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Ross-Williams

Career Highlights

2007 Visa Outdoor champion; 2007 USA Outdoor 400mH champion; 3^rd at 2005 NCAA 400mH; 2002 U.S. Junior 100H champ; 2^nd in 400mH at 2002 NCAA Outdoor & U.S. Junior Championships; 4^th at 2002 World Juniors

Two years after giving birth to a daughter, Williams put her name atop the 2007 women's 400m hurdles world list at the 2007 USA Outdoor Championships, leading the race from early on and winning in a personal-best time of 53.28...Her performance earned enough points to win the Visa Championship Series...Although she placed 4^th at the 2006 USA Outdoor Championships, Williams earned a #2 world and U.S. ranking...Ross-Williams came back strong in 2005 after a year off, setting a personal best of 54.56 to place third in the 400mH at the NCAA Outdoors...She improved her PR to 53.79 at Monaco, in 2006...won the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the 2002 USA Junior Championships,  missing out on a meet record because her time of 13.01 was run with a 2.3 meters-per-second tailwind...Ross ran 57.94 in winning the 2001 U.S. Junior Olympics 400m hurdles title, and would have been an NCAA qualifier in 2001 in high school... has also jumped 12.49m/41 feet in the triple jump...as a prep standout, Ross was named a 2001 Track & Field News All-American... named a 2000 Track & Field News All-American in 300/400 hurdles, 2001 All-American in 400m hurdles and 100m hurdles, named four time All-County in 300m hurdles, four-time All-County in the 4x400 m relay ...was named team MVP in 1999, 2000, and 2001...won Florida state titles in the 100m hurdles, 300m hurdles, and 4x400m in 2000 and 2001...named 2001 Female Track Athlete of the Year for the State of Florida...2001 Miami Herald Female Athlete of the Year...All-American at National Scholastic outdoors in triple jump ...currently holds Junior Olympic 400m hurdles record and the 300m hurdles record for the state of Florida...was the runner-up at National Scholastic Meet in 100m and 400m hurdles...Team won state championship in 1999 and 2001... graduated with a bachelor's degree in retail management from South Carolina...married Steven Williams in 2005, they have a daughter named Samya.

Competition Results:
2008: 1^st at Coral Gables (54.97)
2007: USA Outdoor champion (53.28PR)...7th at World Outdoors (54.63)...3rd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (54.95)...1st at Santo Domingo (54.34)...2nd at Athens (54.38)...2nd at Belem (54.81)...1st at Fortaleza (54.88)...ranked #6 in the world (#1 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 53.28.
2006:  4^th at USA Outdoors (54.84)...2^nd at Paris (54.26)...2nd at Rieti (54.20)...2^nd Rome (54.40)...7^th at Athens (54.99)...1^st at Monaco (53.79)...2^nd at World Athletics Final (54.22)...ranked #2 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 53.79.
2005: 3^rd at NCAA Outdoors (54.56PR)... 5^th at Helsinki GP (55.71)... 3^rd in first heat at USA Outdoors (54.64)... 1^st at SEC Championships (55.68)... 2^nd in 4x100m & 4x400m relay at NCAA Outdoors... ranked #5 in 400mH by T&FN...bests of 12.99, 54.56.
2003: 1^st at SEC Indoor 4x400m relay (3:32.90)...8^th at SEC Indoor 400m (55.01)...2^nd at NCAA Indoor 4x400m relay (3:28.25)...bests of 13.12, 55.89