Shelise Williams
Sprints
Height: 5-5
Junior
Previous Affiliations
Woodrow Wilson HS
Hometown
Long Beach, Calif.
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Courtesy: Molly O'Mara, Athletic Media Relations
Release: 01/18/2008
THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN
THREE-TIME ALL-REGION
TWO-TIME ALL-SEC
NATIONAL QUALIFIER
REGIONAL QUALIFIER
2009: Indoor: Williams began at the Razorback Invitational where she competed in the 400 meters and placed fifth with a time of 54.43. Also at that meet, she ran the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished fourth with a time of 3:42.30. At the Penn State National, Williams improved on her 400-meter time to 54.35, good for a fourth-place finish and an NCAA provisional-qualifying mark. Running the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay at the Tyson Invitational, Williams and her teammates posted a time of 3:39.52, good for an NCAA provisional qualifier. She ran her best 400-meter time at the SEC Championships, placing fourth with a time of 53.52. The 4x400-meter relay team also posted their best time at the SEC Championships, earning a runner-up finish with a time of 3:35.19 and improving their NCAA provisional mark. At the NCAA Championships, Williams earned the second All-America honor of her career as the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that clocked a time of 3:36.90 to finish seventh. She also finished 12th in the prelim round of the 400 meters (54.05). Outdoor: At the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic, Williams competed in her only 100-meter race of the season and placed second with a time of 11.91. She also won the 200 meters with a time of 24.01 and ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x400-meter relay (3:40.10), good for an NCAA regional-qualifying mark. She placed third in the 200 meters at the John McDonnell Invitational with a time of 23.78, her best of the season and another NCAA regional qualifier. She also ran the second leg of the winning 4x100-meter relay (45.75). At the SEC Championships, she earned a runner-up finish and an All-SEC honor with a time of 52.41 in the 400 meters. She was the NCAA Mideast Region runner-up at 400 meters, lowering her quarter-mile time to 52.32, and ran the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth (3:36.38), earning all-region honors. At the NCAA Championships, Williams placed seventh with a personal-best time of 52.01 in the 400 meters, qualifying her for the USA Championships. She finished the season with a 17th-place finish at the USA Championships. She recorded a time of 53.47.
2008: Indoor: Arriving in January, Williams went right to work as a member of the 4x400-meter relay at the Arkansas Invitational. She ran the third leg of the quartet that finished first with a time of 3:41.54. At the Razorback Invitational, she recorded a personal-best 200-meter time of 24.78. She also ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished third with an NCAA provisional-qualifying time of 3:37.52. At the Tyson Invitational, she ran the open 400 meters (54.48, 21st), the lead leg of the 4x400-meter relay (3:40.55; fifth) and the second leg of the distance medley relay (11:18.33, first). The DMR's clocking was an NCAA provisional mark. She finished 14th in the 400-meter prelims (54.83) and ninth as the lead leg of the 4x400-meter relay (3:42.15) at the SEC Championships. At the Alex Wilson Invitational, she ran the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay that earned a runner-up finish with an improved NCAA time of 3:35.10. She ended the season earning All-America honors with a seventh-place finish and a season-best time of 3:34.66 as the third leg of the 4x400-meter relay. Outdoor: She clocked a 400-meter time of 55.17 for a fourth-place finish at the Louisiana Classics. She was a member of the 4x100 (45.61, eighth), the 4x400 (3:41.95, second) and the sprint medley relay (3:54.54, fourth) at Texas Relays. At the John McDonnell Invitational, she finished second in the 400 meters with a time of 54.74 and was the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished first with a regional-qualifying time of 3:38.53. She competed in the 4x200 (1:38.45, fifth), the 4x400 (3:39.92, first) and the sprint medley (3:53.19, second) relays at Drake Relays. She clocked her first regional-qualifying time of 54.03 to finish third in the 400 meters at the Arkansas Twilight. She also ran the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that clocked a regional-qualifying time of 3:38.54 to finish third. At the SEC Championships, she ran the lead leg of the runner-up 4x400-meter relay (3:35.40) and finished eighth in the 400-meter finals (55.49). She earned a trip to the NCAA Championships as the second leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth at the regional championships. The quartet finished 14th (3:36.06) in the relay prelims at the NCAA Championships with Williams running the lead leg. She ended the season with a prelim time of 54.06 and a final time of 53.65 in the 400 meters at the USA Junior Championships.
AT WOODROW WILSON HS: A member of one of the strongest programs in California, Williams was a three-time all-state performer in the 200 meters, the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay her junior season and All-CIF in the 200 meters and 400 meters. Her squad won the state championship her third year after finishing runner-up the year before and sectional runner-up her freshman year. She was also a member of several national squads while competing at both the USATF and AAU track championships.
PERSONAL: Born Aug. 15, 1989, she is the daughter of Albert Williams and Sheila Harrison Williams. She is enrolled in the Bumpers College of Agricultural Food and Life Sciences and is majoring in human development, family sciences and rural sociology.
Career Bests:
200 Meters (I) 24.78 Razorback Invit., 1/25/08
400 Meters (I) 53.52 SEC Champs., 3/1/09
400 Meters (O) 52.01 NCAA Champs., 6/13/09
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