Brionne Williams - Women's Track and Field - Vanderbilt University Athletics

Brionne Williams Season 2011-12

Jumps

Class Sophomore
Event Jumps
Hometown Hoover, Ala.
High School Hoover
Bio

Honors
2014 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll

Williams’ TFRRS page: Here

2014 Outdoor Highlights: Advanced to the NCAA East Preliminary in the high jump. … Qualified to compete in the prestigious Penn Relays at Franklin Field on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. It was the 120th running of the Penn Relays and more than 22,000 athletes from around the world were in Philadelphia to compete. … Tied for sixth best on the SEC Outdoor list with her mark of 5-9.75 at the Florida Relays.

2014 Outdoor Quick Recap: Cleared 5-9.75 in the high jump at NCAA East Preliminary to finish 19th. … Tied for fifth place and scored 3.5 points for VU at the SEC Championships with a mark of 5-07.75 in the high jump. … Captured first place in the high jump at 5-8.75 at the Tennessee Challenge. … Finished first in the high jump at the Black & Gold meet. … Took eighth place in the high jump by clearing 5-09.75 at the Florida Relays. … Took second place in the high jump at 1.70m at the Alabama Relays.

2013 Indoor Highlights: Took fourth at the SEC Indoor Championships. … Captured first-place finish at the Tyson Invitational and second place at UAB Invitational.

2013 Indoor Quick Recap: Earned a share of fourth place at the SEC Championships at 1.78m … Captured first place in the high jump at the Tyson Invitational with a mark of 5-11.5. … Finished in a three-way tie for fifth in the high jump, cleaning 5-07.25, at the New Balance Invitational. … Recorded a third-place finish in the high jump (1.74m) at the Vanderbilt Invitational. … Finished fourth in the high jump (1.77m) at the Auburn Indoor Invitational. … Took second place in the high jump at 1.74m at the UAB Invitational. … Finished fourth by clearing 5’7′ at the Music City Challenge.

2013 Honors
– SEC Academic Honor Roll

2013 Outdoor Recap: Represented VU at the NCAA East Preliminary in the high jump. … Finished seventh and set a PR at the SEC Championships by clearing 1.80 meters (5-10.75). … Captured first in the high jump with a leap of 1.71 meters (5-7.25) at the Bob Pollock Invitational. … Took third place by clearing 1.76 meters (5-9.25) at the Vanderbilt Invitational. … Finished sixth in the high jump by clearing 1.76 meters (5-9.25) at the Florida Relays. … Cleared 1.78 meters (5-10) to take fifth place in the high jump at the (Georgia Tech) Yellow Jacket Invitational. …

2012 Indoor Recap: Earned second team All-America honors with a 15th place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships by clearing 1.78 meters (5-10) in the high jump. … Was the first Commodore since 2005 to qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships. … Placed seventh in the high jump and scored two points for VU at the SEC Championships by clearing 1.80 meters (5-10.75). … Cleared 5-11.25 (1.81m) to capture first place at the Armory Collegiate Invitational. … Tied the school record in the high jump by clearing 1.83 meters (six feet) while finishing second at the Indiana Relays. … Cleared 1.81 meters (5-11.25) and took second place at the Kentucky Invitational. … Set a personal record with a jump of 5-11.5 inches (1.82 meters) at the Birmingham-Southern Indoor Ice Breaker while competing in her hometown.

2012: Moved to the No. 2 all-time leader spot in Vanderbilt history with her high jump mark of 5’10.5′ (1.79m), set at the Kentucky Track & Field Invitational, breaking her previous record of 1.75m … opened the indoor season matching her personal record of 1.75m, set at the NCAA Division I East Prelims … Finished first in her event at the Clemson Orange & Purple Winter Classic (12/3).

2011: Qualified for the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Rounds … set a personal best of 1/75m in the high jump at the meet.

High School/Prep: Earned six varsity letters at Hoover High School (Four in track and field, one for cheerleading, one for dance) … Two-time Alabama state high jump champion (2009, 2010) … Holds the Hoover High School record in indoor (5’6′) and outdoor (5’8′) high jump … Two-time USATF Region VI Junior Olympics Track and Field high jump champion (2009, 2010) … Named 2010 All-City Female Track Athlete of the Year by the Birmingham Kiwanis Club … Honored by the Birmingham Newspaper as the 2010 All-Metro Female Track Athlete of the Year … Member of the National Honor Society and Mu Theta Honor Society … Graduated in top 10% of class.

Personal: Brionne Danielle Williams … Born February 7, 1992 … Majoring in Medicine, Health & Society … Parents are LaShawn and Bruce … Has an older brother, Bruce, and a younger sister, Brayden … Chose Vanderbilt over Cornell University.