Cedarville University Yellow Jackets

Mark Farris is a fourth-year sprinter with the Yellow Jackets.....set a new school record in the outdoor 200 meter dash of 21.74 at the NCCAA prelims eclipsing the previous 20-year old mark by 0.12.....placed 5th in the finals in 22.24.....runner-up in the Ohio Independent Championship in 22.60.....posted the fastest indoor 200 time in school history at Indiana University in 22.91 (banked track).....owns four of the top five fastest indoor 200 times in school history and three of the top five outdoors.

2011 - American Mideast Conference 200 meter dash champion in a season-best time of 22.03 seconds.....member of AMC champion 4 x 400 meter relay squad.....finished 6th in the NCCAA Outdoor and was 8th in the NCCAA Indoor in the 200.

2010 - NCCAA Outdoor All-American in the 4 x 100 meter relay as part of runner-up foursome that was timed in 41.76 seconds.....quartet set three consecutive school records at the NAIA Championship placing 8th in the final in 41.32.....member of indoor 4 x 400 meter relay squad that set the school record of 3:20.29 in the NAIA semifinals.....part of another CU record in the 4 x 200 in 1:31.87.....registered season indoor bests of 6.67 seconds in the 55 meter dash, 7.21 in the 60, and 23.0 in the 200.....clocked in 21.88 in the NCCAA outdoor 200 meter prelims.....best outdoor 100 time was 10.99.

High School - Four-sport athlete at South Adams High School.....lettered during his only track & field season.....set school records in the 200 meter dash, 4 x 100, and 4 x 400.....two-year letter winner in football earning all-conference honors as a wide receiver and defensive back.....earned two letters each in golf and wrestling.

Personal - Graphic design major at Cedarville University.....born 10/4/90 in Warsaw, IN.....son of Jeff and Karla Farris.....has two older sisters and an older brother.