2018 Track:
Indoor: Set a PR in the 60m by finishing 14th with a time of 7.03 at the Bob Pollock Invitational … recorded a personal-best of 7.95 (second) in the 60m hurdles at the Commodore Invitational – ranking 10th in the ACC … recorded another sub-8 hurdle time at the Charlie Thomas Invite (7.99) to finish third … ran a 22.81 in his lone 200m race of the season at the Clemson Invitational. Outdoor: PR-ed in the 110m hurdles at the North Florida Invitational when he ran a 14.11 to finish third overall – ranking eighth in the ACC … also led the 4×100 relay group to a third-place 40.67 at North Florida Invite … finished second in the 110m IH (14.19) at the Yellow Jacket Invitational … helped the 4×100 relay group to a 10th-place finish (41.66) at ACC Championships.
2017 Track:
Indoor: A stalwart member of the hurdles team, competed in 12 heats … recorded a season-best time in the finals of the Music City Challenge (8.10) … also raced out to a 8.15 mark in the prelims of the ACC Indoor Championships. Outdoor: Recorded a career-best time of 14.18 in the 110m hurdles at the Tom Jones Memorial … also ran a time of 14.28 in the 110m hurdles at the Florida Relays … turned in a time of 22.45 in the 200m dash at the Florida State Relays.
2016 Track:
Indoor: Finished 12th in the 60m hurdles at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best time of 8.24 … Finished 22nd in the 200m at the ACC Indoor Championships with a time of 22.69 … Finished ninth in the 60m hurdles at the Music City Challenge with a time of 8.29. Outdoor: Finished seventh in the 110m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a personal-best time of 14.42, narrowly missing All-ACC honors … finished 20th in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Outdoor Championships with a time of 56.32 … Finished fourth in the 110m hurdles at the Georgia Invitational with a time of 14.67 … Finished 30th in the 200m at the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a personal-best time of 22.27 … Finished 24th in the 400m hurdles at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a personal-best time of 56.10.
2015 Track:
Indoor: Placed seventh in the 60m hurdles with a career-best time of 8.46 at the Samford Invite … Posted a career-best time of 22.77 in the 200 meters at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invitational. Outdoor: Helped the 4×100-meter relay team place second (41.75) at the Georgia Spec Towns Meet … Logged a season-best time in the 110m hurdles (14.94) at the ACC Championships.
High School:
Lettered four seasons in track and field under head coaches Rico Campbell and Jake Collins at Statesboro High School in Statesboro, Ga. … Was a team captain for one season … Part of team that won the GHSA AAAA Region 3 championship in 2012 and 2014 … Broke school records in the 110m and 300m hurdles at state track meet in 2014 … Member of honor roll, National Honor Society and Beta Club.
Personal:
Full name is Andréas Nehemiah Jaunté Ward … Son of Gregory Burns and Angelina Ward … Born Oct. 27, 1995 in Statesboro, Ga. … Chose Georgia Tech because it is one of the top engineering schools in the nation, the exceptionally great track and field program and the high return on investment ratings … Majoring in mechanical engineering.
