Zephyrhills Christian Academy product Evan Miller, a junior at the University of South Carolina, recently qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships after earning a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (20.93) at the SEC Indoor Championships last month. He also posted a personal-best 20.87 in the meet’s preliminary race. Miller was surpassed only by Louisiana State University’s Terrance Laird (20.28), the University of Florida’s Joseph Fahnbulleh and the University of Kentucky’s Lance Lang in the conference’s 200-meter finals.
At the national championships on March 12 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Miller finished 13th in the 200-meter preliminary race, clocking 21.33.
Prior to the college ranks, the Zephyrhills native won the Class 1A crown 100-meter dash (10.75) at the 2018 FHSAA State Track & Field Championships. He also was a member of Zephyrhills Christian’s 4×100 relay team that won back-to-back state crowns in 2017 and 2018.
