Derron Flood

Helped lead 4x400m relay team to NCAA Championships after sitting out the previous two seasons … Can contribute in the relay and the 400

2007: Outdoors, finished fifth in the 400m at the Jim Click Shootout to open the season … recorded a fourth place finish while competing in the 400m at the Spec Towns National Invite with a time of 47.30 … qualified for the NCAA East Region meet in the 400m after finishing eigth at the SEC Outdoor Championships with a 46.53 showing. The time was the second fastest mark by a Gamecock on the year … member of 4x400m relay team that finished seventh at the NCAA Championships in 3:05.03.

2006: Did not run.

2005: Did not run.

2004: Indoors, at the Carolina Big 12 meet, ran a time of 49.67 in the 400m to finish eighth … place eighth in the 400 at the Kentucky Invitational with a time of 48.21 … finished fourth in the 400m at the SEC Invitational … finished fifth at the Gator Invitational in the 400m with a time of 48.65 … at the Meet of Champions in New York, placed fourth in his heat at 48.61 … at the SEC Championships in Kentucky, he ran a time of 47.46 to finish 15th in the heats.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, Va. … posted the nation[apos]s fastest indoor 500m time with a mark of 1:04.51 … anchored the 4×200 relay team that established a national indoor record … part of the 4x100m relay champion squad at the Penn Relays … team was five-time state champions … ran personal-best time of 47.47 in the 400m as a junior … best 300m time was 34.12 and 200m time of 21.41 came during his senior year … ran a 10.78 100m time as a freshman … also lettered in football.

PERSONAL: Born Jan. 2, 1985, in Brooklyn, N.Y. … parents are Ricky and Debbie Flood … chose South Carolina because of the great training facilities and teammates … notes that his father has been the biggest influence on his life … favorite athlete is Michael Johnson … pursuing a degree in sociology.