2021-22 Women's Track & Field Roster

Trudy-Ann Williamson

  • Academic Year Graduate Student
  • Position Sprints
  • Hometown Kingston, Jamaica
  • Highschool Wolmer's Girls School

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Competed for Villanova from 2017-21 in the sprints … School record holder in the 60 meters (7.35) and the 100 meters (11.58) and also held the fastest indoor time in school history in the 200 meters (23.72) at the time of her graduation … Six-time BIG EAST champion and 11-time All-BIG EAST performer during her career … Her conference titles include three straight championships in the 60 meters (2018-20) as well as titles in the 200 meters (2019 indoor), the 100 meters (2019 outdoor) and the 4x100 meter relay (2019 outdoor) … Qualifier for the NCAA East Preliminary meet outdoors in the 100 meters … Owns each of the 20 fastest times in the Villanova record book in the 60 meters, including five of the top eight marks which were recorded during the 2020 season … Her current school records in the 60 meters and the indoor 200 meter mark were set on the same day (March 2, 2020) at the BIG EAST Championships … Earlier that season was the lone collegiate competitor in the field of eight athletes to run in the 60 meters at the Millrose Games … Part of 4x100 meter relay teams which hold four of the eight fastest times in the school record book, including the second-fastest time of 46.15 during the 2021 outdoor campaign … Four-time selection to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team … Winner of the BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award for indoor track & field during the 2019-20 academic year … Five-time selection to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and 10-time member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Named to the 2019-20 PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team.
 
 
SCHOOL RECORDS
60 Meters 7.35 March 2, 2020 Geneva, Ohio (BIG EAST Championships)
100 Meters 11.58 April 13, 2019 Coral Gables, Fla. (Hurricane Alumni Invitational)
200 Meters (Indoor) 23.72 March 2, 2020 Geneva, Ohio (BIG EAST Championships)
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
60 Meters 7.35 BIG EAST Championships (3.2.2020)
100 Meters 11.58 Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4.13.2019)
200 Meters 23.72 BIG EAST Championships (3.2.202)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 100 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x100 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
2020 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 60 Meters
All-BIG EAST 60 Meters
All-BIG EAST 200 Meters
BIG EAST Women's Track Athlete of the Week February 10
2019 OUTDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 100 Meters
BIG EAST Champion 4x100 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
All-BIG EAST 100 Meters
All-BIG EAST 200 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x100 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
BIG EAST Women's Track Athlete of the Week April 15
2019 INDOOR
Co-Outstanding Track Performer BIG EAST Championships
Co-High Point Scorer BIG EAST Championships
BIG EAST Champion 60 Meters
BIG EAST Champion 200 Meters
All-BIG EAST 60 Meters
All-BIG EAST 200 Meters
2018 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 100 Meters
2018 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 60 Meters
All-BIG EAST 60 Meters
ACADEMIC HONORS
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award (Indoor Track & Field) 2019-20
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team 2019-20
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2021 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 14 100 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 12.07 5th
May 14 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 24.79 8th
May 15 100 Meters (Final) 11.62 2nd
May 15 200 Meters (Final) 24.89 8th
May 15 4x100 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 46.15 2nd
2020 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
March 1 60 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 7.41 1st
March 1 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 23.93 2nd
March 2 60 Meters (Final) 7.35 1st
March 2 200 Meters (Final) 23.72 2nd
March 2 4x400 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 3:48.36 5th
2019 OUTDOOR (NEW YORK, N.Y. | ICAHN STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 100 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 11.76 1st
May 10 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 24.06 2nd
May 11 100 Meters (Final) 11.82 1st
May 11 200 Meters (Final) 24.42 2nd
May 11 4x100 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 46.42 1st
2019 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
February 22 60 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 7.53 1st
February 22 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 24.38 3rd
February 23 60 Meters (Final) 7.42 1st
February 23 200 Meters (Final) 24.13 1st
2018 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 11 100 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 11.86 1st
May 11 200 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 24.69 3rd
May 12 100 Meters (Final) 11.90 2nd
May 12 200 Meters (Final) 24.48 5th
May 12 4x100 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 47.53 5th
2018 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 60 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 7.43 1st
February 24 60 Meters (Final) 7.37 1st
 
