2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Leon Powell
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Kennedale, Texas
- High School:
- Kennedale
2019
Saw action in 11 meets in his final year as a Bruin … Indoor: Opened his season at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational, where he finished fifth in the 200m (21.62) … Posted a season-best 200m time of 21.32 at the MPSF Indoor Championships, helping him to a sixth-place finish … Reached the finals of the 60m dash at the MPSF Championships, ultimately taking eighth with a time of 6.89 … Notched a season-best time of 6.79 in the prelims of the 60m dash at the MPSF Championships … Outdoor: Helped UCLA’s 4x400m team take first place at the Willie Williams Classic with a time of 3:08.94 … The foursome later improved that time to 3:08.86, resulting in sixth place at the Mt. SAC Relays … Finished the 100m dash with a season-best time of 10.39 at USC, finishing in third … Took second in the 200m (21.06) dash at USC … Scored points in the 200m (21.06; 8th), 4x100m (39.84; 4th) and 4x400m (3:09.41; 6th) at the Pac-12 Championships … Helped UCLA’s 4x100m team (39.79; 10th) and 4x400m squad (3:06.49; 10th) qualify for the NCAA Championships … Also competed in the 100m (10.58; 41st) and 200m (21.21; 34th) at regionals … Traveled to Austin for the NCAA Championships and raced in the 4x100m (40.18; 20th) and 4x400m (3:10.70; 21st) … UCLA Top-10 Record Books: Indoor: 6th – 200m (21.32) … 2nd – 60m (6.68; achieved in 2015) … Outdoor: 9th – 100m (10.26; achieved in 2017) … Honors: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2018
Redshirted ... Honored at the 2018 UCLA scholar-athlete banquet with the Bruin Leadership Award, given to student-athletes who have gone above and beyond the call of duty to make a significant impact on the UCLA student-athlete experience by demonstrating outstanding service to others and within the community.
2017
USTFCCCA All-American Honorable Mention in the 4x100m relay … Ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay at the NCAA Championships, helping the team to a 22nd-place finish and a time of 39.89 … Finished 16th in the 200m at the NCAA West Regional Prelims, crossing with a career-best time of 20.75 … Was also the anchor for the 4x100m relay team that ran a season-best time of 39.32 to qualify for the NCAA Championships … Finished fifth in the 100m at the Pac-12 Championships with a wind-aided time of 10.40 … Also ran the opening leg for the 4x400m relay team that posted a season-best time of 3:09.39 to finish fourth overall … Won the 100m competition against USC with a lifetime-best time of 10.26 … Took home the victory in the 200m at the Pac-12 vs. Big Ten Invite with a time of 21.06 … Sprinted in four indoor meets … Tripled at the MPSF Indoor Championships, finishing fifth in the 60m dash (6.77), sixth in the 200m (21.46), and fifth in the 4x400m (season-best 3:12.50) … MPSF Indoor All-Academic selection.
2016
Named Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention … A NCAA West Prelim qualifier in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay … Was the anchor leg on the 4x100m relay that placed 17th with a time of 40.40 … Clocked a wind-aided 10.53 in the 100m to place 26th … Was 23rd in the 200m with a time of 21.04 … Placed fifth at the Pac-12 Championships in the 100m with a time of 10.59 … Finished sixth in the 200m with a time of 21.52 … Ran the anchor leg on the 4x100m that placed fourth with a time of 40.22 … Was the runner-up in the dual meet against rival USC in the 100m and 4x100m relay … Ran a 10.49 in the 100m and a 40.36 in the 4x100m relay … Clocked a personal best in the 200m with a time of 20.94 to place second in the dual meet against Texas A&M … Ran a 10.44 to win the 100m against the Aggies … The relay team finished second with a time of 41.22 … Won the Bruin Legends Invitational in the 100m with a season best time of 10.41 … Ran the anchor leg on the winning 4x100m relay that crossed the line in 40.85 … Won the 100m at the Jim Bush Collegiate with a time of 10.42 … Also won the 200m in a time of 21.20 … Competed in five indoor meets … Placed fifth at the MPSF Championships in the 60m with a time of 6.78 … Clocked a season best in the prelims with a 6.70 … Clocked a 6.70 at the Husky Classic to place third … Also ran a 6.70 at the Husker Invitational to place third … Opened the indoor season by winning the 60m at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a time of 6.73 … MPSF Indoor All-Academic selection.
2015
A NCAA qualifier in the 100m as a true freshman … Competed in 10 outdoor meets … Posted collegiate legal personal bests of 10.38 in the 100m and 21.01 in the 200m … Ran an all-conditions personal best of 10.23 at the NCAA West Prelims … Also clocked a 10.32(w) in the opening round at the prelims … Placed fifth in both the 100m (10.44) and 200m (21.01) at the Pac-12 Championships … Opened the outdoor season with a win in the 100m (10.59) against Washington State and Long Beach State … Won the 100m a week later at the Pac-12 vs. Big 10 Invitational with a time of 10.43 … Won the 200m (21.48) at the Rafer Johnson/JJK Invitational … Claimed the 100m (10.67) at the Triton Invitational Also ran on the 4x100m relay … Competed in four indoor meets … Clocked top indoor times of 6.68 in the 60m and 21.69 in the 200m … Placed seventh at the MPSF Championships in the 60m with a time of 6.93 … Won his first collegiate meet in the 60m with a time of 6.80 at the Lumberjack Invitational … Posted his fastest indoor 60m time of 6.68 at the New Mexico Team Invitational … Made the semifinal round of the 200m at the World University Games in South Korea ... Was an alternate on the 4x100m relay at the Pan-Am Junior Championships … Placed fifth in the 100m at the USATF Junior Championships.
High School
Attended Kennedale High School in Kennedale, Texas, where he earned three letters in track and one in football … Ran for coach Leon Paul … Capped off his prep career with a state title in the 200m and helped lead the 4x100m and the 4x200m to state titles … Guided Kennedale to a state championship, district, area and regional titles … During his junior season helped lead the 4x200m team to a regional record … Led the 4x100m team to a state title in 2013 … Has run personal bests of 10.33 in the 100m and 20.83 in the 200m.
Personal
Son of Leon Powell Sr. and Sylvia Powell … Has a twin sister named Deandrea who runs track at San Jose State … Has two other sisters named Alyson and Brittany … Majoring in Psychology.
