University of North Texas Athletics
2025-26 Track & Field/XC Roster
Aariyana Williams
- Position:
- Sprints
- High School:
- Booker T. Washington HS
- Hometown:
- Pensacola, Fla.
TFFRS Bio
Personal Bests
Honors and Awards
• School Record Holder (200 Meters, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (400 Meters, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (4x400, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (200 Meters, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (300 Meters, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (400 Meters, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (4x400, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (DMR, Indoor)
• 2026 NCAA All-American Honorable Mention (400 Meters, Outdoor)
• 2026 NCAA Outdoor National Qualifier (400 Meters)
• 2026 All-AAC (200, Outdoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (400, Outdoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (4x400, Outdoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (400, Indoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (4x400, Indoor)
• 2024 All-AAC Third Team (4x400, Outdoor)
2026 Outdoors
Competed in the 200m, 400m and both relays in the outdoor season ... Honorable Mention NCAA All-American after finishing 21st in the 400 (52.31) at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon ... Finished 11th in the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the 400 with a new PR and program record 51.90 to qualify for the NCAA Championships ... Placed 3rd in the 200m in 23.20 after a personal-best 23.14 in the preliminary, 2nd in the 400m in 52.12 and 3rd in the 4x400 (3:36.39) at the American Outdoor Championships to earn All-Conference honors in each event ... Won the 400m in 52.26 at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... Won the 400m in 53.22 at the Bill Schmidt Invitational ... 2nd in the 4x100 (44.81) at the 44 Farms Invitational ... Placed 8th in the 4x100 in 45.51 at the Texas Relays
2026 Indoors
Competed in the 200m, 300m, 400m and 4x400 relay in the indoor season ... Placed 5th in the 200m, 2nd in the 400m and 3rd in the 4x400 relay to score several points for the Mean Green en route to a team championship at the American Indoor Championships ... Placed 3rd in the 4x400 relay and 4th in both the 200m and 400m at the Jarvis Scott Invitational ... Won the 400m and placed 3rd in the 4x400 relay at the New Mexico Team Open ... Placed 6th in program-record time of 37.93 in the 300m at the Arkansas Invitational
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
Personal Bests
| 400 Meters | 53.16 |
Honors and Awards
• School Record Holder (200 Meters, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (400 Meters, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (4x400, Outdoor)
• School Record Holder (200 Meters, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (300 Meters, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (400 Meters, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (4x400, Indoor)
• School Record Holder (DMR, Indoor)
• 2026 NCAA All-American Honorable Mention (400 Meters, Outdoor)
• 2026 NCAA Outdoor National Qualifier (400 Meters)
• 2026 All-AAC (200, Outdoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (400, Outdoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (4x400, Outdoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (400, Indoor)
• 2026 All-AAC (4x400, Indoor)
• 2024 All-AAC Third Team (4x400, Outdoor)
2026 Outdoors
Competed in the 200m, 400m and both relays in the outdoor season ... Honorable Mention NCAA All-American after finishing 21st in the 400 (52.31) at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon ... Finished 11th in the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas, in the 400 with a new PR and program record 51.90 to qualify for the NCAA Championships ... Placed 3rd in the 200m in 23.20 after a personal-best 23.14 in the preliminary, 2nd in the 400m in 52.12 and 3rd in the 4x400 (3:36.39) at the American Outdoor Championships to earn All-Conference honors in each event ... Won the 400m in 52.26 at the Michael Johnson Invitational ... Won the 400m in 53.22 at the Bill Schmidt Invitational ... 2nd in the 4x100 (44.81) at the 44 Farms Invitational ... Placed 8th in the 4x100 in 45.51 at the Texas Relays
2026 Indoors
Competed in the 200m, 300m, 400m and 4x400 relay in the indoor season ... Placed 5th in the 200m, 2nd in the 400m and 3rd in the 4x400 relay to score several points for the Mean Green en route to a team championship at the American Indoor Championships ... Placed 3rd in the 4x400 relay and 4th in both the 200m and 400m at the Jarvis Scott Invitational ... Won the 400m and placed 3rd in the 4x400 relay at the New Mexico Team Open ... Placed 6th in program-record time of 37.93 in the 300m at the Arkansas Invitational
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
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