Charlie Williams Class: Sophomore Hometown: Gig Harbor, Wash. High School: Gig Harbor Position: Distances Experience: 1V

A Pac-10 track competitor at 1500m as a freshman last year ... led UW in the 800m indoors and was second in the mile and 1500m.

2008 (Cross Country): Saw first official action on the trails, competing three times ... was the ninth Husky finisher and 30th overall at the Sundodger ... made the trip to Auburn to run at the Tiger Invite where he placed 75th overall and eighth on the squad ... also finished 10th at the Cascade Conference Preview.

2007-08: One of UW's best mid-distance runners during first track season ... was UW's top 800m runner indoors, with a time of 1:52.21 at the UW Invitational in his only run at that distance ... second on the team in the mile run, clocking 4:06.04 at the Husky Classic ... placed 13th in the mile at the MPSF Championships, and 6th as part of UW's DMR which ran 9:48.43 for 9th-place in school history ... outdoors, ranked second on the team in the 1500m, running 3:50.27 at the Oregon Invitational ... at the WSU dual, was 5th in the 800m and 3rd in the 1500m ... placed 15th overall in the 1500m at the Pac-10 Championships ... UW's most frequent unattached competitor during cross country redshirt season, running at the Sundodger, Willamette, and Mike Hodges invites ... finished 41st in first run at Sundodger, UW's No. 3 unattached competitor.

High School and Personal: Parents are Erin and Chuck Williams ... has one younger sister, Kelly ... grandfather James Kelly competed in cross country and track from 1947-51 and ran at the Olympic Pre-Trials ... captained Gig Harbor to a pair of top-10 state finishes his junior and senior years ... helped Gig Harbor track and field to the 4A state championship in 2005 and 2007, and a runner-up finish in 2006 ... compiled four Narrows League titles during prep career ... senior year in 2007, placed second at 4A state championships in the 800m and the 1600m ... ran at the 2007 Arcadia Invitational in Arcadia, Calif., taking sixth in the 800m ... won the Shoreline Invitational 800m in 2007 ... eagle scout who has been awarded the gold palm.

Major Meets
2008 MPSF TF - 13th, Mile; 6th, DMR
2008 Pac-10 TF - 15th, 1500m

Collegiate Best Marks
800m.......1:52.21i/ 1:52.14
1500m.......3:50.27
Mile.......4:06.04