Hokie Club2022 Outdoor: Battled through injury to compete in the 400m at the ACC Championships, running 49.00 ... Delivered a season's best time of 48.62 in the 400m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier to finish fourth.
2022 Indoor: Ran the 400m leg on the ACC title-winning distance medley relay team that went 9:35.00 at the ACC Championships ... Posted a season's best of 48.25 in the 400m at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Ran the 200m in 21.97 seconds at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Went 48.28 in the 400m to finish in fourth at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Opened the season with a time of 1:04.01 in the 500m to place sixth at the Virginia Tech Invitational.
2021 Outdoor: Earned honorable mention All-American at the NCAA Championships as part of the 4x400 relay team ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships as part of the 4x400 relay team and posted a time of 46.74 in the 400m at the NCAA East Prelims ... Won gold at the ACC Championships as part of the 4x400 relay team that ran 3:06.46, the second-fastest time in school history ... Finished 12th in the 400m with a time of 47.13 at the ACC Championships ... Won the 400m at the Tennessee Challenge with a time of 46.99 ... Set a PR of 46.71 to take second in the 400m at the Virginia Challenge ... Posted a time of 21.61 in the 200m at the Pepsi Florida Relays ... Finished fourth in the 400m at the Weems Baskin Invitation with a time of 46.87.
2021 Indoor: Ran the 400m leg on the fifth place DMR team that ran a school record 9:27.67 at the NCAA Championships ... Won gold at the ACC Championships as part of the DMR team that ran 9:41.87 ... Also at the ACC Championships finished sixth in the 400m with an indoor PR of 47.20 and set a PR in the 200m with a time of 21.58 ... Ran the 400m leg on the DMR at the Camel City Invitational, finishing second with a time of 9:38.48 ... Took fourth in the 400m with a time of 48.04 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet ... Broke the school record in the 500m with a time of 1:02.79 at the Hokie Invitational.
Merrimack College: Was a four-time conference champion … Holds the conference 400 meter record with his time of 46.53 … Finished fourth in the 400 at the Division II Outdoor Championships.
High School: Placed third in the 600m Division III indoor meet, 10th in the 600m 2017 Allstate meet, and was named MVP of the indoor track team during his senior year … Also earned Baystate conference all-star recognition as a senior.
Personal: Born on May 12, 1999 … Son of Marianne and Paul Forrest … Has one brother, Paul and one sister, Caroline … Majoring in Finance.
Forrest's Track and Field Career Bests
IndoorOutdoor
200m – 21.58, ACC Championships (2021)
300m – 34.88, Hokie Invitational (2020)
400m – 47.20, ACC Championships (2021)
500m – 1:02.79, Hokie Invitational (2021)
200m – 21.61, Pepsi Florida Relays (2021)
400m – 46.71, Virginia Challenge (2021)