Richard Phillips Class: Senior Hometown: St. Catherine, Jamaica High School: Ardenne Last College: Abilene Christian Height: 6-2 Event: Hurdles/Sprints Eligibility: Out

2004 Olympian
Four-Time All-American
Five-Time NCAA Championships Qualifier
Seven-Time NCAA East Regional Qualifier
Five-Time IC4A Champion
11-Time IC4A Qualifier
Two-Time Outstanding Meet Performer of CAA Meet
Five-Time CAA Champion
One-Time CAA Track and Field Athlete of the Year

All-Time GMU Performers List: 55H (1st, 7.27); 110H (1st, 13.48); 400H (6th, 51.36); 200m (2nd, 20.65); 4X100m Relay (1st, 39.65)

PRs: 55H (7.27); 60H (7.68); 110H (13.48); 400H (51.36); 60 (6.88); 200 (20.65).

2005 Outdoor: Sat out the season as a medical hardship redshirt.

2005 Indoor: Earned fourth All-America honor with an eighth place 7.93 showing in the 55H at the NCAA Championships... Ran 7.80 in the prelims... Qualified for the IC4A and NCAA Championships after posting four 60H times at or below the NCAA standard of 7.90... Won the 55-meter hurdle IC4A Championship with a time of 7.30... Ran same time during the prelims and semifinals... Finished second in the 60H at the Patriot Games (7.93) and first at the Tyson Invitational (7.74)... Recorded a time of 7.90 in the trials of the 60-meter hurdle at the Patriot Games and 7.77 at the Tyson Invitational prelims... Placed 2nd in the 60H at the prestigious Millrose Games with a mark of 7.76... Finished first in the 60-meter dash at the Collegiate Open after clocking an IC4A qualifying time of 6.88. Was 9th following the prelims... Teamed with Cunningham, Lennarz, and Melbourne on three 4X400m relay teams... Placed 1st at the Patriot Games in 3:25.34 and 2nd at the Collegiate Open in an IC4A qualifying time of 3:17.89... Relay finished 11th in the prelims at the IC4A Championships (3:16.79).

2004 Outdoor: Advanced to the semifinals of the 110-meter hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens... Missed the finals by .15 second... Was third in the Jamaican Nationals to qualify for the Olympics... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas in the 110-meter hurdles... Set a school record while finishing fifth to earn All-American status... Ran a 13.48 to shave time off his own school record... Qualified for the NCAA East Regional in two events, the 110-meter hurdles and 200 meters... Was the NCAA East Region champion in the hurdles with a time of 13.52... Was fourth in the 200, running the second-fastest time in school history, 20.65... Won the IC4A title in both the 110-meter hurdles and 200 meters, with times of 13.66 and 20.92, respectively... Was the CAA Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year and the Outstanding Performer of the CAA Championships for the second straight year... Won the CAA title in the 200 and 110-meter hurdles... Raced to the crown with times of 21.59 and 13.81 in the 200 and hurdles, respectively... Was fifth at the Penn Relays in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.96... Ran a 13.85 in the hurdles at the Texas Relays to finish fifth... Was third in the 200 at the Raleigh Relays and Patriot Open, with times of 21.15 and 21.00, respectively... One of four athletes ranked in the school's all-time top 10 in both the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles.

2004 Indoor: Qualified for the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Fayetteville, Ark... Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles to earn All-American status... Finished with a personal-best 7.68... Was the IC4A champion in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.27, setting a new school record... Ran the fastest-time of the season in the 55-meter hurdles, 60-meter hurdles and 60 meters... At the Patriot Games, finished the 60 meters in 6.91 seconds... Was second at the FasTrack Invitational in the 55-meter hurdles with a time of 7.28... Finished first in the 60-meter hurdles at the Winter Open and Collegiate Open in 7.84 and 7.91 seconds, respectively... Was second at the Father Diamond Open Invitational in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.81.

2003 Outdoor: Anchored the 4X100-meter relay at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, earning the program's first All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in 39.98... Relay broke eight-year old school record during the first round, placing second in its heat in 39.65 records... False started in the 110-meter hurdles during the preliminary round at the NCAA Championships and was disqualified... Competed in the 200-meters, 110-meter hurdles and 4x100 at the inaugural NCAA East Regional Championships at George Mason... Automatically advanced to the national meet with a third-place finish in the 4x100 in a season-best 39.70 seconds... Also advanced to nationals in the 110-meter hurdles after placing fourth in a season-best 13.94 seconds... Placed 11th in the 200-meters in a season-best 21.01 seconds, after entering the event seed 20th... Named the Outstanding Performer of the Meet at the CAA Championships after winning the 200-meters and 110-meter hurdles individually, and running the anchor leg on the winning 4x100... The 4x100 also won at IC4As... Also won the 110-meter hurdles at the Patriot Open, and placed seventh among collegians at Tennessee's Sea Ray Relays... Finished third in the 400-meter hurdles at the Penn Relays and was fifth at the IC4A Championships... Posted a personal- and season-best time of 51.36 seconds at the Sea Ray Relays to finish among the top five collegians... Ran the lead leg of the 4X400-meter relay that won at Arizona State's Baldy Castillo Invitational, and posted a season-best time of 3:09.26 to finish third in the IC4A Division at Penn Relays... 4x400 was third among collegians at Raleigh Relays and seventh at the IC4A Championships... Also qualified for IC4As in the 200-meter and 110-meter hurdles.

2003 Indoor: Qualified for the IC4A in the 55-meter hurdles and 4X100-meter relay... Provisionally qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 60-meter hurdles... Recorded a season-best time of 7.90 seconds to win at the Collegiate Open... Finished the season ranked 44th - the top 17 competed at NCAAs... Runner-up in the 60-meter hurdles at the Patriot Games... Placed third in the 55-meter hurdles in 7.43 seconds at the IC4A Championships to score for the Patriots... Ran the first leg of the men's 4x400-meter relay, posting a season-best time of 3:13.75 during the preliminary round at IC4As... Relay posted four top-five finishes.

At Abilene Christian: Competed in track for one year, earning All-America honors in 2002.

Prep: A two-sport athlete, competing in track & field and soccer at Ardenne High School... Captain of track team.

Personal: Born January 26, 1983... Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Phillips... Has two sisters, Christine and Stephanie... Enjoys listening to music, watching television and playing video games... Also recruited by Texas Christian, Oregon, Mississippi and Syracuse... Graduated from Ardenne High School in 2001... Majoring in information technology with a minor in business.