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Nyck Harbor

  • position Sprints
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Washington, D.C.
  • High school Archbishop Carroll HS
  • position Sprints
  • class Freshman
  • Hometown Washington, D.C.
  • High school Archbishop Carroll HS

Nyck Harbor Bio

Career Honors and Recognition
2024 Outdoor Second Team All-American (100m, 200m)
2024 First-Year SEC Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Appeared in five meets in his first indoor campaign, running the 60m, 200m and appearing in one 4x400m relay … Scored at the Indoor SEC Championship in both the 60m (8th) and the 200m (5th) … Made his collegiate debut at the Razorback Invitational 200m sprint, running 20.97 to finish fifth overall … Posted a personal best time of 6.61 in the 60m at the Tiger Paw Invite, tying for the second fastest 60m in program history … At that same meet, he clocked a personal best 200m time of 20.83 for the sixth fastest indoor 200m in program history … Ran his only 4x400m relay at the New Balance Collegiate Showdown, running as the third leg of the relay team that finished first with a time of 3:14.61.

Outdoor
Competed in nine meets during his first outdoor season with South Carolina, running the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and appearing in one 4x400m relay … Earned a pair of Second Team All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, finishing 16th in the 100m (10.30) and just missing out on the 200m finals after finishing 10th with a time of 20.32 (0.5) … Had an NCAA East Regional to remember, setting new personal bests in both the 100m (10.11) and the 200m (20.20) to qualify for the NCAA Championship … His 100m time of 10.11 ranks third all-time in program history, while his 20.20 time is the second fastest outdoor 200m mark in Gamecock history … Scored at the SEC Outdoor Championship in the 200m, finishing eighth overall after running 20.55 (1.0) … Turned in a trio of Top 2 finishes in the 200m this season, including winning in his outdoor debut at the Shamrock Invitational … He also won the Weems Baskin Invitational 100m after clocking 10.24 and later finished third in the USC Outdoor Open in the 100m with a time of 10.12 (2.0) … Ran on eight 4x100m relays during the season, including running 39.95 at the NCAA East Regional … Was a part of three winning 4x100m relays at the Weems Baskin Invitational (40.20), Gamecock Invitational (39.49) and the Charlotte Invitational (39.54).

Pre-South Carolina
High School
Two-sport athlete at Archbishop Carroll High School in the nation’s capital … Played both tight end and defensive end and doubled as sprinter on the track … Was a two-time Gatorade Boys Track & Field Player of the Year in the District of Columbia (2021-22) … Swept the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the 2021 and 2022 state meet, and is the state record-holder in both events … 247Sports Composite ranks him as the best player in D.C., the top “athlete” in the country and No. 19 in the nation overall … Rated the top player in the District of Columbia, the No. 1-rated “athlete” in the country and No. 19 overall in the On3Consensus … Rivals considers him the top player in D.C., the No. 1 tight end in the country and the 26th-best player overall … Ranked as the top player in the nation’s capital, the No. 1 “athlete” in the country and No. 39 overall on the ESPN300.

Personal
Born on July 5, 2005 … His father, Azuka Jeanard Harbor, played soccer for the United States Men’s National Team.

Personal Records

Indoor

60m 6.61 (2/9/24)
200m 20.83 (2/10/24 & 2/23/24)

Outdoor

100m 10.11 (5/24/24)
200m 20.20 (5/24/24)