Talya Williams - 2015 Women's Cross Country - LIU Post


Talya Williams

Height: 5-5
Class: Sophomore
Hometown: Schenectady, N.Y.
Previous School: Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons

2015: All-East Coast Conference First Team ... USTFCCCA All-East Region ... ECC Runner of the Week (Sept. 14, Oct. 13) ... ECC Preseason Women's Runner of the Year ... set three Top-10 program marks for a 5k at any course and at Van Cortlandt Park ... started the season with back-to-back second-place finishes at the Fordham Fiasco (19:20.70) on Sept. 12 and the LIU Post Invitational (18:11.87) on Sept. 19 ... finished 15th (19:39.9) at the Metropolitan Championships (Oct. 9) ... crossed at a 26th-place time of 18:51.3 at the Albany Invitational (Oct. 17) ... ran a fourth-place 18:09.81 at the ECC Championships (Oct. 24) ... placed sixth (21:56.81) at the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (Nov. 8) ... recorded a 33rd-place finish (19:17.5) at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (Nov. 21).

2014: NCAA National Qualifier ... USATFCCCA All-East Region Honoree ... ECC Runner and Rookie of the Year ... All-ECC First-Team Selection ... 3x ECC Runner of the Week (Sept. 8, Sept. 15, Oct. 6) ... 2x ECC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 29 & Oct. 20) ... Claimed victory in four invitationals this season, finishing inside the top-10 in seven races throughout the fall ... Opened her collegiate career with a top-5 finish, placing fourth (19:28.43) at the Fordham Fiasco on Sept. 6 ... spearheaded a 1-2 finish at the LIU Post Invitational on Sept. 13 with teammate Elizabeth Stirling, clocking a course-record 18:12.7 ... continued the winning streak with victories at the USATF Codfish Bowl (18:57, Sept. 27) and the Highlander Challenge (18:10.01, Oct. 4) ... led the team with an eighth-place finish (22:59) at the Princeton Invitational on Oct. 18 ... Won the ECC Championship race with a time of 18:23.7 ... Finished in 2nd-place at the NCAA DII East Region Championship on Nov. 22, qualifying for the national championship with a time of 21:41.3 ... finished 170th at the NCAA National Championship with a time of 23:37.4.

Prior to LIU Post: Ran cross country and track and field at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School ... helped the Golden Knights to four Big 10 Conference titles ... recipient of the Scholar-Athlete Award.

Personal: Has two brothers, Trey and Torey ... daughter of Todd and Kim Williams ... her father, Todd, coached collegiate football at Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1988-91), Lafayette College (1991-93) and Colgate University (1993-2000) ... majoring in criminal justice with a minor in spanish.

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