Halen Witcher Season 2017-18

QUICK NOTES: Member of four relay teams that have posted Top 10 times in program history… ran the lead leg of the school-record 4x400m relay outdoors (3:08.13) in 2016 before helping the 4x200m relay to the #7 time (1:26.14) during the 2017 season… indoor, helped the team to the #3 (3:13.64) and #7 (3:14.47) times in the 4x400m.
 
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (JR): Scored at the AAC Championships in the 400m dash by placing sixth overall… ran a season and career-best time of 47.51 in the preliminary round to reach the final… took second in the event at the All-Ohio Championships… ran a season and career-best in the 200m dash at the Lyles/Wood Invitational, turning in a time of 21.84… posted a PR 11.10 in the 100m dash at the Nikoloff Open as well… raced in the 4x200m relay at the Raleigh Relays to help the team record the #7 in program history (1:26.14).
2017 IN (JR): Finished 11^th at the AAC Championships in the 400m dash… ran a season and career-best time of 48.66 at the Kentucky Invitational… also posted season and career-best times in the 60m dash at the Music City Challenge (7.40) and in the 200m dash at the Charlie Thomas Invitational (21.95)… helped the 4x400m relay to a pair of all-time Top 10 times during the season, including the #7 time of 3:14.47 to help the relay to a fourth-place finish at the AAC Championships… the team also ran 3:13.64 at the Music City Challenge to post the #3 time in UC history as well.
 
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (SO): Scored in a pair of events at the American Athletic Conference Championships, including placing eighth in the 400m dash and helping the 4x400m relay to second place… ran a PR 48.21 in the preliminary round of the 400m dash at the conference meet before running 48.73 in the final… in the relay, ran the lead leg to help the team to a 3:08.13, which not only stands as a school record, but also helped qualify the relay to the NCAA East Preliminary meet for the first time in five years… relays he ran on turned in the three fastest times of the season.
2016 IN (SO): Redshirted.
 
ASHLAND UNIVERSITY: Competed in indoor and outdoor track and field for one year at Ashland (Ohio) University… earned USTFCCCA All-America First Team honors as a member of the indoor distance medley relay that took seventh at the national final… scored at the GLIAC indoor conference meet with a fourth-place finish with the 4x400m relay team… helped team to fourth-place finishes at both the conference and national level indoors… on the outdoor track, helped AU to a runner-up team finish at the GLIAC conference event as a member of the second-place 4x100m relay and the seventh-place 4x400m relay… team finished third overall at the national meet where he ran a leg of the 4x100m relay… part of three Top 5 finishes at the All-Ohio Championships, including first in the 4x100m relay, second in the 4x400m relay and fifth in the individual 400m dash.

Personal Bests – Indoor
60m: 7.02 (Music City Challenge – 2/11/17)
200m: 21.95 (Charlie Thomas Invitational – 2/4/17)
400m: 48.66 (Kentucky Invitational – 1/14/17)
 
Personal Bests – Outdoor
100m: 11.10 (Oliver Nikoloff Open – 4/1/17)
200m: 21.84 (Lyles/Wood Invitational – 4/29/17)
400m: 47.51 (American Championships – 5/13/17)