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2019-20 Track & Field Roster

Profile

  • Sprints
    Position
  • Sophomore
    Class
  • East Bernard, Texas
    Hometown
  • 6'1
    Height
  • East Bernard HS
    High School
Will Anderson
Will Anderson
Sprints
Position
Sophomore
Class
East Bernard, Texas
Hometown

Summary

Biography

• 2020 Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• 2019 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team

Indoor Track PB: 400 - 49.00 | 600Y - 1:12.12 | 600 - 1:19.91
Outdoor Track PB: 400 - 48.78

2020 Indoor:
Member of 4x400-meter relay team that took first at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a time of 3:14.12... Placed third at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational with a 600-meter time of 1:20.32... Ran on 4x400-meter relay team that placed third at the Texas A&M Invitational with a time of 3:14.72... Finished 13th in the 400 meters at the Texas A&M Invitational (50.06)... Ran a career-best time of 1:19.91 in the 600 meters at the Texas Tech Invitational & Multis, good for sixth place... Member of 12th-place finishing 4x400-meter relay team at Texas Tech (3:13.34)... Competed on ninth-place finishing 4x400-meter relay team at the Tyson Invitational (3:12.07)... Clocked 49.00 in the 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational, placing 27th.

2019 Outdoor: Debuted at the USC Trojan Invitational with an eighth-place in the 400 meters, clocking in at 49.24... Ran the 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay at the Baylor Invitational, finishing in 23rd and fifth place, respectively... Placed 13th at "The Reveille" with a 400-meter time of 49.31... Clocked a career-best time of 48.78 in the 400 meters at the Michael Johnson Invitational... Part of the 4x400-meter relay team that placed fifth at the MJ with a time of 3:09.33... Competed in both the 400 meters and 4x400-meter relay at the National Relay Championships, recording 24th and 10th-place finishes, respectively... Competed in the 400 meters at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, clocking in at 49.19 to take 19th in the prelims.

2019 Indoor: Made his collegiate debut at the Ted Nelson Invitational, finishing fourth as part of the Bears' distance medley relay team (10:17.85)... Ran a career-best 600-meter time of 1:22.00 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational to place 11th... Finished third at the Texas Tech Classic with a 600-meter time of 1:22.66... Recorded a career-best 600-yard time of 1:12.12 at the 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships, the 13th-best time in the prelims.

High School: State runner-up twice in the 4x4... state champion in the 400 meters... district defensive MVP and first team all-district offense in football... Top 10% of his graduating class and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Andy and Rhonda Anderson... Has five siblings (Ben, Ashley, Allen, Luke, and Claire)... Father was All-American track runner at Baylor in 1988 in indoor 4x800-meter relay... Brother Allen Anderson is a linebacker for the Baylor football team... Plans to major in business.