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Alexandria Williams
Alexandria Williams

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Wallingford, Pa.

High School:
Strath Haven

Event:
Hurdles

Elig. (In/Out):
SR/SR


Junior (2011) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award winner.
Outdoor
Finished 24th in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.57 finals, 59.72 prelims) at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 26-27) ... Took eighth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.08 prelims, 1:02.32 finals) at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-15) ... Finished runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles (59.81) at the FSU Relays (March 26).

Indoor
Placed eighth in the 800-meter run (2:13.07 finals, 2:11.65 prelims) and helped the 4x400-meter relay team to a sixth-place finish (3:45.21) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26-27) ... Finished third in the 600-meter run (1:31.76) and 20th in the 400-meter dash (57.56) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 11) ... Placed third in the 800-meter run (2:10.71) and helped the 4x400-meter relay team to third place (3:43.64) at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 4-5) ... Won the open section of the 800-meter run (2:12.74) and ran on the third-place 4x400-meter relay team (3:46.34) at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 28-29) ... Won the 600-meter run (1:34.05) at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 22) ... Took second in the 600-meter run (1:33.14) against No. 23 Ohio State (Jan. 15) ... Finished runner-up in the 800-meter run (2:14.84) at the EMU Invitational (Jan. 8).

Sophomore (2010) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Earned second varsity letter.
Outdoor
Ran a season-best time of 59.08 in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 27) ... Finished 22nd (1:00.07) in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminary Round (May 28) ... Placed ninth in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.61 finals, 1:00.25 prelims) at the Big Ten Championships (May 14-16) ... Took runner-up in the 400-meter hurdles (1:01.53) at the EMU Invitational (April 17) ... Finished second in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.89) at the Bulls Invitational (March 19).

Indoor
Member of U-M's fourth-place 4x400-meter relay team (3:39.31) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 28) ... Placed 16th in the 600-meter run (1:34.84) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27) ... Ran a season-best 2:12.64 in the 800-meter run at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 12).

Freshman (2009) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award ... Earned first varsity letter.
Outdoor
Finished sixth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 8), clocking in with a time of 1:02.88 ... Took eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Jesse Owens Classic (May 2) in a time of 1:01.68 ... Finished eighth in the 100-meter hurdles at the Hillsdale Relays (April 25) in a time of 14.86 ... Took fourth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Hillsdale Relays (April 24) in a time of 1:02.73

Indoor
At the Tyson Invitational, ran the 400-meter dash in 57.84 and the 800-meter run in 2:14.76 (Feb. 14) ... Came in fifth in the 500-meter dash (1:16.05) at the Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7 ) ... Finished fifth in the 800-meter run (2:15.99) at the Michigan Intercollegiate (Jan. 31) ... Took third in the 600-meter run (1:35.07) at the Red Simmons/Jack Harvey Invitational (Jan. 24) ... Placed 11th in the 800-meter run (2:20.42) at the Indiana Invitational (Jan. 17) ... Came in 8th in the 800-meter run (2:21.85) at the Akron Quad (Jan. 9).

Prep ... Graduated from Strath Haven High School (2008) ... High honors ... Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Team captain as a senior ... Two-time MVP (2007, 2008) ... At 2008 state meet, was runner-up in 300m hurdles, took third in 100m hurdles and was a member of the fourth-place 4x400m relay team ... Two-time second team all-state (2006, 2008) ... Three-time all-county and all-Central League selection (2006, 2007, 2008) ... State champion in 4x400m relay as a sophomore (2006) ... Freshman track award winner.

Personal ... Enrolled in College of Literature, Science and the Arts ... Majoring in biology/brain behavior and cognitive science ... Born on August 15, 1990 ... Daughter of Drs. Chris Williams and Sabrina Ford ... Father, Chris, ran track at the University of Iowa.

Personal Bests

Event Time Date
400m (I) 57.56 2-11-11
500m (I) 1:16.05 2-6-09
600m (I) 1:31.76 2-11-11
800m (I) 2:10.71 2-5-11
400m (O) 58.70 4-18-09
400m hurdles (O) 59.08 5-27-10
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