Aariyana Williams

Photo by: Zach Del Bello / Mean Green Sports

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Booker T. Washington HS
Hometown:
Pensacola, Fla.
Pronounced:
AR-RE-Yana

TFFRS Bio

Personal Bests

400 Meters

53.16

Honors and Awards
• 2024 All-AAC Third Team (4x400, Outdoor)

2025 Outdoors
Skyrocketed up the program's all-time performers list in the 400 meters, ending the season at No. 2 only behind Aneesa Scott ... Clocked 53.16 in the 400m twice at the conference meet, which is the second-fastest time in school history ... Placed fifth at the AAC Championships, tying her highest placement at a conference meet up to this point ... Also recorded a 53.16 in the NCAA West Preliminary Round to finish No. 25 and one spot away from the quarterfinals ... Recorded top-10 finishes in four appearances in the 400 meters ... Was also a part of the 4x400m relay that placed fifth at the conference meet.

2025 Indoors
Excelled in the 400 meters across four meets ... Placed fifth at the AAC Championships with a personal-best time of 54.15 ... Collected the second individual title of her career by winning the 400 meters with a time of 54.61 at the UW Invite ... Also earned a third-place finish in the event at the Red Raider Invite ... Ran the 400-meter leg of the DMR at the UW Invite that broke the school record for the women's team ... Was also on the 4x400-meter relay that placed sixth at the conference championships.

2024 Outdoors
Ran the 400 meters and was a part of the 4x400m relay ... Posted the fastest time of her young career in the 400m to take fourth at the Texas A&M Invite (54.64) ... Placed third at the Pacific Coast Invitational marking her highest finish of the season ... Took 10th at the AAC Championships in the 400m with a time of 54.88 ... Earned all-conference honors as a member of the third-place 4x400m relay team.

2024 Indoors
Competed at four meets in the 400 meters and 4x400 relay ... Was a part of the 4x400 team that broke the program record with a 3:42.53 time at the AAC Championships ... Set a personal best in the 400m at the conference meet crossing the line in 56.34 for 16th place ... Won the 400 meters at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational with her previous best time of 56.35.

High School
Was a 3A state champion in the 400 meters as a senior … Also a regional champion in the 200 meters and 400 meters as a senior … A third-place finisher at the 2020 Junior Olympics in the 400 meters … Graduated summa cum laude