2022 Track & Field Roster
Towns, Qhiyal
Qhiyal Towns
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Newport News, Va.
- High School:
- Heritage
Bio
Ranks among the program’s all-time sprint leaders in both the indoor and outdoor record books ... In the outdoor records, his time of 10.32 in the 100 meters is the second-fastest in program history ... In indoors competition, his time of 6.82 in the 60 meters ranks 10th
2021-22: In the indoor season, placed third in the 60m at the Indiana Relays in a time of 6.95 ... At ACC Indoor Championships, placed 13th in the 60m with a season-best 6.82, the 10th-fastest time in program history ... In outdoors, ran a personal-best 10.32 in the 100 meters at the Tom Jones Invitational, good for the second-fastest time in school history ... Competed in the 100m (14th) and the 200m (26th) at ACC Outdoor Championships
2020-21: At ACC Indoor Championships, placed eighth in 60m preliminaries (6.84) to advance to the finals, where he finished seventh with another 6.84 ... In the outdoor season, placed second in the 100m at Raleigh Relays (10.38), at the time the second-fastest mark in school history ... Second in 100m at the Virginia Invitational I10.57) ... Fourth in 200m (21.91) at the Tobacco Road Challenge ... Third in 100m (10.67) at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial ... Placed 12th in the 100m at ACC Outdoor Championships
2019-20: Earned second team All-ACC honors with a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter dash (6.75) at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Broke a program record in the 60 with a prelim time of 6.67 seconds before clocking 21.48 seconds in the 200-meter prelims for 10th-place overall • First clocked a 60-meter time of 6.81 seconds at the Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge before running that exact same time in four more races ... Broke into the top-five all-time performances with a 6.74-second 60-meter dash at the Power 5 Invitational, where he also finished fifth in the 200 (21.73) ... Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19: Finished 17th in the men’s 100 meters with a collegiate-best performance (10.55) at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Also helped the 4x100 finish fifth (40.35) at ACC Outdoors ... Competed primarily in relays for the first four meets of the outdoor season including a first-place finishes in the 4x100 (40.67) at High Point’s VertKlasse Meeting and the Battle of the Blues ... Made his collegiate debut in the 100 (10.62) at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial • Did not compete during the indoor season ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Ranked sixth in the nation in the 60 ... AAU Junior Olympic All-American ... Four-time state champion ... Holds the Virginia 4-A State records in the 55 and the 100 ... Was a member of the high school track team for three years after playing one season of varsity baseball
More on Towns: Qhiyal Lcon Towns is the son of Carolyn and Quintin Towns • Born November 20.
TFRRS Results
2021-22: In the indoor season, placed third in the 60m at the Indiana Relays in a time of 6.95 ... At ACC Indoor Championships, placed 13th in the 60m with a season-best 6.82, the 10th-fastest time in program history ... In outdoors, ran a personal-best 10.32 in the 100 meters at the Tom Jones Invitational, good for the second-fastest time in school history ... Competed in the 100m (14th) and the 200m (26th) at ACC Outdoor Championships
2020-21: At ACC Indoor Championships, placed eighth in 60m preliminaries (6.84) to advance to the finals, where he finished seventh with another 6.84 ... In the outdoor season, placed second in the 100m at Raleigh Relays (10.38), at the time the second-fastest mark in school history ... Second in 100m at the Virginia Invitational I10.57) ... Fourth in 200m (21.91) at the Tobacco Road Challenge ... Third in 100m (10.67) at the Torrin Lawrence Memorial ... Placed 12th in the 100m at ACC Outdoor Championships
2019-20: Earned second team All-ACC honors with a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter dash (6.75) at the ACC Indoor Championships ... Broke a program record in the 60 with a prelim time of 6.67 seconds before clocking 21.48 seconds in the 200-meter prelims for 10th-place overall • First clocked a 60-meter time of 6.81 seconds at the Dick Taylor Carolina Challenge before running that exact same time in four more races ... Broke into the top-five all-time performances with a 6.74-second 60-meter dash at the Power 5 Invitational, where he also finished fifth in the 200 (21.73) ... Outdoor season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2018-19: Finished 17th in the men’s 100 meters with a collegiate-best performance (10.55) at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Also helped the 4x100 finish fifth (40.35) at ACC Outdoors ... Competed primarily in relays for the first four meets of the outdoor season including a first-place finishes in the 4x100 (40.67) at High Point’s VertKlasse Meeting and the Battle of the Blues ... Made his collegiate debut in the 100 (10.62) at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial • Did not compete during the indoor season ... Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Prep: Ranked sixth in the nation in the 60 ... AAU Junior Olympic All-American ... Four-time state champion ... Holds the Virginia 4-A State records in the 55 and the 100 ... Was a member of the high school track team for three years after playing one season of varsity baseball
More on Towns: Qhiyal Lcon Towns is the son of Carolyn and Quintin Towns • Born November 20.
TFRRS Results
UNC Volleyball: Tar Heels Sweep Oral Roberts
Sunday, September 07
UNC Football: Belichick Gets First Win as Heels Down Charlotte, 20-3
Sunday, September 07
Carolina Insider - Football at Charlotte Preview (Full Segment) - September 5, 2025
Saturday, September 06
Bill Belichick Coach's Corner - Episode 2 - Sep. 3, 2025
Saturday, September 06
