Eric Janise - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Eric Janise

Sr | 6-4 | Sprints | The Woodlands, Texas | The Woodlands HS

#Razorfacts

  • 2014 Outdoor First Team All-American (4x400m)
  • 2014 Indoor First Team All-American (DMR)
  • Two top 10 best performances in program history as a member of the 4x400m relay (Indoor: No. 5; Outdoor: No. 10)
  • 2013 SEC Indoor All-Freshman Team

Junior (2016)
Second Team All-American (4×400) … Opened the indoor season, racing to a top-15 finish at the Tyson Invitational (2/13) … Helped the Razorback DMR finish fourth at the SEC Indoor Championship (2/27) … Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championship (6/8) with the 4×400-meter relay, placing 11th in the prelims to cap the season.

Sophomore (2015)
Finished in fifth as the fourth leg of the 4×400-meter relay team at the Rod McCravy Memorial meet … Opened the outdoor season with two more fifth-place finishes in the 4×400-meter relay at the Stanford Invitational and the John McDonnell Invitational … Ran a season best 47.03 in the 400m to finish fourth at the Arkansas Twilight

Redshirt Freshman (2014)
Posted back to back first place finishes with the 4×400-meter relay team at the Arkansas Invitational and Arkansas-Texas Dual … Set a new PR in the 400m running 46.65 to take second at the Arkansas-Texas Dual … Further improved on 400m time during the indoor season running a personal best at the Razorback Invitational and again at the SEC Indoor Championships running 46.57 to finish eighth … Qualified for nationals in the DMR … Finished seventh at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships in the DMR … Opened the outdoor season with a win in the sprint medley relay at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Followed it up with two victories in the 4×400-meter relay at the John McDonnell Invitational and Mt. SAC relays … Ran an outdoor PR of 46.75 in the 400m at the Arkansas Twilight … Qualified for nationals in the 4×400-meter relay … Crossed the line in a personal best and 10th best time in program history in the 4×400-meter prelims at the national meet in 3:04.74 … Finished eighth at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 4×400-meter relay

Freshman (2013)
Named to the SEC Indoor All-Freshman team for an eighth-place finish in the 400m at the SEC Indoor Championships … Season highlighted by a runner-up finish at the Tyson Invitational in the 4×400-meter relay … Other top three performances at the Arkansas-Texas Dual (4×400) and Armory Collegiate Invitational (DMR)

High School
During the final two years of his prep career, he was a two-time District 14-5A champion at 400 meters … He went on to finish in second place at the Region II-5A Championships and fourth at the UIL Texas 5A State Championships … He was the 2011 region champion at 400 meters as a junior … At the 2012 district meet, he also captured an event title in the triple jump … Finished third at both the regional and state meets in the event … He turned in a personal-best jump of 47-8.75 at the state meet.

Personal
Born Sept. 3, 1993 … Son of David and Lauren Janise … Has three siblings Ryan, Annie and Corey… He is majoring in economics and is on the University of Arkansas Dean’s list, Chancellor’s list, is a three time SEC Honor Roll student, and three time Academic All-American… Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative … 2015-2016 SAAC Secretary and Treasurer

2015 Indoor Performance List

Event Meet Mark Place
400m Rod McCravy Memorial (1/23-1/24/15) 47.34 7th
DMR Rod McCravy Memorial (1/23-1/24/15) 9:43.19 3rd
4×400 Razorback Invitational (1/31/14-2/1/14) 3:05.02 2nd

2015 Outdoor Performance List

Event Meet Mark Place
400m Arkansas Twilight (5/1/15) 47.03 4th
SEC Championships (5/14-5/16/15) 47.76 17th
John McDonnell Invite (4/10-4/11/15) 47.91 5th
SMR Drake Relays (4/22-4/26/15) 3:27.06 12th
4×400 Drake Relays (4/22-4/26/15) 3:08.61 9th
Arkansas Twilight (5/1/15) 3:09.16 1st
Stanford Invitational (4/3-4/4/15) 3:12.67 5th
John McDonnell Invite (4/10-4/11/15) 3:18.81 5th

TFRRS Profile

Indoor PRs

Outdoor PRs