Greg Chiles

  • Greg
  • Chiles

  • Event
    Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class
    Senior
  • High School/Other
    Western Branch
  • Hometown
    Chesapeake, Va.

Updated: June 2, 2018

2018 outdoor: Punched his ticket to Eugene in the 400-meter hurdles with a school-record time of 50.04 at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Won silver at the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 50.56 while also running on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed seventh ... Won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 51.25 seconds at the Tennessee Relays … Placed third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 50.77 seconds and ran the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed eighth at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Collected a time of 48.24 seconds in the 400 meters to place eighth and ran the third leg of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished sixth at the Weems Baskin Relays.

2018 indoor: Ran the second leg on the distance medley relay team that won the national title at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 9:30.76 … Clocked a personal-best and school-record time of 21.04 in the 200 meters prelims at the ACC Indoor Championships and finished sixth in the finals with a time of 21.20 seconds, earning second-team All-ACC honors ... Also tallied a time of 47.50 in the 400 meters prelims and ran the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay team (3:09.33) that placed third and set the school record … Ran on the distance medley relay team that placed first with a time of 9:36.31 at the Roanoke Tune Up … Tallied a time of 47.76 in the 400 meters and ran the first leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that finished eighth at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational … Placed seventh in the 400 meters with a time of 47.87 seconds and ran the first leg of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished sixth at the Rod McCravy Memorial … Clocked a time of 21.36 seconds in the 200 meters to place sixth and ran a 47.73 in the 400 to place eighth at the Clemson Invitational … Ran a time of 1:20.80 in the 600 meters at the Nittany Lion Challenge to place fifth, while running the first leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that placed fifth.

2017 outdoor: Turned in an 18th-place finish at the USA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles ... Placed 22nd in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships ... Reset his own program record in the 400 hurdles for the third time this season (50.39) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, advancing to the NCAA Championships for the first time in his career ... Received second-team All-ACC recognition following his fourth-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the ACC Championships ... Earned season bests in the 4x100 (40.56) and 4x400 (3:06.40) relay events at the league championship, placing third in both, to collect second-team all-conference honors ... Broke the school record as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team for the second time this season at the conference championships, finishing in 3 minutes, 6.40 seconds ... Was a part of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Penn Relays, finishing with a time of 3:08.75 in the Men's College Final ... Also advanced to the Men's College Final in the 4x100 relay at that same meet ... Competed in the 400-meter hurdles at three different meets during the regular season, winning the event in his outdoor debut at the Weems Baskin Invitational ... Also ran the 200 for the first time outdoors at the Tennessee Relays, finishing fourth with a time of 21.26 seconds.

2017 indoor: Collected first-team All-America honors as a member of the distance medley relay team at the NCAA Championships, earning a silver medal in the event with a time of 9:33.35 … Reset the program record in the 400-meter dash three times this season, earning a season-best mark of 46.98 seconds in the prelims of the ACC Championships … Also received a bronze medal in the 200 at the ACC Championships, recording a time of 21.25 seconds in the finals to earn first-team all-league recognition … Was a member of the 4x400 relay team at the ACC Championships, placing seventh overall with a time of 3:12.09 … Also was a member of the winning 4x400 relay team at the Music City Challenge, finishing the race in a school-record time of 3 minutes, 11.11 seconds for the win ... Additionally, collected a second-place finish as a member of the DMR team at the Music City Challenge, finishing in a time of 9:31.15 - the fifth-fastest time in the event in program history ... Ran the 400 meters at the Music City Challenge, the Bob Pollock Invitational and the Hokie Invitational, recording three top-five finishes in the event … Also ran the 500 at the Virginia Tech Invitational and was second with a time of 1:03.91 – the sixth-best time in the event in school history.

Prior to Virginia Tech: Competed in indoor and outdoor track and field at the University of South Carolina for two seasons, primarily in the 200- and 400-meter events … Ran the 400 at the 2015 SEC Indoor Championship, recording his best time of the season for the event while finishing 29th (49.58) … Qualified for the 2015 USATF Junior Nationals in the 400-meter hurdles, running a personal-best time of 52.84 to finish fifth in the finals … Ran a personal best in a string of three consecutive 400-meter hurdles to end the 2016 season, running 52.13 at the SEC Championships, 51.63 at the East Regional Prelim and 51. 40 in the regional final.

High school: Was a four-year letterwinner at Western Branch under Claude Toukene … Won the state title in the 300-meter hurdles and 4x100-meter event … Was named the 2014 New Balance Indoor National Champion in the 4x55h shuttle relay as well as the 2015 New Balance Outdoor National Champion in the 4x110h shuttle relay … Was a Sprint Medley, Swedish Relay and 4x100 meter All-American selection.

Personal: Born April 2, 1996 ... Son of Gregory and Martina Chiles … Has five younger siblings; Crystal, Niyasia, GaMya, CoMari and Chavon … Majoring in consumer studies.

Chiles' Track and Field Career Bests

Indoor Outdoor

55m - 6.78, USC Open (2015)

200m - 21.04, ACC Championships (prelim, 2018)

300m - 35.54, VT Invitational (2015)

400m - 46.98, ACC Championships (prelim, 2017)

500m - 1:03.91, VT Invitational (2017)

600m - 1:20.80, Clemson Invitational (2018)

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200m - 21.26, Tennessee Relays (2017)

400m - 48.24, Weems Baskin Relays (2018)

400m hurdles - 50.04, NCAA East Preliminary Rounds (2018)