Tyler Underwood

Derek Ziegenfuss

Javelin

/ Men's Track & Field

Photo by: Scott W. Grau/Icon SMI

Photo by: Andrew Mascharka

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Clinton, Mich.
High School:
Clinton

EMU: Finished his career holding EMU’s fourth-best outdoor 400m time (46.00), fifth-best 200m indoor mark (21.18), and third-best indoor 400m effort (46.30)…2018-19: Outdoor: Earned Academic All-MAC honors…Named Co-Most Outstanding Track Performer for his efforts at the Mid-American Conference Championships, May 9-11, taking home an individual conference championship in the 200m and a second place finish in the 400m, along with running legs of the Eagles’ 4x100-meter and 4x400-meter relay squads that both earned silver medals…Named First Team All-MAC…Finished 21st overall in the 400m at the NCAA East Regionals, May 23-25, collecting a time of 46.98…Qualified for the NCAA East Regionals with a 400m mark of 46.00 at the Raleigh Relays, March 29-30, recording a first-place finish and the fourth-fastest effort in program history…Named MAC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week twice (March 20, April 3)…Raced in six meets for the Eagles throughout the season, never finisher lower than seventh in all individual and relay performances…Totaled two first-place and eight second-place efforts throughout the season…Helped EMU’s 4x100 relay squad to two top-three finishes throughout 2019, while also aiding the 4x400 relay cohort to two second-place performances…Indoor: Named the 2019 Mid-American Conference Most Valuable Performer for his efforts at the league championships, Feb. 22-23, taking home two individual championships in the 200m and 400m with times of 21.18 and 46.30, respectively, while aiding the 4x400-meter relay to a conference championship…His efforts on the track during the conference meet led to First Team All MAC honors…His 200m time of 21.18 at the conference championships ranks fifth in EMU laurels… His 400m at the same event is the third-fastest by a runner donning the Green and White…Earned Academic All-MAC honors for the third straight season…Never placed lower than seventh place all season, racking up five first-place efforts, two second-place marks, and a third-place performance…Opened his season with an event title in the 300m at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 7, marking a career-best time of 33.65…Placed first in the 200m at the Wolverine Invitational, Jan. 12, with a time of 21.49…Finished second in the 400m at the Music City Challenge, Feb. 8-9, crossing the finish line in 46.91…2017-18: Outdoor: Qualified to the NCAA East Regionals as a member of the 4x400 relay team…Earned First Team All-MAC after assisting the 1600 relay squad to a first-place finish at the MAC Championships…Also placed fifth in the 400m at the conference championships, running to a time of 47.66…Earned MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete honors, as well as being named to the Academic All-MAC Team…Assisted the 4x400 relay quartet to the sixth-best outdoor time in school history (3:07.38) at the Tennessee Relays, April 12, finishing second overall…Marked a personal-record 100m time of 10.81 at the Don Kleinow Invitational, April 20, capturing second place…Also helped the 400 relay team to a gold medal in the same meet, as the crew finished with a time of 41.17…Indoor: Earned First Team All-MAC honors...Ran a leg in the first-place 4x400 relay team at the MAC Championships, Feb. 23-24, while also placing fourth in the 400m with a time of 48.77...2016-17: Outdoor: Took part in six meets...Academic All-MAC and Distinguished Scholar Athlete...Nabbed fourth in the 400m finals at the MAC Championships, May 11-13, clocking in at 47.94 seconds...Won the 400m at the Al Owens Open, April 21-22, posting a time of 47.49, which was a career-best...Also won the 200m at the Golden Grizzly Invite, April 14-15, crossing the finish line in 21.16... Indoor: Ran in six meets...Academic All-MAC...Took third in the 200m finals at the MAC Championships, Feb. 24-25, clocking in at 21.91...Also took sixth in the 400m finals at the conference championships in 48.77...Won both the 200m and 4x400m relay at the Doug Hansen Open, Jan. 20...Career-best 60m time of 6.99 came at the Simmons-Harvey Invite, Jan. 14, which was good for third...2015-16: Outdoor: Took part in two meets...Won the 200m dash at the Toledo Invite, May 5-6, after crossing the finish line in 22.17 seconds, whle also taking fifth in the 100m dash...Began the outdoor season at the Gina Relays, April 28-30, taking third in both the 100m and 200m dash... Indoor: Participated in two meets...Finished third in the 200m at the EMU Triangular, Jan. 23, clocking in at 22.75 seconds, in addition to taking seventh in the 60m dash with a personal-best time of 7.24 seconds......Ran in the 200m and 300m at the GVSU Holiday Open, Dec. 4, to begin his career at EMU...HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Clinton High School in Clinton, Mich…Competed as a Redskin for Head Coach Scott McNitt…Three-year Honor Roll honoree at CHS…Three-year letterwinner in track and field, earned a letter in basketball as well…State champion in the 200m dash and 4x100m relay…Took second in the 4x200m relay at the state championships…Named CHS’ Most Improved Player on the basketball team, while also garnering the Redskin Award and the TCC Sportsmanship Award…Played two years of junior league hockey for the Ogden Mustangs of the Western States Hockey League…PERSONAL: Full Name: Tyler Edward Underwood…Son of Lance and Linda Underwood…Has one brother, Trevor, and a sister, Lauren…Major: Pre-med.

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2016-17 Men's Track Roster

Roster

Hlynur Andresson

Leighton Antonio

Elijah Barber

Sean Beckom II

Brandon Bolden

Lahsene Bouchikhi

Tyler Brown

Taige Bryant

Colin Burdette

Frank Douglas

Jason Ervin

Colin Etchen

Devonte Findlay

Willy Fink

Abel Flores

Zach Harkey

Cameron Hart

Austin Hazek

Nick Herbert

Caleb Hess

Mike Hierholzer

Alex Jacobs

Nick James

Anthony Jones

Tom Jozwiak

Dan Kuhn

Drew Lament

Mitch Lenneman

Bryce Lindsey

Trevor Marcus

Csaba Matko

Travis McCuaig

Nick McFarland

Dakota Medley

Micah Peters

Drew Pickus

Zach Purcilly

Nick Raymond

David Saporito

Jannik Schmitt

Ivan Suazo