 
INDOOR

2020: Won her third consecutive BIG EAST title in the 60 meters ... Broke her own school record in the event at the conference championships and also set the school's indoor 200 meter record on the same day ... Only collegiate athlete chosen to compete in the 60 meters at the Millrose Games ... Competed at a total of five meets during the season; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/18): Tallied a victory in her first race of the season, winning the 60 meters in 7.59; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/24-1/25): Came in third in both the preliminary heats and the final of the 60 meters ... Posted a time of 7.45 in the preliminaries and lowered the mark to 7.39 in the final ... The times ranked third and seventh in school history at the time of the race ... Also ran the 200 meters at the meet and recorded a time of 24.39 to finish ninth; Millrose Games (2/8): Competed in the world's longest running and most prestigious indoor track & field meet and was the lone collegiate entry in the field of eight runners for the 60 meters ... The race was contested during a live national TV window and aired on NBC ... The field for the 60 meters included six-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix and World U20 gold medalist Briana Williams, as well as former collegiate national champion Hannah Cunliffe ... Held her own in the elite group of sprinters and was the fastest of the eight athletes getting out of the starting blocks ... Her time of 7.37 in the race tied her own school record and lifetime best mark which she would break later in the season; FastTrack National Invitational (2/14): Won the 60 meters in 7.41 after finishing third overall in the preliminary heats with a time of 7.54 in her final tuneup prior to the BIG EAST Championships; BIG EAST Championships (3/1-3/2): Won her third straight indoor BIG EAST title in the 60 meters ... Was the runner-up in the 200 meters ... Led off the 4x400 meter relay for a team which came in fifth ... Contributed a total of 19 points to Villanova's team total as the Wildcats won their third consecutive indoor BIG EAST title ... Broke her own school record in the 60 meters and the indoor school record in the 200 meters on the final day of the meet ... Won the 60 meters in 7.35 to lower her previous mark by two-hundredths of a second ... Led the field of competitors in the 60 meters with a time of 7.41 in the preliminary heats before lowering the mark in the final ... Posted a time of 23.72 in the final of the 200 meters to break the indoor school record of 23.85 which had stood for just over 10 years ... Also had a time of 23.93 to rank second overall in the preliminary heats, with that time now tied for the fourth-fastest indoor time in the Villanova record book ... Helped the Wildcats post a time of 3:48.36 in the 4x400 meter relay in the final race of the meet.

2019: Shared the Outstanding Track Performer award at the BIG EAST Championships and also tied for the highest point scorer at the conference meet ... Double conference champion in the 60 meters and the 200 meters ... Competed at four meets during the season; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/25-1/26): Came in ninth in the preliminary heats of the 60 meters with a time of 7.56 in her first race of the indoor season ... Was back on the track on the second night of the meet and posted a time of 25.23 in the 200 meters; Villanova Invitational (2/2): Won the 60 meters and placed third in the 200 meters at the Wildcats home meet ... Had the fastest time in the preliminary heats of the 60 meters with a mark of 7.58, then lowered that to a winning time of 7.38 in the final ... The time of 7.38 trails only her own school-record time of 7.37 which was set at the 2018 BIG EAST meet ... Posted a time of 24.59 in the 200 meters at the meet; FastTrack National Invitational (2/8): Was the champion of both the 60 meters and the invitational section of the 200 meters in a performance that foreshadowed what she would do at the BIG EAST Championships two weeks later ... Recorded 60 meter times of 7.57 in the preliminary heats and 7.51 in the final, in addition to winning the 200 meters in 24.50; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Swept the individual BIG EAST titles in the 60 meters and the 200 meters ... Named the women's Outstanding Track Performer at the meet along with Brianna Illarda of Providence ... She and Jade Nolan of DePaul tied for the highest point total at the meet with 20 points apiece ... Led the field of competitors in the preliminary heats of the 60 meters with a time of 7.53, then lowered the time to a winning mark of 7.42 in the final ... Stood in third place in the 200 meters after posting a time of 24.38 in the heats ... Won the final with a new personal best mark of 24.13 ... The time is the seventh-fastest indoor time ever run by a Villanovan and also put her into third place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the 200 meters ... Her efforts at the conference meet helped Villanova win its record 16th team title at the BIG EAST Championships, including the program's fourth conference crown in the last six years ... The meet marked the fourth straight year and sixth time in the last seven seasons that a Villanova runner won at least a share of the Outstanding Track Performer award.

