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Track and Field

2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Bill Powell
Mike Byrnes
Aaron C Packard/USD
Molly Sheppard

Gawain Williams

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Herbert Morrison Technical
  • Hometown Hanover, Jamaica

Biography

Career Bests

2017-18
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 60 meters with a runner-up finish in 6.81 seconds … placed seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 22.32 seconds at the Summit League Championships … swept the 60 meters (6.76) and the 200 meters (21.81) at the SDSU Holiday Open … recorded personal best time of 21.81 seconds for 200 meters at the SDSU Holiday Open which ranks eighth in USD program history … the 60-meter time of 6.76 seconds at the SDSU Holiday Open was also a season best … also won the 60 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet in 6.90 seconds … finished runner-up in both the 60 meters and the 200 meters at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … recorded 12 top-10 finishes, including three event wins, during the season.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year … Summit League Champion in the 100 meters with a personal best clocking of 10.26 seconds … became the first Summit League athlete to win four titles in the 100 meters … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 100 and 200 meters ... also earned all-Summit honors in the 200 meters by taking second place in 21.12 seconds … garnered all-Summit honors as a member of the Coyotes’ 4x100-meter relay which finished runner-up in 40.70 seconds … recorded the second-fastest time in school history for 100 meters by clocking 10.26 seconds … also notched the fifth-fastest 200-meter time in school history at the league meet … finished 42nd in the 100 meters at the NCAA West Preliminary with a time of 10.59 seconds … placed fifth in the 100 meters at the Drake Relays, clocking 10.81 seconds into a headwind … anchored the Coyotes’ 4x100-meter relay to victories at the Texas State Bobcat Invitational, Howard Wood Dakota Relays and South Dakota Invitational … won the 100 meters at the South Dakota Invitational in 10.49 seconds … took third in the 200 meters in 22.00 seconds at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … recorded 13 top-10 finishes, including five event victories, during the season.

2016-17
Indoor Track & Field
Earned all-Summit League honors in the 60 meters with a runner-up finish in a personal best of 6.74 seconds … the time ranks second on USD’s all-time charts … also finished ninth in the 200 meters at the Summit League Championships … clocked an indoor best of 21.90 seconds in the Summit preliminary to move to 10th in the 200 meters on USD’s all-time charts … swept the 60 meters and the 200 meters at the USD Last Chance Meet … also won the 60 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet and the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational … tallied eight top-10 finishes with four event wins during the season.

Outdoor Track & Field
Three-time Summit League champion in the 100 meters and anchored the Coyotes’ 4x100-meter relay to a Summit crown … captured two of USD’s 11 Summit League titles … the 4x100 broke the Summit League Championship record with a clocking of 40.41 seconds … broke NDSU’s Schlanser Track record in the 100 meters with a clocking of 10.40 seconds at the Summit meet … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary in the 100 meters and 4x100-meter relay … finished 44th in the 100 meters … ran a leg of the 4x100 relay that broke the South Dakota program record with a clocking of 40.13 seconds at the Baldy Castillo Invitational … won the 100 meters at the USD vs. SDSU Dual in a season best time of 10.38 seconds … also captured the 100 meters at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … helped the 4x100 relay set a Lillibridge Track Complex record of 40.45 seconds at the USD vs. SDSU Dual … took 22nd in the 100 meters at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in 10.48 seconds … placed in the top-10 at six of 10 open races during the season.

2015-16
Indoor Track & Field
Victorious in the 60 meters at the Summit League Championships for the second consecutive season … added a fifth-place finish in the 200 meters … notched a season best 6.77 seconds for 60 meters to win the Jim Emmerich Invitational … also won the 60 meters at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet and the Nebraska Tune-Up … finished runner-up in the 200 meters in a season best 21.99 seconds at the Jim Emmerich Invitational.
 
Outdoor Track & Field
Captured second consecutive Summit League title in the 100 meters in 10.26 seconds … added a runner-up performance in the 200 meters in 21.10 seconds and runner-up 4x100 relay in 40.56 seconds … times ranked second in the 100 meters and fourth in the 200 meters in program record books … qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 100 meters and 4x100 meter relay … anchored the Coyotes’ 4x100 meter relay to a 16th place finish and individually placed 19th in the 100 meters in a season best 10.44 seconds … ran a leg of the school record 4x100 relay in 40.15 seconds at the Baldy Castillo Invitational … finished runner-up in the 200 meters in 21.61 seconds at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … ran a leg of the Coyotes’ third-place 4x100 relay at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays … took third in the 100 meters at the Husker Spring Invitational in 10.52 seconds … made the Summit League honor roll.

2014-15
Indoor Track & Field
Summit League Newcomer of the Championship … Summit League champion in the 60 meters with a season best 6.75 seconds and finished runner-up in the 200 meters with a season best time of 22.06 seconds … helped the Coyote men capture their third-straight Summit League indoor title … won the 60 meters in 6.82 seconds at the USD Twilight and in 6.81 seconds at the Dakota Realty Alumni meet … finished runner-up in the 60 meters at the SDSU Jim Emmerich Invitational … placed second in the 200 at the Dakota Realty Alumni meet … ranks second in school history in the 60 meters (6.75).

Outdoor Track & Field
Summit League champion in the 100 meters with a time of 10.64 seconds … earned all-Summit League honors in the 4x100 meter relay with a third-place finish … notched a season best time of 10.49 seconds for 100 meters in the preliminaries of the league meet … won the 100 meters and a leg of the winning 4x100 meter relay at the Mt. Marty Twilight … finished runner-up in the 100 meters with a time of 10.67 seconds at the Sioux City Relays … clocked a wind-aided season best 21.78 seconds for 200 meters at the Baldy Castillo Invitational … ranks fourth in school history in the 100 meters (10.49).

Prep
Silver and bronze medalist at the Jamaica National Championships in the 100-meters...awarded 2012 Athlete of the Year at Herbert Morrison Technical...holds the school class 3 record in the 200 with a time of 22.66...triple-gold medalist at the Western Championships in 2010 and 2012...represented Jamaica at the CAC Juniors in 2012, where he anchored the 4x100m team to a meet record 40.11 seconds...also the student band leader for three years, while playing five different musical instruments.

Personal
Son of Patrick and Beverly Williams...business administration major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

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  • 2015-16Sophomore

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  • 2016-17Junior

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  • 2017-18Senior

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