Charleston Southern University Athletics

Augustus Cortezi - TFRRS Profile

2024 Outdoor at Charleston Southern: Competed in five meets during the season, racing in the 400m hurdles at all of them along with once in the 110m hurdles ... Scored in the high hurdles at the Big South Championships (5/8) with his time of 15.23 as he took 5th place ... Recorded his personal best in the 400m hurdles at the Duke Invitational (4/12) with a time of 56.56.

2024 Indoor at Charleston Southern: Competed in three meets during his debut indoor season all coming in the 60m hurdles ... Improved his time in the event each of the times he competed in it ... Finished 7th at the Big South Indoor Championships (2/24) with a personal best time of 8.72 in the finals after taking 7th as well in the prelims with a time of 8.76 ...  His points helped the men to take second overall as a team in the meet, their fourth-time ever finishing that high at the meet and to their highest team point total recorded at the championship meet of 136.5 points.

High School: Originally from Baltimore, Maryland and graduated from Gilman School ... Was a three-year member of the boys varsity volleyball team at the school ... Was a member of the track team and had personal best times of 15.25 in the 110 hurdles and 40.13 in the 300 hurdles for outdoor ... During the winter for indoor season, his personal best times were 7.80 in the 55 hurdles, 52.28 in the 400 and 1:10 in the 500 ... Finished as the 1A runner-up in the 300 hurdles during his sophomore year and his junior year ... During his junior year, he won the championship for the 110 hurdles ... During the indoor season, he was third in the 500 and 4th in the 55 hurdles at the 1A championships in his senior year ... Outdoor season during his senior year was canceled due to COVID-19 ... Joined team as a walk-on in fall 2023.