JUNIOR (2024-25):
2022 All-America First Team (Distance Medley Relay)
2023: Placed 12th in the 200-meters at the Pac-12 Championships, running 21.16 … had a season-best 200-meters at the Mt. SAC Relays, going 20.97 with a +2.6 tailwind … top wind-legal time of the season was 21.09 at the Desert Heat Classic … indoors, posted the No. 5 200-meters time in school history with a 21.19 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, converted to 21.26 for altitude … had a 400-meters PR of 48.61 at the Husky Classic … opened his season winning the Spokane Invite 200-meters in 21.28 on Dec. 10 and also ran on the winning UW 4x400m relay which clocked a 3:11.67 … the men’s 4x400m relay clocked the fastest time by a Husky 4x4 in 17 years when it went 3:07.19 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, converted for altitude to 3:07.63, which ranks No. 3 in school history … ran one 60-meters, going 6.78 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite … named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Impressive freshman season took him all the way to the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, where he made the 200-meter finals for Turkey, placing eighth overall … won Turkish U23 titles at 100-meters and 200-meters … qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 200-meters, placing 28th in a time of 20.97 … tied the UW Freshman Record with a winning time of 20.70 at the UW-WSU Dual, and also won the 4x100m relay in 40.11 and won the 100-meters in 10.63 in Pullman … at the Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in the 100-meters and 13th in the 200-meters, and 10th on the 4x100m and 9th on the 4x400m … went to No. 9 in school history in the 100-meters in his outdoor debut, going 10.47 at the Raleigh Relays … indoors, was the 400-meter leg on the Husky DMR that placed seventh at NCAAs to earn First Team All-America honors … also ran the 400m leg on the DMR when it set the No. 3 time in NCAA history, going 9:21.10 at the Arkansas Qualifier … DMR was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week following the Arkansas record … tied for No. 9 in school history with a 60-meter dash PR of 6.78 at the Husky Classic … went to No. 8 in school history indoors in the 200m, running 21.43 at the WSU Invitational … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
High School and Personal: Born in Kirkland, Wash. … father is Teoman Smith and mother is Anne-Berit Smith … has one younger sister, Thea … father was a UW track letterwinner from 1985-89 and was a member of the Turkish National Team, and a Turkish National Champion in the sprints … mother was an All-American in cross country skiing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, coming to the U.S. from her native Norway and going on to place top-four at the 1988 U.S. Winter Olympic Trials … a national champion in the 60-meter dash, winning the 2021 AAU Indoor National Championships in a time of 6.84 seconds, and was third in the 200m at the same meet in 21.66 … the second-fastest 100m time in Washington state history with a time of 10.36 as a senior in 2021 … took third at the 2021 Brooks PR Invite 100-meters in 10.45 seconds … at the 2021 USATF Junior Olympic Nationals, was third in the 100m in 10.71 into a -2.3 headwind … the runner-up in the 100-meters at the 2020 AAU Junior Olympic Nationals in a time of 10.64 … last opportunity to compete at state was as a sophomore in 2019, where he was third in the 200-meters … a member of National Honors Society.
Major Meets
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 - 15th, 100m | 13th, 200m | 10th, 4x100m | 9th, 4x400m
2022 NCAA Prelims - 28th, 200m
2022 Turkish U23 Championships - 1st, 200m
2022 World U20 Championships - 8th, 200m
2023 Pac-12 - 12th, 200m | 10th, 4x100m
Outdoor Bests
100m…….10.36 H.S. / 10.47
200m…….20.70
400m…….48.06 H.S.
Indoor Bests
60m.......6.78
200m.......21.26
Academic Honors
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Made his Arizona State debut in the Men's 200m at the McFerrin 12-Degree Invite in College Station
2022 All-America First Team (Distance Medley Relay)
2023: Placed 12th in the 200-meters at the Pac-12 Championships, running 21.16 … had a season-best 200-meters at the Mt. SAC Relays, going 20.97 with a +2.6 tailwind … top wind-legal time of the season was 21.09 at the Desert Heat Classic … indoors, posted the No. 5 200-meters time in school history with a 21.19 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, converted to 21.26 for altitude … had a 400-meters PR of 48.61 at the Husky Classic … opened his season winning the Spokane Invite 200-meters in 21.28 on Dec. 10 and also ran on the winning UW 4x400m relay which clocked a 3:11.67 … the men’s 4x400m relay clocked the fastest time by a Husky 4x4 in 17 years when it went 3:07.19 at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic, converted for altitude to 3:07.63, which ranks No. 3 in school history … ran one 60-meters, going 6.78 at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite … named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Impressive freshman season took him all the way to the World U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, where he made the 200-meter finals for Turkey, placing eighth overall … won Turkish U23 titles at 100-meters and 200-meters … qualified for NCAA West Prelims in the 200-meters, placing 28th in a time of 20.97 … tied the UW Freshman Record with a winning time of 20.70 at the UW-WSU Dual, and also won the 4x100m relay in 40.11 and won the 100-meters in 10.63 in Pullman … at the Pac-12 Championships, was 15th in the 100-meters and 13th in the 200-meters, and 10th on the 4x100m and 9th on the 4x400m … went to No. 9 in school history in the 100-meters in his outdoor debut, going 10.47 at the Raleigh Relays … indoors, was the 400-meter leg on the Husky DMR that placed seventh at NCAAs to earn First Team All-America honors … also ran the 400m leg on the DMR when it set the No. 3 time in NCAA history, going 9:21.10 at the Arkansas Qualifier … DMR was named USTFCCCA National Athletes of the Week following the Arkansas record … tied for No. 9 in school history with a 60-meter dash PR of 6.78 at the Husky Classic … went to No. 8 in school history indoors in the 200m, running 21.43 at the WSU Invitational … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
High School and Personal: Born in Kirkland, Wash. … father is Teoman Smith and mother is Anne-Berit Smith … has one younger sister, Thea … father was a UW track letterwinner from 1985-89 and was a member of the Turkish National Team, and a Turkish National Champion in the sprints … mother was an All-American in cross country skiing at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, coming to the U.S. from her native Norway and going on to place top-four at the 1988 U.S. Winter Olympic Trials … a national champion in the 60-meter dash, winning the 2021 AAU Indoor National Championships in a time of 6.84 seconds, and was third in the 200m at the same meet in 21.66 … the second-fastest 100m time in Washington state history with a time of 10.36 as a senior in 2021 … took third at the 2021 Brooks PR Invite 100-meters in 10.45 seconds … at the 2021 USATF Junior Olympic Nationals, was third in the 100m in 10.71 into a -2.3 headwind … the runner-up in the 100-meters at the 2020 AAU Junior Olympic Nationals in a time of 10.64 … last opportunity to compete at state was as a sophomore in 2019, where he was third in the 200-meters … a member of National Honors Society.
Major Meets
2022 NCAA Indoors - 7th, DMR (All-America First Team)
2022 Pac-12 - 15th, 100m | 13th, 200m | 10th, 4x100m | 9th, 4x400m
2022 NCAA Prelims - 28th, 200m
2022 Turkish U23 Championships - 1st, 200m
2022 World U20 Championships - 8th, 200m
2023 Pac-12 - 12th, 200m | 10th, 4x100m
Outdoor Bests
100m…….10.36 H.S. / 10.47
200m…….20.70
400m…….48.06 H.S.
Indoor Bests
60m.......6.78
200m.......21.26
Academic Honors
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2022 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team