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Faith Washington Season 2015-16

Sprints/Hurdles

Class Senior
Event Sprints/Hurdles
Hometown Reynoldsburg, Ohio
High School Reynoldsburg
Bio

Major: Sociology

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2015-16 Outdoor Season: Florida Relays: Part of the 4x400m relay team that finished sixth with a season best time in prelims at 3:39.84 ranking No. 7 on VU’s all-time list; Took sixth as part of the 1600 Sprint Medley team with a time of 3:55.62. … Black and Gold Invitational: Finished third in the 400 with a personal record time of 55.32 ranking No. 6 on VU’s all-time list; Took third as part of the 4×400 Relay team with a time of 3:48.61.

2015-16 Indoor Season:
Music City Invitational: Took 10th in the 400 with a time of 56.17 and finished 18th in the 200 with a time of 25.19. … Commodore Invitational: Set a new personal record in the 60-meter prelims with a time of 7.82, which tied for fifth on Vanderbilt’s all-time list.

2015 Outdoor Season: NCAA East Regional: Was primed for a potential second-place finish in the 400-hurdles finals but stumbled on the last hurdle and finished 23rd at 1:07.92; Set a personal-record and finished third in the Regional prelims with a time of 56.94, which ranks as the second-best time on Vanderbilt’s all-time list; Was also a member of the 4×400 relay team that finished 20th with a time of 3:35.97 … SEC Championships Was a member of the 4×400 relay team that set a new school record with a time of 3:34.74 while taking fifth place and earning four points for VU; Also finished 13th in the 400-hurdles at 1:00.03. … Duke Twilight: Took 10th in the 200 with a personal-best time of 24.39, which ranked as the No. 5 mark on Vanderbilt’s all-time list. … Tennessee Challenge Set the No. 5 mark on VU’s all-time list in the 400 with a time of 55.40 while earning a fourth-place finish; Was also a member of the 4×100 relay team that finished fourth and set the No. 3 mark on VU’s all-time list with a time of 46.79. … Virginia Challenge: Captured first place in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 57.64, which ranked as the No. 3 mark on Vanderbilt’s all-time performer’s list; Was also a member of the 4×400 relay team that took second place with a time of 3:36.84. … Hurricane Alumni Invitational: Posted a personal-best time of 24.74 in the 200, which ranked as the No. 10 mark on VU’s all-time list; Also was a member of the 4×400 relay team that set a new school record with a time of 3:34.98. The mark ranked No. 8 on the national list at the time, and easily surpassed the previous VU record of 3:36.13, which had been the benchmark since 1998. … Tiger Track Classic: Finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 57.74, which ranked No. 3 on VU’s all-time list. … Black & Gold Invitational: Was a member of VU’s 4×100 relay team that took third place with a time of 46.95, which ranked as the fifth-best mark on VU’s all-time list. … Alabama Relays: Was a member of the 4×200 relay team that set a new school record with a time of 1:37.45, breaking the previous VU mark by almost three seconds; Was a member of VU’s sprint medley team that took second place with a time of 3:39.65; Was a member of VU’s 4×100 relay team that took 14th place with a time of 47.62.

2014-15 Indoor Season: SEC Championships: Was a member of VU’s 4×4 relay team that took sixth place with a time of 3:39.39. … Tyson Invitational: Set a new PR and moved up to No. 3 on VU’s all-time list in the 400 with a time of 54.63. … Meyo Invitational: Set a new personal record in the 200 with a time of 24.58, which was the second-best time on the VU all-time list. … Vanderbilt Invitational: Finished fifth in the 400 with a time of 55.72. … Commodore Invitational: Placed second in the 200 with a time of 25.12 and was a member of the 4×400 relay team that posted a first-place time of 3:38.98 to set the No. 3 mark on VU’s all-time.

2014 Outdoor Season: Sidelined by an injury.

2013 Indoor Season: Had a strong season that included setting school record in the 300-meter dash at 39.86 and posting the second-best time on VU’s all-time list in the 400 at the SEC Championships. … Clocked a time of 55.33 in the 400 at the SEC Championships, representing the second-best time on VU’s all-time performance list. … Was a member of VU’s 4×400 team that posted a time of 3.40.25 — the third-best time in Vanderbilt history and the program’s best mark since 1998 — at the Tyson Invitational. … Set a personal record in the 400, finishing at 55.93, at the Tyson Invitational. … Finished first in the 300 meters with a school-record time of 39.86 seconds and was fifth in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.88 at the Music City Challenge. … Finished 45th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.40 and was 32nd in the 400 with a time of 56.73 at the New Balance Invitational.

2013 Outdoor Season: Represented VU at the NCAA East Preliminary in the 400 hurdles. …Took 18th in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.50 at the SEC Championships. … Captured first in the 400 with a time of 56.76 at the Bob Pollock Invitational. … Won the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 58.44 (the No. 3 mark on VU’s all-time performance list) at the Vanderbilt Invitational. … Placed 16th in the 200 with a time of 24:98 at the Vanderbilt Invitational. … Won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 59.00 seconds — a personal record and the third-best mark on VU’s all-time performance list — at the Spec Towns National Team Invitational. … Set a personal best and the No. 4 mark on VU’s all-time performance list by posting a time of 55.47 in the 400 meters while finishing sixth at the (Georgia Tech) Yellow Jacket Invitational. … Was a member of the 4×400 meter relay team that finished fifth with a time of 3:56.21 at the (Georgia Tech) Yellow Jacket Invitational.

2012 Indoor Season: Set a PR in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.72 at the SEC Championships. … Was a member of the distance medley team that finished sixth at the SEC Championships with a time of 11:25.25, which ranked as No. 2 mark on VU’s all-time list. … Was a member of the 4×400 relay team that finished ninth at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:45.22. … Posted a personal-best time of 24.81 in the 200 to earn eighth place at the Armory Collegiate Invitational. … Earned a fifth-place finish — and set the fifth-best time on VU’s all-time performance list — with a time of 56.36 in the 400 at the Samford Invitational. … Finished 12th in the 200 meters time with a time of 25.19 at the Kentucky Invitational. … Finished second in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.75 seconds at the Birmingham-Southern Indoor Ice Breaker.

High School (Reynoldsburg): Won state championships in the 300 meter hurdles, 4×100 relay and 4×400 relay … Ranked fifth nationally in the 300 meter hurdles.

Personal: Daughter of Christopher and Shannon Washington. Sister to Jacques (24), Victoria (15), Chase (5), and Grant (2). Faith likes to watch movies from the 1940’s-1960’s. She enjoys baking pastas and desserts and spending time with her friends.