2011 Track and Field: Competed in four events on the year for A&M-Commerce ... 2011 Lone Star Conference champion in the 10000 meter run with a time of 32:17.00 ... Also placed eighth in the 5000 meter run at the LSC Championships (16:09.00) ... Placed fifth in the 5000 meter at the Bobby Lane Invitational (15:13.98), running the second-fastest time among A&M-Commerce runners on the year ... Ran the 1500 meter in a pair of meets, recording a season-low 4:03.47 at the Tarleton State Invitational ... Also ran the 800 at Tarleton, posting a time of 2:02.50.
2010 Cross Country: Top finisher for the Lions in three meets ... Earned all-region honors with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA South Central Regional meet ... Named All-Lone Star Conference with an eighth-place finish at the LSC Championships ... Sixth at the ECU Tiger Chase.
2009 Track and Field: Second in the 5,000-meter run at the LSC Championships ... Second in the 3,000-meter run at the Mean Green Twilight en route to LSC Men's Track Athlete of the Week honors ... Third in the 5,000-meter run at the Lion Quadrangular and Tarleton State Invitational ... Eighth at the McMurray Relays in the 1,500-meter run ... Ninth at the UTA Bobby Lane Track and Field Invitational in the 5,000-meter run
2008 Cross Country: Named all-Lone Star Conference along with Tyler Tyndell and Robert Reed ... Seventh among freshman and 32nd overall at the NCAA South Central Regional meet ... Seventh overall and second among freshman at the LSC Championships ... 52nd at the Cowboy Jamboree and second among his A&M-Commerce teammates ... Fourth overall as the Lions' won the UIW Cardinal Invitational ... In his collegiate debut, he was the second freshman and in 23rd place overall at the Brooks Memphis XC Twilight.
Prior to A&M-Commerce: A four-year letterwinner in both cross country and in track and field … A three-time state champion – as a junior, he was the 2A individual champion in cross country and as a senior, in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter run in track and field … Following his junior season, he finished 12th at the Foot Locker South Regional in a personal-best time of 15:18 … In cross country, he was a four-time district champion, three-time regional champion and two-time state runner up … In track and field, he won the district title on three occasions in the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter run, he was a regional champion and finished second twice and on the state level, he was a runner up in the 3,200-meter run as a sophomore.
Personal: Born March 6, 1990 … Son of Mickel and Wendy Hughes.
Hughes' A&M-Commerce Career-Bests
800 Meter Run: 2:02.50 - Tarleton State Invitational (Mar. 10, 2011)
1500 Meter Run: 4:03.47 - Tarleton State Invitational (Mar. 10, 2011)
5000 Meter Run: 15:13.98 - Bobby Lane Invitational (Apr. 2, 2011)
10000 Meter Run: 32:17.00 - Lone Star Conference Championships (May 8, 2011)
