Rios Prude Jr.

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Rockledge, Fla.
Prev School:
Florida
High School:
Rockledge

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Awards and Accolades

First Team All-American, outdoor 4x400m relay (2024, 2025)
First Team All-American, indoor 4x400m relay (2025)
Third Team All-SEC, outdoor 4x400m relay (2025)
Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll (2025)
SEC First Year Academic Honor Roll (2024)

Collegiate PRs
200m: 21.20 | LSU Invitational (May 3, 2025)
400m: 45.51 | NCAA East First Rounds (May 22-25, 2024)

Season Recaps
2026 (Florida)
Indoor: Finished first in the men’s 400m with a time of 47.52 at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational (Jan. 16).

Outdoor: Made his season debut in the men’s 400m dash with a time of 46.97, which placed 35th at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 14-16).

2025 (Florida)
Indoor: Ran the lead leg of Florida's 8th-place 4x400m relay effort (3:06.93) at the NCAA indoor championships... Competed in the 4x400m relay (3:05.43) and the 400m prelims (46.57), placing fourth and earning five team points in the 4x400m at the SEC Indoor Championships (February 27 - March 1)... Competed in the 400m with a time of 47.02 and placed first in the 4x400 (3:03.78) at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 31-Feb. 1)... Opened his season with a 1:09.65 time in the 600y and a 3:02.80 [47.06 split] performance in the 4x400m relay at the Corky Classic (Jan. 18), the UF program No. 7 time in the 4x400m... Posted a season-best time of 47.01 in the 400m and competed in the 4x400m (3:04.24) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 14-15).

Outdoor: Ran a 46.07 400m and the third leg of the Gators' collegiate-leading 3:01.52 4x400m relay... Competed in the 400m (46.20) and placed second in the 4x400m (3:02.72) at the Florida Relays (April 4-5)... Posted a college-best 200m time of 21.20 at the LSU Invitational… Earned a bronze medal in the 4x400m relay (3:03.27) at the SEC Outdoor Championships.

2024 (Florida)
Indoor: Competed in the Men's 400m prelims while setting a personal record time of 47.09 and contributed to a fifth-place finish in the Men's DMR, posting a time of 9:46.84 at the SEC Indoor Championships (Feb. 23-24)... Set an indoor personal record time of 47.16 in the Men's 400 and placed eighth, running the first leg, in the Men's 4x400m (3:10.19) at the Tyson Invitational (Feb. 9-10)... Recorded an indoor and overall personal best in the Men's 400m (47.67) and participated in a men's 4x400m relay at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26-27)... Made his collegiate debut competing in a men's 4x400m relay at the McFerrin-12 Degree Invitational (Jan. 13).

Outdoor: Named a First Team All-American... Helped the Gators win their third consecutive NCAA Outdoor Championship running the third leg of the third-place 4x400m team (2:58.98)... Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 4x400m (3:01.50) and set a new PR in the 400m (45.51) at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 22-24)... Participated in the 400m Prelims at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 9)... Notched a time of 47.07 in the 400m at the LSU Invitational (Apr. 27)... Tallied a personal record in the 400m at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational (Apr. 12-13), recording a time of 46.55... Earned a personal best in the 200m on his outdoor debut, crossing the finish line in 21.27 at the Pepsi Florida Relays (Mar. 29-30).

High School: 2023 FHSAA 3A Champion (400m)… 2023 FHSAA 3A - 4th Place (200m)… 2023 FHSAA 3A - 7th Place (100m)… 2022 FHSAA 3A - 4th Place (400m).