Sonia Williams

Sonia Williams
Personal information
Born (1979-05-28) May 28, 1979
St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda
Sport
SportTrack and field

Sonia Olivia Williams (born May 28, 1979)[1] is a female track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for Antigua and Barbuda.[2][3]

Williams competed for the Barton Cougars track and field team in the NJCAA before transferring to Texas Christian University to compete for the TCU Horned Frogs track and field team in the NCAA.[4][5]

Williams was born in St. Johns, and represented Antigua and Barbuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed in the 100 metres sprint and placed sixth in her heat without advancing to the second round. She ran the distance in a time of 12.04 seconds.[2]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Antigua and Barbuda
1994 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Bridgetown, Barbados 8th 200 m 24.71
CAC Junior Championships (U-17) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 7th 100 m 11.9   (−0.4 m/s)
7th 200 m 25.5   (−2.3 m/s)
1995 CARIFTA Games (U-17) George Town, Cayman Islands 1st 100 m 11.76   (0.2 m/s)
1st 200 m 23.99   (0.2 m/s)
1996 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 4th 100 m 11.53   (0.9 m/s)
4th 200 m 24.49   (−4.4 m/s)
CAC Junior Championships (U-20) San Salvador, El Salvador 1st 100 m 11.49   (0.7 m/s)
1st 200 m 23.96   (0.6 m/s)
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States — 4 × 100 m relay DSQ
6th (h) 4 × 400 m relay 3:44.98
World Junior Championships Sydney, Australia 7th (sf) 100m 11.67
25th (qf) 200m 24.87 (wind: -1.2 m/s)
1997 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Bridgetown, Barbados 3rd 100 m 11.83   (0.0 m/s)
1998 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 5th 100 m 11.68
5th 200 m 24.08 w   (2.4 m/s)
CAC Junior Championships (U-20) George Town, Cayman Islands 3rd 100 m 11.68   (0.7 m/s)
2nd 200 m 23.86   (0.7 m/s)
World Junior Championships Annecy, France 7th (sf) 100 m 11.70 (wind: +1.1 m/s)
30th (qf) 200 m 24.79 (wind: +0.7 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean Games Maracaibo, Venezuela 10th (h) 100 m 11.62
10th (h) 200 m 24.35
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia 8th (sf) 100 m 12.05   (1.4 m/s)
2007 Pan American Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th (h) 100 m 11.89 w   (2.1 m/s)
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 6th (h) 100 m 12.04   (−1.4 m/s)

References

  1. ↑ Sonia Williams. Sports-reference. Retrieved on 2014-09-28.
  2. 1 2 "Athlete biography: Sonia Williams". beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-08-10. Retrieved August 27, 2008.
  3. ↑ Sonia Williams, CBS Interactive: College Network – TCU Horned Frogs, retrieved 15 April 2012
  4. ↑ "Six Facility Records Erased at Sooner Indoor Track Meet". soonersports.com.
  5. ↑ "TCU Survives First Day of WAC Track Championships". gofrogs.com.


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