Concordia Texas Athletics

Awards:
• Most Valuable Player (2011 CTX Athletics Banquet)

Miscellaneous:
Transferred to Concordia from Texas Southern … Earned two letters in track & field (indoor/outdoor) … Will have one year of eligibility remaining.

2011:
Was named the team’s most valuable player at the 2011 CTX Athletics Banquet … Placed 25th in the 400-meter dash and 31st in the 200-meters with times of 52.36 and 23.22 seconds, respectively, in Tornado debut at the Incarnate Word Invitational (3/5) … Was a member of the 4x200-meter relay and the sprint medley teams that broke school records at the Texas Southern Relays (3/19) … Anchored the 4x200 relay to a sixth-place finish in 1:30.66 and ran the third leg for the eighth-place SMR that hit the tape in 3:53.45 … Ran a collegiate-best time of 22.62 in the 200, finishing 11th, and anchored the 10th-place 4x400-meter relay that set a school record at the time (3:25.22) at the Trinity Alumni Classic (4/1) … Competed on the 4x100-meter relay squad that finished second and set a new program standard of 43.38 at the Trinity Tiger Relays … Finished in the runner-up position of the 400 in a personal-best time of 49.63 seconds at the American Southwest Conference Championships (4/30) … Scored as a member of the runner-up 4x400 that established a school record (3:24.24) as well as the fifth-place 4x100 relay (45.68) … Also competed individually in the 200 and 800-meters at the championship event, finishing 11th and 13th with marks of 22.87 and 2:10.31, respectively.

2009-10 (at Texas Southern):
Outdoors, finished 11th in the 800-meter run (1:58.75) at the 2010 Southwestern Athletic Conference Championships … Indoors, placed 13th in the 800 (2:03.36) and ran the 800-meter leg for the sixth-place distance medley relay team (11:45.20) at the 2010 SWAC Championships.

2008-09 (at Texas Southern):
Outdoors, finished 15th in the 400-meter dash (49.67) … Also ran on the third-place 4x100-meter relay that hit the tape in 41.21 and the seventh-place 4x400 (3:21.70) at the 2010 SWAC Championships … Indoors, ran the third leg for the sixth-place 4x400-meter relay (3:27.18) at the 2009 SWAC Championships.

High School:
Four-year letterwinner at Leander … Ran on the 4x400-meter relay team that won a state championship … Also earned four letters in basketball as a point guard and one in football as a wide receiver … Named team MVP and was also a first-team all-district selection and defensive player of the year in basketball … Also served as a team captain for the basketball team and played in the all-star game … Member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).

Personal:
Majoring in kinesiology … Born May 24, 1990 … Son of Penny and Michael Elarms … Has two brothers, Brandon and Brian … Brother, Brian, played basketball at Concordia and graduated in 2010.

Personal Bests at Concordia:
200m: 22.62, Trinity Alumni Classic (4/1/11)
400m: 49.63, ASC Championships (4/30/11)
800m: 2:10.31, ASC Championships (4/30/11)