2018: Won the BIG EAST title in the 60 meters and lowered her own school record in the event at the conference meet ... Competed at three meets during the season and finished first in all six of her races (preliminary heats and finals); Villanova Invitational (2/3): Made her season debut at the Wildcats home meet ... Won the 60 meters with times of 7.55 in the preliminary heats and 7.49 in the final; FastTrack National Invite (2/9): Tallied a first place finish in the 60 meters with times of 7.54 in the preliminaries and 7.45 in the final; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Broke her won school record in the 60 meters and won her first career BIG EAST title with a winning time of 7.37 in the final at the conference meet ... Had led the field of competitors with a time of 7.43 during the preliminary heats ... Became the first Villanova runner to win a BIG EAST title in the 60 meters and contributed to the Wildcats winning the team title at the BIG EAST meet ... Eclipsed the previous school record of 7.41 which she had set as a freshman one year earlier.

2017: Competed at three meets during the season before sustaining an injury ... Broke the school record in the 60 meters in the second meet of her collegiate career, and has since lowered her own record in the event; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/3): Made her collegiate debut by winning the 60 meters with a winning time of 7.58 ... The mark tied her for third on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the 60 meters after just one race in a Villanova singlet ... Also ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay in a lineup that tied for a first place finish with a time of 3:56.00; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Finished first in the 60 meters and second in the 200 meters at the Penn State meet ... Tied the previous school record of 7.57 in the 60 meters in the preliminary heats, then shattered the mark with a winning time of 7.41 in the final ... Posted a time of 24.66 to finish as the runner-up in the 200 meters ... Villanova Open (1/27): Came in first in the 60 meters and fourth in the 200 meters at the Wildcats home meet ... Her times in the 60 meters were 7.62 in the preliminaries and 7.52 in the final ... Recorded a time of 24.66 in the 200 meters for the second straight race.
 
OUTDOOR

2021: Earned the 10th and 11th All-BIG EAST honors of her career in the 100 meters and the 4x100 meter relay … Scored in both the 100 meters and the 200 meters at the conference championships … Competed in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the 4x100 meter relay and the sprint medley relay while appearing at seven meets during the season; Raleigh Relays (3/25): Recorded a time of 12.23 in the preliminary heats of the 100 meters at North Carolina State in her first race of the season; Philadelphia Big 5 Meet (4/3): Came in first in the 100 meters with a time of 12.24 and was the runner-up in the 200 meters in 25.20; Temple Invite (4/9): Finished third in the 100 meters (12.19) and fourth in the 200 meters (25.69); Virginia Challenge (4/16-4/17): Recorded a then-season best time of 11.97 in the 100 meters on the first day of the meet at Virginia and came back the next day with a time of 25.17 in the 200 meters; Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4/24): Led off the sprint medley relay for a Villanova team that won the relay in 3:49.82 … The time ranks as the third-fastest in school history and came as the Wildcats ran in a local meet at Franklin Field during the traditional weekend of the Penn Relays; Penn Twilight (5/1): Finished third in the 100 meters (12.19) and fourth in the 200 meters (25.05); BIG EAST Championships (5/14-5/15): Runner-up in the 100 meters to earn All-BIG EAST honors and also scored in the 200 meters with an eighth place finish … Ran the second leg of the Wildcats all-conference 4x100 meter relay … Ranked fifth in the preliminary heats of the 100 meters with a time of 12.07 before moving up three spots to finish second in the final in 11.62 … The time is the second-fastest in school history, trailing only her own school record of 11.58 … Recorded a season-best time of 24.79 in the preliminaries of the 200 meters and tallied a mark of 24.89 in the 200 meters … Villanova posted the second-fastest time in school history in the 4x100 relay with a mark of 46.15 to finish third in the relay … Williamson’s performances both individually and in the relay helped the Wildcats win their third consecutive outdoor BIG EAST team title.
 
