2010 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded career-high in the 4x400-meter relay at
first leg and earned All-Sun Belt honors winning the event in 3:15.21 at the
Sun Belt Championships…Recorded season-highs of 49.94 for 17th place
in the 400-meter dash at the SBC Championships, 59.95 in the 400-meter hurdles
for second place at the UCA Relays, 11.16 in the 100-meter dash for fourth
place at the UCA Relays, and 22.47 in the 200-meter dash at the Ole Miss Invite…Also
recorded times of 50.42 in the 400 meters for sixth place at the Rhodes College
Open, 11.38 in the 100 meters at the Ole Miss Invite, and 11.17 for 13th
place in the 100 meters at the ULM Warhawk Classic…Graduated in May with a
degree in health and exercise science.
2010 Indoor Track Season: Recorded career-high in the
400-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic with a time of 49.73 ranking him ninth
in UALR career records…Recorded season-high and earned All-Sun Belt honors at the
Sun Belt Championship in the Distance Medley Relay placing second in 10:07.91…Recorded
season-highs of 22.69 in the 200-meter dash at the Iowa State Classic, 6.90 in
the 55-meter dash at the ASU Kickoff Klassic, and 3:19.91 as the third leg of
the 4x400-meter relay placing third at the ASU Kickoff Klassic…Recorded 400
meter times of 51.45 for 16th place at the ASU Kickoff Klassic, 51.04
for eighth place at the Arkansas State Invitational, and 50.53 for 15th
at the SBC Championships…Recorded a time of 22.82 for 11th place in
the 200 meters at the Arkansas State Invitational.
2009 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded career high as
third leg of the 4x400-meter relay team placing ninth at the LSU Alumni Gold in
3:13.99 ranking them fifth in the Sun Belt and in UALR career
records...Recorded highest finish as third leg of 4x400-meter relay at the SBC
Championships placing fourth in 3:14.73...Also competed third leg of
4x400-meter relay at the Ole Miss Invitational placing eighth in
3:15.69...Recorded season-high and highest finish as third leg of 4x100-meter
relay team at Ole Miss Invitational placing seventh in 41.33...Recorded
season-high and highest finish in the 100-meter dash at the LSU Alumni Gold
placing 39th in 11.33...Recorded season-high and highest finish in
the 200-meter dash at the Hendrix Invitational placing sixth in 22.45...Also
recorded 200 meter finishes at the Ole Miss Invitational placing 58th
in 22.51 and the SBC Championships placing 29th in 22.46...Recorded
season-high in the 400-meter dash at the ULM Warhawk Classic placing sixth in
49.74...Recorded highest finish in the 400 meters at the Rhodes Open with a
third place finish in 50.21...Recorded season-high and highest finish in the
400-meter hurdles placing fifth in 57.75 at the Bison Invitational.
2009 Indoor Track Season: Third leg of the
4x400-meter relay team that won the event at the Arkansas State Kickoff Classic
in 3:20.46 ranking them sixth in UALR career records and seventh in the Sun
Belt...Recorded season-high in the 200-meter dash placing 82nd in
22.75...Recorded highest finish in the 200 meters at the Arkansas State Kickoff
Classic placing tenth in 22.97...Recorded season-high in the 400-meter dash at
the Sun Belt Championships placing 12th in 50.21...Recorded highest
finish in the 400 meters at the McDonald’s Invitational placing tenth in
51.18...Also recorded 29th place finish in the 400 meters at the
Iowa State Classic in 50.63, third place finish in the 4x400-meter relay team
at the McDonald’s Invitational in 3:24.80, and seventh in the 4x400-meter relay
at the Sun Belt Championships in 3:22.08.
2008 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded
career best in the 400-meter dash at the Sun Belt Championships preliminaries
placing 16th in 49.37 ranking him ninth in UALR career
records...Recorded highest finish in the 400 meters at the Rhodes College Open
placing tenth in 50.32...Recorded season best in the 200-meter dash at the John
McDonnell Invitational placing 23rd with a time of 22.27...Recorded
highest finish in the 200 meters at the ULM Warhawk Classic placing 12th
in 22.45...Recorded season best and highest finish in the 800-meter run at the
Hendrix Invitational placing 12th in 2:10.47...Recorded career high
in long jump at the Ole Miss Invitational placing 16th with a jump
of 6.39m (20-11.75) ranking him seventh in UALR career records...Recorded
highest finish in the long jump at the Harding Invitaitonal placing second with
a jump of 6.31m...Second leg of 4x400-meter relay team that recorded career
high at the John McDonnell Invitational placing third with a time of 3:10.22
with Jeremy Greenwood, John Lamb, and Jeremie Schwartz ranking them second in
UALR career records and fourth in the Sun Belt...Recorded highest finish for
the 4x400 relay at the Harding Invitational winning the event in 3:18.00...Also
competed in the 4x400 at the Ole Miss Invitational placing fourth in 3:11.78,
the Arkansas Twilight placing second in 3:11.87, and the Sun Belt Championships
placing third in 3:11.45...Named to the Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
for academic excellence.
2008 Indoor Track Season: Recorded season-best in the
55-meter dash recording a time of 6.86 and in the 200-meter dash with a time of
22.88 at the ASU Kickoff Klassic...Recorded season high and highest finish in
the 400-meter dash with a 17th place finish with a time of 49.58 at
the Arkansas State Invitational...Competed on the 4x400-meter relay on the
second leg with Jeremy Greenwood, John Lamb, and Jeremie Schwartz at the
Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic placing fourth with a time of 3:20.18 ranking
them seventh in UALR career records and in the Sun Belt Conference...With the
same team, placed fifth in the same event at the Sun Belt Championships in
3:21.54...Competed at the Iowa State Classic in the 400 meters recording a time
of 50.32.
2007 Outdoor Track Season: Recorded
his season best and best finish at the John McDonnell Invitational placing
ninth in the 400 meters with a time of 50.08...Competed on the 4x400 relay team
as the third leg at the Sun Belt Championships as the team placed fifth with a
time of 3:15.05 ranking them sixth in UALR career records...Named to the Sun
Belt Conference Commissioner's List for academic excellence.
2007 Indoor Track
Season: Redshirted.
High School: Lettered at Conway High
School where he was named the 2006 Faulkner County Male Track Athlete of the
Year...Recorded personal best of 49.2 seconds in the 400 meters and 22’2 ½ feet
in the long jump...Placed third in the long jump, fourth in the 400 meters, and
fifth in the 200 meters at the 2005 5A State Championship...Helped lead his
team to 5A Central Conference Champions in 2004, 2005, and 2006 and 5A state
runner-up in 2005.
Personal: Son of Fred and Deena
Ladd...Has two brothers, Derek and Taylor...Born August 13, 1987 in
Blytheville, Ark....Majoring in health and exercise science.