Born to William Summers and Cheryle Iglehart in San Antonio, Texas, he took up track while at James Madison High School.

Under coach Keith Randle, in his final year he was 400 m runner-up at the state championships and won the event at the AAU Junior Olympic Games.

[2] This led to his first international appearance at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Beijing, where he was an individual semi-finalist and a gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay, alongside Bryshon Nellum, Chris Carter and Justin Oliver.

[6] This earned him his first and only senior national selection and he came away with a gold medal from the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships after running in the heats only of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay.

[7] He competed in mostly Texan meets before retiring two years later, with his final national appearance coming at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, where he placed eighth in the 400 m.[8]