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Thursday, March 31

Woods adds Aniecia Brewster To Track And Field Staff

Wednesday, September 03

Daniel McArthur Joins Track And Field Staff

Monday, August 11

Men’s And Women’s Track And Field Earn USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors

Wednesday, July 23

Three Bulldogs Named To The CSC Academic All-District Team

Wednesday, June 25

Mississippi State University Athletics

2018 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Marco Arop

Katherine Badham

Jaylah Bailey

Blake Beavers

Logan Boss

Charles Brockman III

Shayla Broughton

Vince Castillo

Charlotte Cayton-Smith

Terryon Conwell

Benjamin Craw

Lawrence Crawford

Giacomo DeLuca

Dejon Devroe

Caitlin Donovan

McKenzie Ethridge

Brian Evans

Shannon Fair

Alexis Farley

Tiffany Flynn

Caden Foos

Faith Gilbert

Antonia Hehr

Audrey Honiotes

Freddie Jackson III

Stephan James

Tiffaney Johnson

Gralyn Jones

Stephen Jones

Karson Kowalchuk

Madelyn Lee

Alon Lewis

JT Mackay

Mia Meydrich

Lester Miller

Reggie Miller

Derrick Monroe

Monica Mosley

Daniel Nixon

Lisa Oed

Tristan Orman

Anderson Peters

Stephanie Peterson

Aaron Phelps

Rhianwedd Price-Weimer

Nicolas Quijera

Willie-Lionel Reed

Quintin Reiser

John Dalton Rohr

Sylvia Russell

Micah Ryan

Justice Sims

Kenya Small

Brianna Smith

Keturah Smith

Ro'Derick Spears

Lake Spradling

Alyssa Staubach

Ava Strenge

Rasheed Tatham

Malcum Tatum

Carly Terp

Kristy Terp

Curtis Thompson

Zaria Tillman

Chardae Tryon

Emma Tucker

Chandler Underwood

Adrienn Veisz

Alicia Viveros

Alex Wallace

Juston Waters

Zach Weaver

Riley White

Kayla Williams

Joshua Willingham

Herbert Wise III