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2014-15 Women's Track & Field Roster

Alissa Williams

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • High School East Kentwood HS
  • Hometown Kentwood, Mich.

Biography

Cross Country Career

2013
Ran in six meets ... Posted a season-best 5K time of 19:42.7 at the Winthrop/Adidas Cross Counrty Invitational, finishing in 33rd place ... Placed a season best 24th at the Asheville Cross Country Carnival with a time of 19:51.0 ... Finished 74th at the SoCon Championships with a 5K time of 21:42.3.

2012
Ran in six meets … Finished third at the Charlotte Duals with a time of 19:22.00… Crossed the finish line in 18:51.61 at the Winthrop Invitational for a 24th place finish… At the UNC Asheville Invitational, she crossed the finish line in 18:51.71 for a 5th place finish… Finished with a time of 18:19.20 at the Royal Cross Country Challenge … At the SoCon Championships, she crossed the finish line with a time of 19:15.02… In her final meet of the year, she crossed the finish line at 22:55.70 at the NCAA Southeast Regionals.

2011
Competed in five meets… Crossed the finish line in 19:24.19 for an 8th place at the Charlotte Duals… Finished 6th at the Winthrop Invite with a time of 18:39.16… At the Charlotte Invitational, crossed the finish line at 18:33.41… Competed in the Penn State National Meet finishing at 23:57.00… At the SoCon Championships, she set a school record for the 5K with a time of 18:11.50 for a 29th place finish.

Track and Field Career

2014 Outdoor
Ran in five meets and a total of seven events ... Her best outdoor 800m time of the season was a 2:33.36 which she ran at the Beynon Sports Catamount Classic.

2013-14 Indoor
Competed in five meets, participating in ten events ... Ran a season best 800m iat the UCS Invitational with a time of 2:28.21 ... Also ran as a member of the 4x400m A Team, their best time being a 4:14.29 at the Bob Pollock Invitational where they earned a seventh place finish.

2013 Outdoor
Competed in five total meets, participating in nine total events as a sophomore… At the Charlotte 49er Classic, she competed in the 4x400m and the 1500m… Ran in two events at the Beynon Sports Catamount Classic, the 4x440m finishing 10th and the 1500m finishing 7th with a PR time of 4:53:52… At the Winthrop Invitational, she competed in the 1500m finishing 18th… At the Wofford Invitational she competed in the 4x800m finishing 1st, the DMR finishing 1st, and the 1500m finishing 2nd… At the Southern Conference Championships, she ran the 1500m finishing in 24th place.

2012-13 Indoor
Was a part of five meets, participating in six total events as a sophomore… Finished 4th in the 3K at the Tiger Challenge… Ran the 3K at the ETSU Niswonger Invitational finishing 10th… At the Hilton Garden Invitational, she ran the 4x400m, and the 3K… Ran the 3K at the Tiger Paw… At the SoCon Indoor Championships, she competed in the Mile run finishing 14th.

2012 Outdoor
Competed in four total meets and four total events as a freshman… Competed in the 1500m at the Beynon Sports Surfaces Catamount Classic… At the Winthrop Invitational, she ran the 5K… Competed in 5K at the Terrier Relays finishing in 1st and in a personal record time of 18:38.82… At the Southern Conference Championships, she competed in the 1500m run.

2011-12 Indoor
Competed in four meets, participating in seven total events as a freshman… Ran the 3K at the Clemson Invitational finishing 2nd with a PR time of 10:26.88… Competed in the 4x400m and got her PR in the mile run with a time of 5:16.97 at the Kent Taylor Invitational… At the JDL Fast Track Collegiate Invitational she competed in the 4x400m and got her PR in the 800m with a time of 2:23.20… Finished 5th in the DMR and 7th in the 4x400m at the Southern Conference Championships.


Honors and Awards

2013 Southern Conference Winter and Spring All-Academic Team
2012-13 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll
2012 Southern Conference Fall All-Academic Team
2011-12 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

High School

Three-year cross country letter winner and four year track letter winner ... Cross country team finished third in the state in 2008 ... Track team finished state runner-ups in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... 2011 Track and Field team state champions ... Six-time Indoor Track All-State Team ... All-State Cross Country team in 2008, 2009 and 2010 ... Academic All-State in cross country and track ... All-State in track and field in 2010 and 2011 ... Holds the school record in the 5k, 800m and 4x800m ... Three time all-conference in both track and cross country.

Personal

Daughter of Bart and Wendy Williams ... Born February 10, 1993 ... Majoring in biology and computer science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

    Distance
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Distance
  • 2013-14Junior

    Distance
  • 2014-15Senior

    Distance