Deon Sanders

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Chicago, Ill.
High School:
Dunbar

Personal Bests

200m	21.61	2013 Outdoor (JC)
	22.04	2016 Indoor
400m	47.19	2016 Outdoor
	48.35	2016 Indoor
600 Yard	1:13.14	2013 Indoor (JC)
Long Jump	22-1 1/4w	2016 Outdoor

2015-16
Outdoor: Competed in eight meets for Iowa State … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 400-meter dash, finishing 40th in 48.10 … led off for Iowa State’s seventh-place 4x400-meter relay team at Big 12 Championships … also finished 10th in the 400-meter dash at the conference championships … was member of Iowa State 4x400 relay teams at the Drake Relays, Musco Twilight and Tulsa Duels, where he led off for winning team … finished second in 400-meter dash at Musco Twilight in career-best time of 47.19 … earned win in 400 at Tulsa Duels, where he also competed in the long jump … also finished second in the 400 at the Jim Duncan Invitational and took third in the 400 at the San Francisco State Distance Carnival … also ran the 200-meter dash at San Francisco State … took part in 400-mter dash at Stanford Invitational.

Indoor: Took part in seven meets for Iowa State … ran second leg for fourth-place distance medley relay and sixth-place 4x400-meter relay teams at Big 12 Championships … also competed in the 400-meter dash at the conference championships … was member of Cyclones’ distance medley relay team at the Alex Wilson Invitational and Penn State Relays … ran for ISU’s 4x400 relays at Iowa State Classic, Razorback Invitational, Big 4 Duals and Holiday Inn Invitational … did the 400-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic, Razorback Invitational and Big 4 Duals … competed in the 200-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic, Big 4 Duals and Holiday Inn Invitational.

Before Iowa State
A top sprinter out of Iowa Central, where he ran all-time top-five marks in the 400-meter dash indoors and outdoors and the 600-yard run indoors ... ran second leg of Tritons' 2013 NJCAA National Champion distance medley relay team.

Personal
Born Sept. 1, 1992 ... son of Dwight Sanders and Tanya Black ... liberal studies major.