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Chris Williams
05/24/2013 Five Women Make Jump To Nationals On Big NightBaylee Mires breaks 26-year-old school record at 800-meters to make her first NCAA trip. 05/22/2013 Race Is On For Finals Spots At NCAA PrelimsTexas will provide live streaming coverage of all three days of the Prelims. 05/16/2013 Fields Announced For NCAA West PrelimsAthletes must qualify through the two regional sites to make the final NCAA stop at Eugene. 05/12/2013 Goethals And Covington Win Pac-12 TitlesWatch the tape delayed broadcast this Wednesday at 6 p.m. on the Pac-12 Networks. 05/11/2013 Huskies Put Five In Top-Three At Pac-12sFreshman Chris Williams took second in the pole vault while also making the hurdles final. High School and Personal: Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ... parents are Sabrina Ford and Chris Williams ... has one older sister, Alix, who runs track for the University of Michigan, focusing on the 400m hurdles ... father, Chris, was an All-American hurdler at the University of Iowa ... unique athlete who captured the 2012 Pennsylvania 3A state titles in both the 110-meter hurdles and the pole vault, setting a state meet record in the vault at 16-6 ... also ran 13.91 to win his second straight 110m hurdles state title, and ran on the title-winning 4x100m relay ... ranked in the top-20 nationally in 2012 in both the hurdles and pole vault ... during the 2012 indoor season, was one of the fastest 60-meter hurdlers in the nation, placing fourth at the New Balance Indoor Nationals meet in a new PR of 7.77 seconds ... that time ranked fifth nationally during the indoor season ... cleared 16-feet in the vault for the first time at the 2012 Penn Relays ... won the 110m hurdles state title in 2011, running a time of 14.18 seconds into a stiff headwind of -3.4 meters per second ... second at state as a sophomore in the pole vault with a 14-6 clearance ... graduated with a 3.7 GPA. Major Meets Indoor Bests |
