CHARLES CLARK
Event: 200m
Height: 5-10
Weight: 163
PR: 20.00 (2009)
Born: August 10, 1987
Current Residence: Virginia Beach, Va.
High School: Bayside (Virginia Beach, Va.) HS ‘06
College: Florida State ‘10
Coach: Ken Harnden

Career Highlights: 2009 NCAA Outdoor 200m champion; 2nd at 2009 USA Outdoor Champs; 10-time NCAA All-American

Despite lining up in lane 8 in the 200m final at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships, Florida State University junior Charles Clark ran the race of his life in finishing second in a personal best time of 20.00 seconds, which qualified him for the 2009 World Outdoor Championships in Berlin. When he crossed the finish line Clark had no idea where he finished in a race that was ultra competitive with the top five places decided by 9/100ths of a second. The 2006 Virginia state 55m champion, Clark was named the Virginia Beach Athlete of the Year and ended his prep career as a 13-time All-State selection. The first member of his family to attend college, Clark majors in Sports Management at Florida State...nickname is “Speeding Bullet.”

2009: 2nd at USA Outdoors (20.00PR)...6th at World Outdoors (20.39)...NCAA Outdoor 200m champ (20.55)...NCAA 4x400m relay champ (2:59.99)...
2008: 5th at Olympic Trials (20.53)...8th at NCAA Outdoors (22.36)...2nd at NCAA Indoors (20.50)...ACC Indoor 400m champ (47.77)...2nd at NCAA East Regional (20.22)...ACC Outdoor 200m champ (20.59)...ranked #8 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 20.22.
2007: 9th at NCAA Outdoors (27.57)...NCAA Outdoor 4x100m relay champ (38.60)...5th in prelims at USA Outdoors (21.36)...4th at NCAA Indoors (20.75)...best of 20.38.
2006: 1st at National Scholastic Champs...best of 20.92.
2005: 4th at National Scholastic Champs...best of 21.21.
2004: Best of 21.42.