Blake Yount

Position:
Distance
Position:
Distance
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Englewood, Colo.
High School:
Smoky Hill High School

• 2016 Big 12 Outdoor Scorer (800-Meter Run, 4x400-Meter Relay)

• 2016 Big 12 Indoor Champion (Distance Medley Relay)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests
400-Meter Dash: 50.75, 2016
600-Yard Run: 1:11.67, 2016

800-Meter Run: 1:51.94, 2017
Mile: 4:20.24, 2017

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests
1,500-Meter Run: 3:54.06
800-Meter Run: 1:50.18, 2016

2017
(Indoor) Completed the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Indoor Championship in 1:53.45, but did not qualify for the finals... Finished 21st in the 800-meter run at the Husky Classic with a personal best time of 1:51.94... Finished third in the mile run at the Sooner Opener with a time of 4:20.24... Ran the final leg of the 4x440 yard relay that finished third at the Sooner Opener with a time of 3:20.90.

2016
(Outdoor) Finished fifth in the 800-meter run at the Big 12 Championship with a time of 1;51.43 ... Ran the second leg of the eighth-place 4x400 relay at the Big 12 Championship that recorded a time of 3:24.49 ... Placed second in his section of the 800-meter run at the Payton Jordan Invitational with a new personal best time of 1:50.18 ...Won the 800-meter run at the John Jacobs Invitational with a time of 1:51.60 ... Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay that finished 12th at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 3:25.48 ... Finished ninth in the 800-meter run at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 1:50.88 ... Ran the third leg of the distance medley at the Texas Relays that finished 11th with a time of 10:08.78 ... Ran the second leg of the 4x800 meter relay that finished fifth at the Texas Relays with a time of 7:33.22 ... Finished 19th in the 1,500-meter run at the Baldy Castillo Invitational with a time of 3:54.06. (Indoor) Ran the third leg of the distance medley at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship that won with a time of 9:40.15 ... Ran a personal best time in the 600-yard run preliminaries at the Big 12 Indoor Track and Field Championship with a time of 1:11.67, but did not qualify for the finals ... Ran the first leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the Husky Classic that finished sixth with a time of 3:21.71 ... Finished 45th in the 800-meter run at the Husky Classic with a time of 1:54.45 ... Finished 24th in the 800-meter run at the Razorback Invitational with a time of 1:52.93 ... Finished ninth in the 400-meter dash at the Texas A&M Quadrangular with a time of 50.75 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the Texas A&M Quadrangular that placed sixth with a time of 3:23.72 ... Finished second in the 600-yard run at the J.D. Martin Invitational with a time of 1:13.91.

High School:
Named Colorado's Gatorade Co-Athlete of the Year … Colorado state record holder in the 800-meter … State champion in the 800-meter run.

Personal:
Son of Bob and Gail Yount … Father played baseball at UNLV and holds record for most hits, homeruns, strikeouts, and at bats in the program … Uncle played tennis at Notre Dame … Has one sibling, Brynell.