Ashley Williams Season 2016-17

QUICK NOTES: Two-time Barbados national champion after capturing gold in the shot put and discus at the 2017 Athletics Association of Barbados National Championships… ranks among the all-time Top 10 in program history in the shot put, holding the #3 positions in both the indoor (15.33m/50-03.50) and outdoor (15.78m/51-09.25) events
 
2016-17 SEASON
2017 OUT (JR): Competed in all shot put and discus at the AAC Outdoor Championships… placed fifth in the shot put with a toss of 15.45m (50-08.25)… recorded her personal-best toss of 15.78m (51-09.25) to place fifth at the prestigious Penn Relays… won the event at the Oliver Nikoloff Open and added Top 5 finishes six meets… qualified to and competed in the NCAA East Preliminary meet, finishing 29^th overall… recorded a best of 44.10m (144-08) in the discus at the Kentucky Invitational… took part in the hammer in two meets, finishing with a best of 41.65m (136-08) at the All-Ohio Championships… capped her competitive season with two titles at the Barbados National Championships… won the shot put with a best of 15.00m and the discus with a toss of 43.98m.
2017 IN (JR): Scored in her first conference meet with UC by placing fifth in the shot put at the AAC Indoor Championships… hit a toss of 15.33m (50-3.50) at the league meet to move up to #3 on the program’s all-time Top 10… improved her PR four times on the year… placed in the Top 5 three times on the year… also competed in the weight throw… recorded a personal-best toss of 14.94m (49-00.25) at the Kentucky Invitational.
 
PRIOR TO UC: Competed for Coffeyville Community College (Coffeyville, Kan.) for two years before transferring to Cincinnati… garnered three NJCAA All-American certificates in the shot put for the Ravens… two-time NJCAA Region VI champion in the shot put… added a pair of runner-up honors in the same event… twice was champion of the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference (KJCCC) in the shot put… advanced to the national meet both years in indoor and outdoor, placing in the Top 10 in all four meets with a pair of Top 4 finishes, including third at the 2015 indoor meet… graduated from Lester Vaughan Secondary School (Bridgetown, Barbados) in 2014 before coming to the States to compete at CCC.
 
Personal Bests - Indoor
Shot Put – 15.33m/50-03.50 (American Championships – 2/25/17) – UC #3
Weight Throw – 14.94m/40-00.25 (Kentucky Invitational – 1/13/17)
 
Personal Bests - Outdoor
Shot Put – 15.78m/51-09.25 (Penn Relays – 4/27/17) – UC #3
Discus – 44.10m/144-08 (Kentucky Relays – 5/6/17)
Hammer – 41.65m/136-08 (All-Ohio Championships – 4/14/17)