- Event
- Class
- High School/Other
- Hometown
- Sprints/Jumps/Hurdles
- Junior
- Western Branch
- Chesapeake, Va.
2012 Outdoor: Led off the second place and school record setting 4x100 meter relay (39.95) at the ACC Championship ... Earned All-ACC honors in the long jump with a runner-up finish (24-8.5, 7.53m) ... Ran the second leg on the school record setting 4x400 meter relay (3:09.95) at the Florida Relays.
2012 Indoor: Set the school record in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 7.81 at the VT Elite Meet … Placed fourth in the long jump at the ACC Championship (24-1.5, 7.35m) … Also took seventh in the 60 meter hurdles, in addition to running on the third place 4x400 meter relay at the ACC Meet (3:14.67) … Was second in the long jump at the VT Elite Meet with a season best 24-5.5 (7.45m) … Ran the leadoff leg on the team-leading 4x400 meter relay at the VT Invitational (3:13.93).
2011 Outdoor: Led the team in the long jump, posting a season-best 24-8.25 (7.52m) at the NCAA East Regional to qualify for the NCAA Championships, where he finished 18th … Earned team points for the Hokies in three events at the ACC Championships, including an All-ACC third-place performance in the long jump (24-7.25, 7.50m) ... Earned team Rookie award.
2011 Indoor: Added 13 points to the Hokies’ total at the ACC Championships, placing fifth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.01), third in the long jump (24-9, 7.54m) and sixth in the triple jump (49-5.5, 15.07m) … Led the team with season-best in the ACC 60-meter hurdle prelims (7.94) and the long jump, earning All-ACC honors in the latter … Ran second leg on the team-leading 1,600-meter relay at the VT Elite Meet (3:14.19).
Prior to Tech: Competed in the 60 and 110-meter hurdles at the University of Oklahoma during the 2010 season.
High School: Was a team captain at Western Branch High School in Chesapeake, Va. … 2009 VHSL AAA State Champion in the 110 and 55-meter hurdles … Three-time Eastern Region champion in the triple jump … 2009 Eastern Region champion in the 55 and 110-meter hurdles … Five-time All-State honoree in the triple jump and four times in the long jump … Two-time All-American as part of the 800, 1,600-meter and shuttle hurdle relays.
Personal: Born August 13, 1990 … Son of Michelle Artis … Majoring in consumer studies.
| Artis-Gray's Collegiate Track & Field Bests | |
| Indoor | Outdoor |
| 60m Hurdles: 7.81-SR | 400m: 48.11 |
| LJ: 24-9 (7.54m) | 110m Hurdles: 14.00 |
| TJ: 49-5.5 (15.07m) | 400m Hurdles: 53.70 |
| LJ: 24-9 (7.54m) | |
| TJ: 47-5.25 (14.46m) | |