2019: Broke the school record in the 100 meters with a personal best time of 11.58 ... Was the BIG EAST champion in the event and qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet ... Advanced to the final of the 100 meters at the Penn Relays and was part of a 4x100 meter relay squad which notched three of the top 10 times in school history during the season ... Registered a personal best time in the 200 meters at the BIG EAST Championships and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the event ... Competed at six meets overall; Sam Howell Invitational (4/6): Runner-up in the 100 meters at Princeton with a time of 11.86 in her first race of the outdoor season; Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/13): Recorded times of 11.58 in the 100 meters and 24.17 in the 200 meters ... Her time in the 100 meters broke the previous school record of 11.71 which had stood since 2014 ... The time put her in solid standing on the East region descending order list and eventually qualified her for postseason competition ... Came in 14th in the 100 meters and 19th in the 200 meters at the meet ... Was named the BIG EAST Women's Track Athlete of the Week for her performances at the meet; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Came in third in the 200 meters with a time of 24.83 at Princeton; Penn Relays (4/25-4/27): Ran two races each in the 100 meters and the 4x100 meter relay at the world's oldest and largest track & field meet ... Advanced to the final of the 100 meters and finished ninth overall with a time of 12.06 ... Ranked 10th overall in the preliminary heats in 11.80 ... Led off the 4x100 meter relay for the Wildcats and helped the team advance from the preliminary heats into the Eastern section final ... It was only the third time in the last 14 years that Villanova lined up for the prelims of the 4x100 relay ... Villanova came in 21st overall in its first race with a time of 46.73, then tallied an identical time the next day to place fourth in the Eastern section final ... The times were tied for the fifth-fastest in school history at the time of the race, and dropped down to sixth when the same Wildcats lineup ran faster at the BIG EAST Chamionships two weeks later; BIG EAST Championships (5/10-5/11): Ran a total of five races over two days at the conference meet ... Won the BIG EAST title in the 100 meters, was part of the Wildcats conference champion 4x100 meter relay and was the runner-up in the 200 meters ... Led the field of competitors in the 100 meters with a time of 11.76 in the preliminary heats, then came in first in the final in 11.82 ... Recorded a personal best time of 24.06 in the heats of the 200 meters, finishing second overall and lowering her previous PR of 24.13 which had already put her third on the all-time Villanova performance list ... Came in second in the final win 24.42 to earn All-BIG EAST honors ... Led off the 4x100 relay which finished with a winning time of 46.42 ... That mark is the fourth-fastest in school history, and the Wildcats won the BIG EAST title in the relay for the first time since the inaugural conference meet in 1983 ... Villanova also finished off its second straight BIG EAST "triple crown" with conference titles in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field; NCAA East Preliminary (5/23): Made her debut at the East regional meet and competed in the national first round heats of the 100 meters ... Tallied a time of 11.86 to come in eighth in her heat and 41st overall.

2018: Scored in the 100 meters, the 200 meters and the 4x100 meter relay at the BIG EAST Championships ... Recorded a personal best time in the 100 meters and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the event ... Competed at five events during the outdoor campaign; Florida Relays (3/30): Came in 24th in the 100 meters with a time of 11.94 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay as part of a lineup which posted a time of 3:51.24 in the preliminary heats of the relay; Colonial Relays (4/6): Came in third in the 100 meters with a time of 11.91 and tied for sixth in the 200 meters with a season-best time of 24.34; Penn Relays (4/27): Posted a time of 12.12 and finished 13th in the preliminary heats of the 100 meters ... Ran one of the 200 meter legs of the sprint medley relay in which Villanova placed 10th with a time of 4:01.62 ... That time is the fifth-fastest in school history; Kehoe Invitational (5/4): Placed third in both the 100 meters (12.36) and the 200 meters (24.64); BIG EAST Championships (5/11-5/12): Contributed to the Wildcats team title at the conference meet by scoring in two individual events and one relay ... Runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of 11.90 in the final ... Had led the field of competitors with a personal best time of 11.86 in the preliminary heats ... Came in third in the preliminary heats of the 200 meters (24.69) and lowered the time to 24.48 while finishing fifth in the final ... Ran the second leg of the 4x100 meter relay, in which Villanova came in fifth with a time of 47.53 ... The team title at the conference meet for the Wildcats completed an academic year "triple crown" with championships in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field.

2017: Swarthmore Final Qualifier Meet (5/15): Competed as an unattached runner and finished first in the 100 meters with a time of 12.11.
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Wolmer’s Girls School: Member of the track & field team … Recorded personal best times of 12.0 in the 100 meters and 24.3 in the 200 meters at the Corporate Area Development Meet in 2016 … Achieved Principal’s Honor Roll status academically every year from 2010-14 … Named to the Upper Division Blue Report for academic achievement from 2014-16 … Earned a certificate in 2015 for her CAPE test results (standardized academic testing in Jamaica).
 
Personal: Born 9/29/97 in Kingston, Jamaica … One of six children of Eric Williamson and Rose Marie Hamilton Williamson … Siblings are Jamel Williamson, Chavelle Williamson, Alex Williamson, Kenricka Williamson and Breanna Lowe … Hobbies include public speaking, debating and drama … Chose to attend Villanova because it strikes a balance between its academic and athletic programs while having an elite reputation in both … Psychology major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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  • 2020-21Graduate Student

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  • 2021-22Graduate Student

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