2015-16 Track & Field Roster

Mark Demus Jr.

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dallas, Texas
  • Highschool Dallas Skyline HS

Biography

Personal Records
55 Meter: 6.72
100 Meter: 10.65
200 Meter: 21.31
400 Meter: 47.47

2016 Outdoor All-Conference Third-Team
2015 Outdoor All-Conference First-Team
2015 Indoor All-Conference Third-Team
2015 All-Louisiana Third-Team
2014 Outdoor All-Conference Second-Team

2013 Outdoor All-Conference Third-Team

2016 Outdoor: Qualified for the finals of the 400m with a season-best time of 48.16 and finished in eighth-place at the SBC Championships – also earned a bronze medal as a member of the third-place 4x400m relay team that clocked in at a season-best 3:12.22 - and recorded a season-best of 21.57 in the 200m… part of a championship 4x400m relay team (3:14.64) and second-place 4x100m relay team (40.95), and took seventh-place in the 200m (21.692) at the UL-Lafayette Classics… fourth-place in the 400m (49.02) at the SLU Invitational… a member of the second-place 4x200m relay team that clocked in at 1:28.31 at the McNeese Cowboy Relays… ran a leg of ULM’s second-place 4x100m relay team that scored a 40.98 at the Jim Mize Invitational… seventh-place in the 400m (48.76) and eighth-place in the 200m (22.18) at the Carl Kight Invitational… tallied a 10.91 in the 100m at the LSU Alumni Gold and followed it up with a 21.62 in the 200m… dashed for a 21.74 in the 200m and a 48.89 in the 400m at the Jace LaCoste Invite

2016 Indoor: Came one spot away from qualifying for the finals of the 200m with a ninth-place time of 21.896 at the SBC Championships and also ran a 49.58 in the 400m and was a part of the fourth-place 4x400m relay team that clock in at 3:17.04… posted a 22.32 in the 200m to finish second in his heat at the KMS Invitational… sprinted for a 22.45 in the 200m at the South Alabama Invite… scored a 22.53 in the 200m and a 49.59 in the 400m at the Samford Open

2015 Outdoor: Earned a gold medal running the third-leg of the 4x400m relay team that finished at a season-best time of 3:09.47 at the SBC Championships and ran a 48.52 in the 400m… posted a season-best time of 47.70 in the 400m to place top-five at the Leon Johnson Invitational

2015 Indoor: Qualified for the finals of the 400m and finished eighth at a time of 49.66 at the SBC Championships – also ran the second leg of a season-best, third-place 4x400m team that clocked in at 3:17.44… season-best time of 21.86 in the 200m at the SBC Championships… took fourth in the 60m (48.71) and tallied a 7.12 in the 60m at the Samford Invitational… top-five in the 200m (22.12) at the Texas A&M Invitational… ran for a 22.48 time in the 200m at the UAB Blazer Invitational… registered a 7.17 in the 60m at the Vulcan Invite

2014 Outdoor: Qualified for the finals of the 400m at the SBC Championships with a personal-record time of 47.47 and finished eighth… ran a leg of the season-best and second-place 4x400m relay team (3:10.58)… registered a third-place showing in the 200m with a personal-record score of 21.31 at the Leon Johnson Invitational… set a personal-record of 10.65 in the 100m at the McNeese Challenge to finish sixth… top-five time of 21.73 in the 200m at the Carl Knight Invitational… finished eighth in the 200m (22.30) at the Jim Mize Invitational… eighth in the 100m (10.88) at the UCA Open and ran the third-leg of a season-best 40.72 time in the 4x100m relay … top-10 in the 400m (49.65) at the Southern Miss Invite

2014 Indoor: Ran in the 200m (24.67) at the Texas A&M Invitational

2013 Outdoor: Posted personal-best times of 21.68m in the 200m and 48.44 in the 400m at the SBC Championships… finished seventh in the 400m (48.65) at the Samford Invitational… top-15 in the 400m (49.87) at the Louisiana Classics… eighth in the 200m (22.06) at the SFA Invitational… top-15 in the 200m (22.03) at the Ole Miss Invitational

2013 Indoor: A part of a top-five 4x400 relay team that finished in 3:20.10 at the Samford Invitational… clocked in at 51.39 in the 400m at the SBC Championships… ran a 6.72 in the 55m at the LSU Twilight

Prep: Lettered in track at Dallas Skyline High School ... 400-meter district champion his senior year ... Regional finalist in the 4x400-meter relay ... Owns personal records of 48.88 in the open 400 and 47.1 in a 400 split.

Personal: Full name is Mark Eugene Demus Jr. ... Born Dec. 4, 1993, in Dallas, Texas ... Son of Mark and Rojenda Demus ... Has two older sisters, Kiah and Quintel ... Major is accounting.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2014-15Junior

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2015-16Senior

    Sprints
    6'0"