MICHAEL BINGHAM

Born: 04/13/1986

Career Highlights:

Summer 2008
Qualified for and competed for Great Britain in the 4x400-meter relay at the Olympic Games in Beijing ... Helped the team to the top prelim qualifying time and finished fourth in the finals.

2008 Indoor and Outdoor
Redshirted as he trained for the Olympic Games.

Outdoor 2007:
Bingham's semi-final run of 45.63 in the 400m at the NCAA Championsihps broke his own record of 46.13 set last year ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 4x400 relay with partners Jonathan Reid, Phillip Warsaw and Eric Seely with a qualifying time of 3:07.42...

Indoor 2007:
Set school record in 300m and at Virginia Tech Invitational (1/12/07) at 33.44, also set took first place in the 200m dash at the event with a 21.29 finish ... Ran a personal best and set a new school record of 46.12 in the 400m dash at the NCAA Championships (3/10/07) ... Took first place at two different competitions in the 400m event: 47.45 (Clemson Invite on 1/20/07), 46.39 (Virginia Tech Last Chance 3/3/07) ... 400m title winner at ACC Championships (2/23/07) with 48.38 finish.

Outdoor 2006:
Ran the opening leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that qualified for the NCAA Championships ... Helped shatter the team's own school record in the 4x400 at the NCAA East Regionals (3:05.48) that it had set earlier in the season ... Earned a second place finish behind South Carolina at the regional championships, qualifying the team for the NCAA Championships ... ACC champion in the 200-meter dash (20.97) ... Finished third in the 400-meter dash at the ACC Championships (46.87) ... Member of the 4x100-meter relay team that set a new school record en route to winning the event at the ACC Championships (39.62) ... Member of the ACC Champion 4x400-meter relay team (3:08.36).

2005:
Won the decathlon at the ACC Championship, defeating the senior defending champion and earning 7,162 points, good enough to provisionally qualify him for the NCAA Championship ... He completed four events of the decathlon at the NCAA Championship before withdrawing due to injury ... His performance at the conference meet earned him All-ACC honors, he was the only freshman or male on the Deacons team to do so ... Tied for first in the decathlon at the Deacon Combined Events ... Won the 400 meter decathlon race at the conference meet, with a regional qualifying time of 47.13 ... Member of the men's 4x100 meter relay team that regionally qualified for the NCAAs with their time of 40.52 at the Duke Twilight ... The team finished 12th at the NCAA East Regional ... Claimed first place in the decathlon at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championship, running the fastest 100 meter dash time of any of his competitors and any of the senior decathletes at the meet ... By winning the USATF Championship, he qualified for the decathlon at the Jr. Pan Am games.

Indoor 2006:
Runner up in the 200-meter dash at the ACC Championships, finishing in a time of 21.15... Finished fourth in the 400-meter dash at the ACC Championships (47.55)... An ACC champion as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team (3:10.99).

2005:
Placed 18th in the 55m preliminary dash at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a 6.51 time ... Finished third in the heptathlon at the ACCs with 5,146 points ... Earned All-ACC honors in that event ... Ran a 34.70 in the 300m dash at the Virginia Tech Invitational earning him a third place finish ... Placed fourth at the Carolina Classic in the 60m hurdle event with a time of 8.24 ... Earned a ninth place finish with a 23-2.50 jump at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... Finished 10th in the 55m hurdles at the Clemson Classic with a 7.59 time.

Background:
Won the State Decathlon twice, setting a new State Record in 2004 scoring 7096 pts. and becoming the first prep athlete to break 7000 pts. in Tennessee ... Has two State Titles in the 100 and won the 110HH, 300IH in 2003 ... Won the 400, 200 and triple jump in 2004 ... Had the fastest times at the 2004 State Meet in the 100, 200 and 400 among all divisions ... Holds the school record in the 100, 200, 300IH, 4x100, 4x200, 4x400, 110HH, and decathlon ... Tied 400 high school record ... Attended McCallie High School ... Born April 13, 1986 in Sylva, N.C ... Son of Mollissie and Norris Bingham.