2013: Saw action in eight meets for A&M-Commerce, competing in the 200 and 400 meter dashes and the long jump ... In the 200, ran a career-best mark of 22.18 at the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Open, finishing fourth ... Ran identical 22.77 races at both the East Texas Invitational and Oklahoma Baptist SAC Classic ... In the 400, set a career-best with a 50.29 showing in the preliminaries at the Lone Star Conference Championships, finishing 20th ... Ran a 50.52 at the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Open, placing 10th ... Also finished 10th at the Oklahoma Baptist SAC Classic with a time of 51.19 ... In the long jump, set a new career-best at the North Texas Spring Classic with a mark of 7.24 meters, finishing third ... Jumped 7.05 meters at both the Oklahoma Baptist SAC Classic and the Lone Star Conference Championships ... Member of the Lions' 4x400 meter relay team, running the second leg on the provisional qualifying race of 3:13.10 at the Texas State Bobcat Classic and earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors.
2012: Competed in six meets for A&M-Commerce in primarily the 400 meter dash and the long jump ... In the 400, logged a season-low 51.23 at the Mean Green Spring Invitational ... Ran a 52.28 at the Incarnate Word Invitational ... In the long jump, tied for sixth at the Lone Star Conference Championships with a leap of 6.97 meters ... Recorded a 6.73 meter mark at the Bobby Lane Invitational ... Placed fourth at the Incarnate Word Invitational (6.70m), followed by a third-place showing at the Incarnate Word Last Chance Meet (6.64m) ... Ran the 800 meter at the Lion Preseason Invitational, notching a time of 2:05.05.
Prior to A&M-Commerce: Competed for two seasons at Lon Morris College, primarily in the 400 meter and long jump ... Served as team captain in 2011 ... Captured the regional championship in the 400 and placed sixth at the national meet ... Academic All-America selection ... Named Lon Morris' Athlete of the Year ... Four year letterwinner at Nacogdoches High School, competing in the 200 meter, 400 meter, relays and long jump ... Four-time regional qualifier ... Holds second-longest long jump in school history ... Also earned a letter in football.
Personal: Born April 22, 1989 ... Son of Charles Sr. and Annie Mae Powell ... Plans to major in kinesiology.
Powell's A&M-Commerce Career-Bests
200 Meter Dash: 22.18 - Oklahoma Baptist Bison Open (Mar. 30, 2013)
400 Meter Dash: 50.29 - Lone Star Conference Championships (May 3, 2013)
800 Meter Run: 2:05.05 - Lion Preseason Invitational (Feb. 24, 2012)
Long Jump: 7.24 meters - East Texas Invitational (Apr. 13, 2013)
