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Track And Field Senior Salute: Michael Carey

The University of Memphis track and field/cross country program's celebration of its 2018 senior class continues with the next of the 23 Tigers seniors.

Thursday's next senior salute is .

Event: Hurdles/Sprints
Hometown: Detroit, Mich.

Career Highlights

  • Split time between sprints and hurdles in his career
  • Competing in his fifth American Athletic Conference Championships meet (indoor/outdoor combined) this weekend in Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Scored points in two of his previous four conference championships appearances
  • Member of the 4x100 meter relay that placed seventh at the 2015 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships
  • Finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2017 conference outdoor meet
  • Posted seven career top-three finishes in all of his hurdles events combined (indoor/outdoor)
  • Top hurdles performances were two second-place finishes in the 400-meter hurdles this spring (Rhodes College Invitational/Arkansas State Red Wolves Invitational)
  • Ran his personal-best in the 400-meter hurdles (52.