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Eldon Phillips Season 2021

PositionDISTANCE
ClassSenior
HometownSilver Spring, Md.
High SchoolNorthwood

2022 Outdoor: Competed in the 800m at the ACC Championships, running 1:49.80 to finish in 13th ... Won the 800m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with a lifetime best time of 1:49.66 ... Took second at the Virginia Grand Prix with a performance of 1:51.06 at 800m ... Finished in 15th in the 800m with a time of 1:50.83 at the Virginia Challenge ... Set a new PR of 4:02.72 in the 1500m at the Raleigh Relays.

2022 Indoor: Set a new indoor career best over 800m with a time of 1:50.31 to finish 12th at the ACC Championships ... Took fourth with an 800m time of 1:51.21 at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Ran a 600m PR of 1:19.17 at the Hokie Invitational to finish in fourth.

2021 Outdoor: Posted a time of 1:56.60 in the 800m prelims at the ACC Championships ... At the Virginia Grand Prix delivered a time of 1:53.46 in the 800m.

2021 Indoor: Finished third in the 600m with a time of 1:22.11 at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Delivered a time of 1:55.33 in the 800m at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Posted an 800m time of 1:54.26 to finish 11th at the Doc Hale Elite Meet ... Placed fifth with a time of 1:23.37 in the 600m at the Hokie Invitational ... Ran the 1,000m in 2:33.74 to finish sixth at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2020 Indoor: Posted a time of 1:52.50 in the 800 meters at the ACC Championships … Turned in a personal best time of 1:19.91 in the 600 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Finished with a personal best time of 1:52.32 in the 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic … Turned in a time of 50.79 in the 400 meters and a time of 1:56.60 in the 800 meters at the Camel City Invitational … Placed third in the 600 meters with a time of 1:20.14 in the 600 meters and a posted a time of 1:53.09 in the 800 meters at the Hokie Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Ran the preliminary race in the 400 at the ACC Championships in a personal-best time of 48.91 seconds … Took eighth in the 800 at the Liberty Twilight qualifier with a personal-best time of 1:51.44 … Finished 11th in the 800 at the Duke Invitational with a personal-best time of 1:52.53 … Ran the 800 at the Tennessee Relays, finishing in a time of 1:53.88 … Ran the 400 at the Raleigh Relays in a time of 49.75 seconds.

2019 Indoor: Came in fourth in the 800-meter race at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 1:56.20 … Ran the 800 at the Iowa State Classic in a time of 1:52.39 … Finished second in the 800 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a time of 1:52.32 … Ran unattached in the 1,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational and was 12th with a time of 2:33.54.

High school: Won the state outdoor title in the 800 (Class 4A) as a senior in a time of 1:56.35 … Won the region and state indoor championship (4A) in the 500 as a senior and finished third in the 800 … Posted the best indoor time in the 800 in the Northern Virginia/Maryland area his senior season (1:55.18) … Named to the 2018 indoor track All-Met team as a senior by The Washington Post … An honorable selection to the 2018 outdoor track All-Met team his senior season.
 
Personal: Son of Samantha Mitchell … Majoring in multimedia journalism.
 

Phillips' Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

400m — 49.43, ACC Championships (2019)
600m — 1:19.17, Hokie Invitational (2022)
800m — 1:50.31, ACC Championships (2022)
1,000m — 2:33.74, Virginia Tech Invitational (2021)

400m — 48.91, ACC Championships (2019)
800m — 1:49.66, Liberty Twilight Qualifier (2022)