Orin Darrington
	Class: Senior Hometown: Austin, Texas High School: Plugerville Event: Sprints Experience: 3L

2004 OUTDOOR: Competed in the 200M, 400M and as a member for the 4x100M and 4x400M relay teams ... all-conference in the 4x100 ...200M ... finished fourth at the TTU Invitational with a time of 21.78 ... 400M ...clocked a time of 49.24 at the MJ Invitational ... finished eighth at the ACU Open with a time of 51.19 ... ran 51.42 at the ASU Relays to finish in 16th ... 4x100M ... team finished second at the UTEP Invitational with a time of 40.55 ... earned all-conference honors with a sixth-place finish in a time of 40.78 ... took first at the TTU Invitational with a time of 41.20 ... 4x400M ... finished first at the TTU Invitational with a time of 3:23.49.

2004 INDOOR: Competed in the 200M, 400M and as a member of the 4x400M relay team ... 200M ... ran a 22.59 at the Red Raider Invitational for an 11th-place finish ... 400M ... finished ninth at the All-Comers with a time of 50.26, season best ... ran a time of 50.44 at the Red Raider Classic ... 4x400M ...member of the 4x400 relay team who earned all-conference honors with a fifth-place finish and a time of 3:10.88 ... team finished third at the Red Raider Invitational with a time of 3:18.63 and fifth at the Texas Tech Quad with a time of 3:20.12.

2003 OUTDOOR: Started season with a seventh place appearance at the Texas Tech Invitational with a time of 22.46 in the 200m ... ran a season best time of 21.87, a personal best, at the Texas Tech Open for a sixth place finish ... in the 400m finished in eighth with a time of 49.60 at the UTEP Invitational ... competed at Big 12 Championships.

2003 INDOOR: Started out season with a sixth place finish in the 200 at the Red Raider Open with a time of 22.50 ... best time of season came at the Red Raider Invitational with a seventh place finish and time of 22.28 ... competed at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 22:39.

2002 OUTDOOR: Took fifth at the Texas Tech Open in the 400 with a season-best time of 49.29, personal best ...ran to a sixth-place finish in the 200m finals with a time of 22.38 after a heat time of 22.53 to qualify at the Michael Johnson/SW Bell Classic ... placed ninth in the 400m with a time of 49.41 at the UTEP Invitational ...turned in a final time of 50.55 good enough for a ninth-place finish in the 400m at the Longhorn Invitational.

2002 INDOOR: Ran a season-best 49.77 in the 400 at the Big 12 Championships...posted a 50.52 in the 400 at the Red Raider Classic ...turned in a time of 50.46 in the 400 at the Texas Tech Classic ...competed in the 600-yard dash running a fifth-place finish time of 1:15.66 at the Texas Tech Open, also competed in the 200 and ran a 22.98...ran a 50.83 400m as he finished sixth at the Texas Tech Early Bird .

2001 OUTDOOR: Took fourth in 400m at Texas Tech Open with a time of 51.35...posted a mark of 51.15 in the 400m at Red Raider Open...took ninth in 400m at ACU T&F Classic with a time of 49.73. 2001 INDOOR: Took ninth in 200m at Texas Tech Open with a personal best time of 22.55...placed fifth in 400m at Red Raider Classic with a time of 50.02...posted a time of 49.9 in the 400m at the Big 12 Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: 2000 graduate of Pflugerville Connelly High School in Austin, Texas...member of 4x400m relay team that won state championship as junior...4x400 squad finished second as senior...relay team took first at AAU in 1999 and second in 2000...finished third in 400m at 2000 state regionals...named academic all-district as junior and senior... personal best times include 45.2 in 400m and 21.65 in 200m...member of football and track teams.

PERSONAL: Born February 11, 1982, in Austin, Texas...son of Henry and Alin Darrington...has one sister, Loren, and one brother, Brandon...relative Trey Forkerway played baseball at Texas Tech in 1992 and '93 and in the Chicago Cubs farm system.

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