Aliya Barnes Season 2016-17

QUICK NOTES: Returning All-Conference honoree after placing third in the 100m hurdles at the 2017 AAC Outdoor Championships… ranks #4 all-time in the event in program history (13.49)… indoors, ranks #4 in the 60m hurdles (8.50) and #6 in the 300m (42.74)… also is a member of the school-record 4x200m relay (outdoor) that ran 1:38.15 in 2017.
 
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (JR): Earned all-conference honors by finishing third overall in the 100m hurdles at the AAC Championships… ran a season-best 13.67 in the finals… won the event at the Oliver Nikoloff Open… ran the 100m dash three times, taking sixth at the Nikoloff event with a season and career-best time of 12.53… ran on the 4x200m relay at the Raleigh Relays to open the season… team ran a school-record time of 1:38.15 to finish fifth overall in the meet and break the school mark that had stood since 2000 (1:38.41).
2017 IN (JR): Placed fifth in the 60m hurdles at the AAC Championships… ran a season-best 8.63 in the final after running a then-season-best 8.64 in the preliminary round as the fifth qualifier to the final… took second at the Thundering Herd Invitational and third at the Charlie Thomas Invitational… raced in the 60m twice, running a season-best 8.07 at the Thundering Herd meet.

2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (SO): Had a solid year in the hurdles, running a lifetime-best 13.49 in the 100m hurdles to win the Lyle/Wood Invitational at Louisville… that time ranks as the third-fastest in program history… was the third qualifier to the finals at the American Athletic Conference Championships after running 13.63 – her second-best time ever… did not finish in the finals.
2016 IN (SO): Moved into a tie for the fourth-fastest 60m hurdles time in school history after running 8.50 in the semifinals at the Armory Track Invitational… scored in the event at the American Athletic Conference Championships by placing fourth overall in 8.51… was sixth coming out of the preliminary round… lowered her time in first four races of the season… also turned in career indoor bests in both the 60m dash (7.95) and 200m dash (26.47) during the year.
 
2014-15 SEASONS
2015 OUT (FR): Took second in the 100m hurdles at the Louisville Twilight meet with a personal-best time of 13.87, the seventh-best time in program history… opened the season with a sixth-place finish in the 100m hurdles and helped the 4x400m relay to third at the Miami Invitational… competed in the 100m hurdles at the American Outdoor Championships, placing 10th overall.
2015 IN (FR): Competed in three meets… took second in the 60m hurdles at the Pole Vault Convention Invitational, finishing with personal-best of 8.82… ran a personal-best time of 8.02 in the 60m dash at the Hoosier Open… advanced to the finals of the hurdle race in both meets entered in the event.

PRIOR TO UC: Two-time N.J. State Meet of Champions qualifier in the 55m and 100m hurdles... finished fifth at the State Meet of Champions in the 55m hurdles... ran the 60-meter hurdles at the New Balance Indoor Nationals three times and competed in the 100m hurdles once... won the 100m hurdles at the 2012 USATF New Jersey Junior Olympic Championships.

Personal Bests - Indoor
60m – 7.95 (SPIRE DI Invitational – 2/13/16)
60mH – 8.50 (Armory Track Invitational – 2/5/16) – UC t-#4
200m – 26.47 (Indiana Relays – 1/29/16)
300m – 42.74 (Hoosier Open – 12/12/14) – UC #6
400m – 59.96 (Kentucky Invitational – 1/17/15)
 
Personal Bests - Outdoor
100m – 12.53 (Nikoloff Open – 4/1/17)
100mH – 13.49 (Lyle/Wood Invitational – 4/23/16) – UC #4
200m – 25.88 (Hurricane Twilight – 3/25/16)
400m – 1:00.63 (Hurricane Twilight – 3/25/16)
400mH – 1:05.37 (Lyle/Wood Invitational – 4/23/16)