Charlotte 49ers

Track & Field

  Russell Slade
Russell Slade
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
London, England

High School:
Kings

Event:
Distance

Birthdate:
04/25/1983

Awards:
All-Conference

Cross Country -- 2005: Scored in all seven meets ... Missed all-conference honors by just two spots, finishing 17th at A-10 Championship ... Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference selection ... Season-best 8K time of 25:05 at Paul Short Run ... Led team at Pre-Nationals and NCAA Southeast Regional Championships ... 59th at Region meet ... 2004: Finished 22nd at C-USA Championships, leading team to second place finish ... finished a season-best 16th at both Wake Forest and Winthrop Invitationals ... season-best time of 25:40 (8K) at Winthrop ... 2003: Charlotte's top runner most of the season, finishing as high as second at Davidson ... Posted a time of 26:17 there, his best 8K time of the season.

Indoor -- 2005: Earned All-Conference USA honors as a member of third-place distance medley relay at C-USA Championships ... Anchored DMR that ran 10:06.86 and ranks fourth all-time ... Had the team's best mile time, running 4:14.37 at Virginia Tech ... That time is the second-best in school history, just under two seconds from the record ... Finished fourth in the mile at C-USA's ... Also had the best 3,000 time of any Charlotte runner with 8:36.96 at the UNC Invitational ... Ranks fifth on the school's all-time list ... 2004: Posted the team's best time in the mile at Clemson, a 4:19.24, to place second ... Eighth in the mile run at the Conference USA Championships ... 2003: A member of the school's distance medley relay team that won at the C-USA Championships with a school-record time of 10:00.93 ... Finished fourth in the mile run at George Mason with a time of 4:17.49, the team's best of the season.

Outdoor -- 2005: Team's best 1,500 runner, clocked in at 3:51.39 at 49er Classic ... Ranks third all-time, less than a second off the school's record ... Runner-up at C-USA Championships in the 1,500 ... Anchored the team's best distance medley relay, which ran the second-best time in school history at 10:13.24 at Penn Relays ...Finished 16th in the 800 at C-USA meet, with the team's best time of 1:57.86 ... 2004: Team's top 1,500-meter runner, posted Charlotte's three best times ... finished 11th in the event at C-USA Championships ... season-best of 3:56.99 ... also competed in the 800 with a season-best time of 1:54.52 ... 2003: Posted the team's season-best in the 1,500-meter run at the 49ers Classic, placing fifth with a time of 3:51.97 ... Finished eighth in the 1,500 at the Conference USA Championships ... Had a top time of 1:53.94 in the 800 at the Charlotte Invitational.

Personal: Son of Helen and Richard Slade ... Pursuing a graduate degree in geography ... Born April 25, 1983.